North Carolina
Drought Management Advisory Council

Map Archives

April 15, 2025

Drought Classifications

D0 - Abnormally Dry
D1 - Moderate Drought
D2 - Severe Drought
D3 - Extreme Drought
D4 - Exceptional Drought

S - Short-Term impacts, typically less than 6 months (e.g. agriculture, grasslands)
L - Long-Term impacts, typically greater than 6 months (e.g. hydrology, ecology)

D2

  • Onslow

Total: 1

D1

  • Alexander
  • Anson
  • Ashe
  • Avery
  • Beaufort
  • Bertie
  • Bladen
  • Brunswick
  • Burke
  • Cabarrus
  • Caldwell
  • Carteret
  • Catawba
  • Chowan
  • Cleveland
  • Columbus
  • Craven
  • Currituck
  • Dare
  • Duplin
  • Edgecombe
  • Gaston
  • Greene
  • Hyde
  • Iredell
  • Jones
  • Lenoir
  • Lincoln
  • Martin
  • Mecklenburg
  • Mitchell
  • New Hanover
  • Pamlico
  • Pender
  • Pitt
  • Rowan
  • Stanly
  • Tyrrell
  • Union
  • Washington
  • Watauga
  • Wilkes

Total: 42

D0

  • Alamance
  • Alleghany
  • Buncombe
  • Camden
  • Caswell
  • Chatham
  • Cherokee
  • Clay
  • Cumberland
  • Davidson
  • Davie
  • Durham
  • Forsyth
  • Gates
  • Graham
  • Granville
  • Guilford
  • Halifax
  • Haywood
  • Henderson
  • Hertford
  • Hoke
  • Jackson
  • Johnston
  • Lee
  • Macon
  • Madison
  • McDowell
  • Montgomery
  • Moore
  • Orange
  • Pasquotank
  • Perquimans
  • Person
  • Polk
  • Randolph
  • Richmond
  • Robeson
  • Rockingham
  • Rutherford
  • Sampson
  • Scotland
  • Stokes
  • Surry
  • Swain
  • Transylvania
  • Vance
  • Wayne
  • Wilson
  • Yadkin
  • Yancey

Total: 51

Drought History (from the United States Drought Monitor)