Last Updated on January 16, 2025 4:02 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, portions of the High Country have found some relief.
Watauga's north-western section of the county remains in abnormally dry status, while the rest of the county is drought-free.
All of Ashe County remains abnormally dry.
A small section in Avery County, in the northern section, remains in abnormally dry status.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 11 counties in the Severe Drought category, 42 counties in Moderate Drought, and 37 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
Dare
Duplin
Greene
Hyde
Martin
Onslow
Pender
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
Total: 11
D1 – Moderate Drought
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Chowan
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Durham
Edgecombe
Franklin
Gates
Granville
Halifax
Harnett
Hertford
Hoke
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Person
Richmond
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
Vance
Wake
Warren
Wayne
Wilson
Total: 42
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Catawba
Chatham
Cleveland
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Gaston
Guilford
Haywood
Iredell
Lincoln
Madison
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Polk
Randolph
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Union
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
Total: 37
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