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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After some significant rainfall, now only 1.97% of North Carolina is still in a D4 category of exceptional drought— with the state down 3.35% from last week.
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No Raleigh-area counties remain in the exceptional drought category.
We are down to 26.76% of North Carolina in a D3 extreme drought — and that level is down 6.62% from last week.
Wake County isessentially free of D3 severe drought (the category is down 0.04% to 45.37% from last week).
But, theD2 category, while an improvement, is still a severe drought.
Cumberland County has a large percentage of category D3 extreme drought, which is up to 71.51%.
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Central North Carolina counties in extreme drought:
- Cumberland: 71.51%
- Sampson: 36.79%
- Harnett: 43.88%
- Chatham: 71.99%
- Orange: 100%
- Durham: 82.04%
- Person: 100%
- Granville: 79.35%
- Vance: 48.85%
- Warren: 80.49%
- Halifax: 64.78%
The last few weeks have brought much-needed rain, but some areas are still in need of more. Despite much-needed rain, many areas would still need to pick up 17 to 20 inches of rain in a one-month time to completely eliminate the drought.
While Raleigh has picked up more than 6 inches of rain this month, Fayetteville has received less than 2 inches. So while rain is falling, it’s not falling everywhere.
Important note: the drought monitor does not include rain from Wednesday or Thursday of this week, and the rain totals in graphics are through Wednesday, and do not include any rain that has fallen so far on Thursday.
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