Last Updated on November 7, 2024 2:23 pm

For the first time since the September 24th drought report, the High Country is back to abnormally dry status.

Since Hurricane Helene, conditions have been mostly dry across western North Carolina. The dry conditions across the state became apparent during the October 29th update.

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, 11 counties in Moderate Drought, and 89 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

  • Bertie

  • Camden

  • Chowan

  • Currituck

  • Dare

  • Gates

  • Martin

  • Pasquotank

  • Perquimans

  • Tyrrell

  • Washington

Total: 11

D0 – Abnormally Dry

  • Alamance

  • Alexander

  • Alleghany

  • Anson

  • Ashe

  • Avery

  • Beaufort

  • Bladen

  • Brunswick

  • Buncombe

  • Burke

  • Cabarrus

  • Caldwell

  • Carteret

  • Caswell

  • Catawba

  • Chatham

  • Cherokee

  • Clay

  • Cleveland

  • Columbus

  • Craven

  • Cumberland

  • Davidson

  • Davie

  • Duplin

  • Durham

  • Edgecombe

  • Forsyth

  • Franklin

  • Gaston

  • Graham

  • Granville

  • Greene

  • Guilford

  • Halifax

  • Harnett

  • Haywood

  • Henderson

  • Hertford

  • Hoke

  • Hyde

  • Iredell

  • Jackson

  • Johnston

  • Jones

  • Lee

  • Lenoir

  • Lincoln

  • Macon

  • Madison

  • McDowell

  • Mecklenburg

  • Mitchell

  • Montgomery

  • Moore

  • Nash

  • New Hanover

  • Northampton

  • Onslow

  • Orange

  • Pamlico

  • Pender

  • Person

  • Pitt

  • Polk

  • Randolph

  • Richmond

  • Robeson

  • Rockingham

  • Rowan

  • Rutherford

  • Sampson

  • Scotland

  • Stanly

  • Stokes

  • Surry

  • Swain

  • Transylvania

  • Union

  • Vance

  • Wake

  • Warren

  • Watauga

  • Wayne

  • Wilkes

  • Wilson

  • Yadkin

  • Yancey

Total: 89

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