Last Updated on August 1, 2024 7:33 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, conditions are much improved for the High Country due to recent rains.
Watauga County has improved from severe drought conditions two weeks ago, to moderate drought last week to abnormally dry status this week.
Ashe County remains in abnormally dry conditions.
Avery County improves to abnormally dry status across the whole county.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 1 county in the Severe Drought category, 6 counties in Moderate Drought, and 48 counties 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
Yadkin
Total: 1
D1 – Moderate Drought
Clay
Columbus
Davie
Forsyth
Rockingham
Stokes
Total: 6
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Bladen
Buncombe
Burke
Caldwell
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Cherokee
Cleveland
Davidson
Gaston
Graham
Greene
Guilford
Haywood
Henderson
Iredell
Jackson
Jones
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Onslow
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rowan
Rutherford
Scotland
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Union
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Yancey
Total: 48
D3 – Extreme Drought
Total: 0
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