Last Updated on July 25, 2024 4:20 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, conditions have improved for the High Country due to recent multiple days of rain.
The southeastern section of Watauga County has improved from severe drought conditions last week to moderate drought this week.
Ashe County has improved to the whole county being in abnormally dry conditions.
Avery County's southeastern section is in moderate drought status, while the rest of the county 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, 5 counties in the Severe Drought category, 30 counties in Moderate Drought, and 47 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
Columbus
Davie
Forsyth
Stokes
Yadkin
Total: 5
D1 – Moderate Drought
Alexander
Avery
Bladen
Burke
Caldwell
Caswell
Catawba
Cherokee
Clay
Davidson
Graham
Greene
Guilford
Haywood
Iredell
Jackson
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
McDowell
Pitt
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Total: 30
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alamance
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Beaufort
Bertie
Brunswick
Buncombe
Cabarrus
Carteret
Chatham
Cleveland
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Gaston
Harnett
Henderson
Hoke
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Madison
Martin
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
New Hanover
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pender
Person
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Union
Wake
Wilson
Yancey
Total: 47
D3 – Extreme Drought
Total: 0
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