Is Georgia in a drought?
This week's U.S. Drought Monitor for Georgia, and the category in each of its 159 counties, from the National Drought Mitigation Center.
U.S. Drought Monitor · map valid 13 October 2026
Yes, in part: 21.47% of Georgia is in drought (D1 to D4).
64.72% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4), 5.55% in severe drought or worse (D2 to D4), 0% extreme or worse (D3 to D4) and 0% in D4 Exceptional Drought.
Next map: released Thursday 22 October 2026.
On the map valid 13 October 2026, 70 of 159 counties had some drought (D1 or worse); 64 more were abnormally dry (D0) only. D2 Severe Drought somewhere in 24.
Every county, map valid 13 October 2026
The category is the most severe one covering any part of the county; the share says how much of it. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row with that category or worse somewhere in it.
| County | Category this week | Share in it | In drought (D1–D4) | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 25.69% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Atkinson County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Bacon County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 41.75% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Baker County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 98.61% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Baldwin County | D2 Severe Drought | 35.79% | 96.29% | 4 weeks |
| Banks County | D1 Moderate Drought | 3.89% | 3.89% | 3 weeks |
| Barrow County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 44 weeks |
| Bartow County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Ben Hill County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Berrien County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Bibb County | D2 Severe Drought | 63.97% | 100% | 3 weeks |
| Bleckley County | D1 Moderate Drought | 30.1% | 30.1% | 4 weeks |
| Brantley County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 71.49% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Brooks County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 3.57% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Bryan County | D1 Moderate Drought | 9.89% | 9.89% | 50 weeks |
| Bulloch County | D1 Moderate Drought | 16.08% | 16.08% | at least 54 weeks |
| Burke County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 3.04% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Butts County | D2 Severe Drought | 21.35% | 63.72% | 3 weeks |
| Calhoun County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 69.07% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Camden County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 6.89% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Candler County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Carroll County | D1 Moderate Drought | 7.47% | 7.47% | 7 weeks |
| Catoosa County | D1 Moderate Drought | 3.83% | 3.83% | 4 weeks |
| Charlton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 41.48% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Chatham County | D1 Moderate Drought | 23.85% | 23.85% | 48 weeks |
| Chattahoochee County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 7 weeks |
| Chattooga County | D1 Moderate Drought | 100% | 100% | 4 weeks |
| Cherokee County | D1 Moderate Drought | 35.44% | 35.44% | 6 weeks |
| Clarke County | D2 Severe Drought | 22.31% | 79.81% | 5 weeks |
| Clay County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Clayton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Clinch County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 2.59% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Cobb County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Coffee County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Colquitt County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 5.11% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Columbia County | D1 Moderate Drought | 24.06% | 24.06% | 5 weeks |
| Cook County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Coweta County | D2 Severe Drought | 36.19% | 75.92% | 4 weeks |
| Crawford County | D2 Severe Drought | 11.05% | 58.34% | 3 weeks |
| Crisp County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 44.04% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Dade County | D1 Moderate Drought | 35.27% | 35.27% | 4 weeks |
| Dawson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 67.65% | 67.65% | 43 weeks |
| Decatur County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 19.26% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| DeKalb County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Dodge County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 93.5% | 0% | 6 weeks |
| Dooly County | D1 Moderate Drought | 14.05% | 14.05% | 4 weeks |
| Dougherty County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 79.29% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Douglas County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Early County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.49% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Echols County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Effingham County | D1 Moderate Drought | 99.66% | 99.66% | 53 weeks |
| Elbert County | D2 Severe Drought | 17.95% | 100% | 6 weeks |
| Emanuel County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Evans County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 6.06% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Fannin County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Fayette County | D1 Moderate Drought | 12.03% | 12.03% | 8 weeks |
| Floyd County | D1 Moderate Drought | 57.67% | 57.67% | 3 weeks |
| Forsyth County | D1 Moderate Drought | 45.67% | 45.67% | at least 54 weeks |
| Franklin County | D2 Severe Drought | 10.17% | 69.38% | 6 weeks |
| Fulton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Gilmer County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Glascock County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Glynn County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 5.32% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Gordon County | D1 Moderate Drought | 17.75% | 17.75% | 3 weeks |
| Grady County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 59.66% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Greene County | D2 Severe Drought | 22.45% | 91.63% | 5 weeks |
| Gwinnett County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Habersham County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 44 weeks |
| Hall County | D1 Moderate Drought | 58.39% | 58.39% | 43 weeks |
| Hancock County | D2 Severe Drought | 6.61% | 45.51% | 4 weeks |
| Haralson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 98.34% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Harris County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Hart County | D2 Severe Drought | 55.23% | 100% | 6 weeks |
| Heard County | D2 Severe Drought | 58.6% | 96.91% | 5 weeks |
| Henry County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Houston County | D1 Moderate Drought | 93.77% | 93.77% | 4 weeks |
| Irwin County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Jackson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 8.66% | 8.66% | 8 weeks |
| Jasper County | D2 Severe Drought | 60.47% | 88.32% | 4 weeks |
| Jeff Davis County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Jefferson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 weeks |
| Jenkins County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Johnson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 41.26% | 0% | 6 weeks |
| Jones County | D2 Severe Drought | 38.82% | 97.1% | 4 weeks |
| Lamar County | D2 Severe Drought | 47.85% | 100% | 3 weeks |
| Lanier County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Laurens County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 71.58% | 0% | 6 weeks |
