Last Updated on December 26, 2024 7:23 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 state.
Watauga, Ashe and Avery are all 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, 36 counties in Moderate Drought, and 64 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
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Camden
Carteret
Chowan
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
Duplin
Edgecombe
Franklin
Gates
Halifax
Hoke
Hyde
Jones
Lenoir
Martin
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
Tyrrell
Warren
Washington
Total: 36
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Clay
Cleveland
Davidson
Davie
Durham
Forsyth
Gaston
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Lee
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Union
Vance
Wake
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Total: 64
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