Is Rutherford County, North Carolina in a drought?

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This week in detail

Each share is for that category alone; they add up to the whole county.

The last 52 weeks

Of the 52 weekly maps from 21 October 2025 to 13 October 2026, 37 had some of Rutherford County in drought (D1 or worse). The most severe category was D3 Extreme Drought, most recently on the map valid 19 May 2026.

Drought in every county of North Carolina · Natural disaster risk in Rutherford County (FEMA) · Drought in every state

The categories

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.

Questions

Is Rutherford County, North Carolina in a drought?

No. On the U.S. Drought Monitor map valid 13 October 2026, no part of Rutherford County is in drought or abnormally dry (none of D0 to D4). That has been so for 1 week so far.

How often has Rutherford County been in drought in the past year?

Of the 52 weekly U.S. Drought Monitor maps from 21 October 2025 to 13 October 2026, 37 had some of Rutherford County in drought (D1 or worse). The most severe category in that time was D3 Extreme Drought, most recently on the map valid 19 May 2026.

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