Last Updated on September 19, 2024 2:34 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, the High Country continues to be classified in drought status, while moderate drought conditions expand in the southwestern part of the state, along with the return of severe drought status.
Watauga, Ashe, and Avery continue in abnormally dry status again this week, the 9th in a row.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 3 counties in the Severe Drought category, 6 counties in Moderate Drought, and 22 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
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Total: 3
D1 – Moderate Drought
Buncombe
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Madison
Swain
Total: 6
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Burke
Caldwell
Caswell
Granville
Halifax
Henderson
Hertford
McDowell
Mitchell
Northampton
Person
Polk
Rockingham
Rutherford
Transylvania
Vance
Warren
Watauga
Yancey
Total: 22
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