| Lee County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 50.49% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Liberty County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 30.65% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Lincoln County | D1 Moderate Drought | 98.59% | 98.59% | 7 weeks |
| Long County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 80.72% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Lowndes County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Lumpkin County | D1 Moderate Drought | 13.51% | 13.51% | 43 weeks |
| Macon County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Madison County | D2 Severe Drought | 52.97% | 99.91% | 6 weeks |
| Marion County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| McDuffie County | D1 Moderate Drought | 65.74% | 65.74% | 7 weeks |
| McIntosh County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Meriwether County | D2 Severe Drought | 23.51% | 59.83% | 3 weeks |
| Miller County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 16.3% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Mitchell County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 76.64% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Monroe County | D2 Severe Drought | 98.92% | 100% | 3 weeks |
| Montgomery County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Morgan County | D2 Severe Drought | 61.69% | 98.63% | 5 weeks |
| Murray County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Muscogee County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 7 weeks |
| Newton County | D1 Moderate Drought | 1.46% | 1.46% | 8 weeks |
| Oconee County | D2 Severe Drought | 42.76% | 55.47% | 5 weeks |
| Oglethorpe County | D2 Severe Drought | 57.91% | 100% | 5 weeks |
| Paulding County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Peach County | D1 Moderate Drought | 65.52% | 65.52% | 4 weeks |
| Pickens County | D1 Moderate Drought | 42.15% | 42.15% | 6 weeks |
| Pierce County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 91.22% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Pike County | D1 Moderate Drought | 97.04% | 97.04% | 7 weeks |
| Polk County | D1 Moderate Drought | 6% | 6% | 3 weeks |
| Pulaski County | D1 Moderate Drought | 48.02% | 48.02% | 4 weeks |
| Putnam County | D2 Severe Drought | 85.96% | 100% | 4 weeks |
| Quitman County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Rabun County | D1 Moderate Drought | 48.33% | 48.33% | 44 weeks |
| Randolph County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 49.71% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Richmond County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Rockdale County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Schley County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Screven County | D1 Moderate Drought | 10.6% | 10.6% | at least 54 weeks |
| Seminole County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Spalding County | D1 Moderate Drought | 74.85% | 74.85% | 8 weeks |
| Stephens County | D1 Moderate Drought | 0.83% | 0.83% | 3 weeks |
| Stewart County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 55.24% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Sumter County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 77.97% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Talbot County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Taliaferro County | D1 Moderate Drought | 97.48% | 97.48% | 7 weeks |
| Tattnall County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 6.8% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Taylor County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Telfair County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 6.17% | 0% | 6 weeks |
| Terrell County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Thomas County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 58.56% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Tift County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Toombs County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Towns County | D1 Moderate Drought | 2.73% | 2.73% | 44 weeks |
| Treutlen County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Troup County | D2 Severe Drought | 44.47% | 78.98% | 4 weeks |
| Turner County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Twiggs County | D1 Moderate Drought | 40.91% | 40.91% | 4 weeks |
| Union County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 45 weeks |
| Upson County | D2 Severe Drought | 0.92% | 43.34% | 3 weeks |
| Walker County | D1 Moderate Drought | 45.16% | 45.16% | 4 weeks |
| Walton County | D1 Moderate Drought | 0.01% | 0.01% | 7 weeks |
| Ware County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 25.68% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Warren County | D1 Moderate Drought | 72.4% | 72.4% | 7 weeks |
| Washington County | D1 Moderate Drought | 63.56% | 63.56% | 5 weeks |
| Wayne County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 66.74% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Webster County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Wheeler County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| White County | D1 Moderate Drought | 11.57% | 11.57% | 43 weeks |
| Whitfield County | D1 Moderate Drought | 5.55% | 5.55% | 4 weeks |
| Wilcox County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 66.89% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Wilkes County | D1 Moderate Drought | 100% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Wilkinson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 18.02% | 18.02% | 5 weeks |
| Worth County | None | 0% | 1 week |
Natural disaster risk in Georgia by county · Drought in every state
The categories
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| D0 | Abnormally Dry (not drought: going into or coming out of drought) |
| D1 | Moderate Drought |
| D2 | Severe Drought |
| D3 | Extreme Drought |
| D4 | Exceptional Drought |
What each category means on the ground is described on the Drought Monitor's classification page.
How this page reads the Drought Monitor
- The figures are the U.S. Drought Monitor's own statistics (share of area in each category), read from its data service. The categories are theirs, unchanged. This site does not make its own drought assessment.
- The Drought Monitor gives each county a share in each category. A county's category here is the most severe one covering any part of it, with the share it covers. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row, newest first, on which some of the county was at that category or worse.
- A new map is released every Thursday, valid for the Tuesday before. Every figure here carries that valid date. This site reads the new week once, after the Thursday release, and keeps it.
- Counties are matched to the Drought Monitor by their five-digit FIPS code. Connecticut is shown by its nine planning regions, which replaced its eight counties in 2022; the Drought Monitor's county statistics use the same planning regions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, droughtmonitor.unl.edu · The official map for Georgia · Drought Monitor data tables · drought.gov current conditions · NOAA seasonal drought outlook
Questions
Is Georgia in a drought right now?
On the U.S. Drought Monitor valid 13 October 2026, 21.47% of Georgia is in drought (D1 to D4) and 64.72% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4). 5.55% is in D2 Severe Drought or worse.
Which counties in Georgia are in the worst drought?
This week the most severe category in Georgia is D2 Severe Drought, in Baldwin County, Bibb County, Butts County, Clarke County, Coweta County, Crawford County, Elbert County, Franklin County and 16 more.
How is a county's category chosen on this page?
The U.S. Drought Monitor gives the share of each county in each category. This page names the most severe category covering any part of the county, and always says how much of the county it covers.