Last Updated on December 12, 2024 2:10 pm

In the latest drought update for North Carolina, the High Country continues to be classified in drought status, along with the rest of the entire state.

Watauga County is split between the eastern half in moderate drought, while the western portion is abnormally dry.

Ashe County as a whole is classified this week in moderate drought.

Avery County's southern portion is in moderate drought, while the northern portion is in abnormally dry status.

The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 0 counties in the Severe Drought category, 93 counties in Moderate Drought, and 7 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.

D1 – Moderate Drought

    • Alamance

    • Alexander

    • Alleghany

    • Anson

    • Ashe

    • Avery

    • Beaufort

    • Bertie

    • Bladen

    • Brunswick

    • Buncombe

    • Burke

    • Cabarrus

    • Caldwell

    • Camden

    • Carteret

    • Caswell

    • Catawba

    • Cherokee

    • Chowan

    • Clay

    • Columbus

    • Craven

    • Cumberland

    • Currituck

    • Dare

    • Davie

    • Duplin

    • Durham

    • Edgecombe

    • Forsyth

    • Franklin

    • Gates

    • Graham

    • Granville

    • Greene

    • Guilford

    • Halifax

    • Harnett

    • Haywood

    • Henderson

    • Hertford

    • Hoke

    • Hyde

    • Iredell

    • Jackson

    • Johnston

    • Jones

    • Lee

    • Lenoir

    • Macon

    • Madison

    • Martin

    • McDowell

    • Mecklenburg

    • Mitchell

    • Montgomery

    • Moore

    • Nash

    • New Hanover

    • Northampton

    • Onslow

    • Orange

    • Pamlico

    • Pasquotank

    • Pender

    • Perquimans

    • Person

    • Pitt

    • Polk

    • Richmond

    • Robeson

    • Rockingham

    • Rutherford

    • Sampson

    • Scotland

    • Stanly

    • Stokes

    • Surry

    • Swain

    • Transylvania

    • Tyrrell

    • Union

    • Vance

    • Wake

    • Warren

    • Washington

    • Watauga

    • Wayne

    • Wilkes

    • Wilson

    • Yadkin

    • Yancey

    Total: 93

    D0 – Abnormally Dry

    • Chatham

    • Cleveland

    • Davidson

    • Gaston

    • Lincoln

    • Randolph

    • Rowan

    Total: 7

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