ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828NewsNow.com) – The United States Drought Monitor, released on Oct. 29, shows most of Western North Carolina with little-to-no drought conditions.
The statistics for the latest Drought Monitor are for the dates of Oct. 21-27. Despite mostly dry conditions for the week, several Western North Carolina counties were showing no drought conditions.
These that had mostly no drought conditions for the past week were as follows:
- Buncombe
- Henderson
- Polk
- Rutherford
- McDowell
- Yancey
- Burke
- Avery
These two counties had mostly abnormally dry drought conditions, which is one category above no drought conditions:
- Madison
- Transylvania
These are the WNC counties that had mostly moderate drought conditions, which is two categories above no drought conditions:
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Graham
- Haywood
- Jackson
- Macon
- Swain
Only four counties in the state were listed in the second-highest drought category, which is extreme drought. Those were Caswell, Halifax, Person and Warren.