Last Updated on January 30, 2025 3:22 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, all of the High Country is back to abnormally dry status.
Last week, Watauga's north-western section of the county remained in abnormally dry status, while the rest of the county was drought-free. Now the entire county is back in abnormally dry status.
All of Ashe County remains abnormally dry, as was the case last week.
All of Avery County is back in abnormally dry status after a good portion of the county last week was drought free.
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, 61 counties in Moderate Drought, and 27 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
Alamance
Anson
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Cabarrus
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Chowan
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Davidson
Davie
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Granville
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Hertford
Hoke
Iredell
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Person
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Wayne
Wilson
Total: 61
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Caldwell
Cherokee
Clay
Cleveland
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
Total: 27
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