Last Updated on May 5, 2025 1:05 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, most of the High Country remains in Moderate drought.
In the High County, all of Watauga and Avery are in Moderate drought status. Meanwhile, Ashe County is split between abnormally dry and moderate drought status.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 8 counties in the Severe Drought category, 50 counties in Moderate Drought, and 32 in Abnormally Dry status.
Drought categories are based on streamflow, groundwater levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, soil moisture, the time of year, and other relevant factors for assessing the extent and severity of dry conditions.
D2 – Severe Drought
Beaufort
Columbus
Craven
Martin
New Hanover
Onslow
Pender
Washington
Total: 8
D1 – Moderate Drought
Alamance
Alexander
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Catawba
Chowan
Cleveland
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Edgecombe
Gaston
Greene
Guilford
Hyde
Iredell
Jones
Lenoir
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Randolph
Rowan
Rutherford
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Tyrrell
Union
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Total: 50
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alleghany
Buncombe
Caswell
Chatham
Cumberland
Durham
Forsyth
Gates
Granville
Halifax
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Jackson
Johnston
Lee
Madison
McDowell
Moore
Orange
Person
Polk
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Sampson
Scotland
Swain
Transylvania
Vance
Warren
Yancey
Total: 32
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