Is Pennsylvania in a drought?
This week's U.S. Drought Monitor for Pennsylvania, and the category in each of its 67 counties, from the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Yes, in part: 0.63% of Pennsylvania is in drought (D1 to D4).
5.42% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4), 0% 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, 2 of 67 counties had some drought (D1 or worse); 9 more were abnormally dry (D0) only.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | D1 Moderate Drought | 12.33% | 12.33% | 51 weeks |
| Allegheny County | None | 0% | 21 weeks | |
| Armstrong County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Beaver County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Bedford County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Berks County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 61.31% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Blair County | None | 0% | 16 weeks | |
| Bradford County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Bucks County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Butler County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Cambria County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Cameron County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Carbon County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Centre County | None | 0% | 22 weeks | |
| Chester County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.99% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Clarion County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Clearfield County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Clinton County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Columbia County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Crawford County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 49.48% | 0% | 2 weeks |
| Cumberland County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Dauphin County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Delaware County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Elk County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Erie County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 99.87% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Fayette County | None | 0% | 21 weeks | |
| Forest County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Franklin County | D1 Moderate Drought | 28.38% | 28.38% | 51 weeks |
| Fulton County | None | 0% | 1 week | |
| Greene County | None | 0% | 21 weeks | |
| Huntingdon County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Indiana County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Jefferson County | None | 0% | 30 weeks | |
| Juniata County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Lackawanna County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Lancaster County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.01% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Lawrence County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Lebanon County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.13% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Lehigh County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Luzerne County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Lycoming County | None | 0% | 22 weeks | |
| McKean County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Mercer County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Mifflin County | None | 0% | 13 weeks | |
| Monroe County | None | 0% | 8 weeks | |
| Montgomery County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 9.35% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
| Montour County | None | 0% | 16 weeks | |
| Northampton County | None | 0% | 5 weeks | |
| Northumberland County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Perry County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Philadelphia County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Pike County | None | 0% | 8 weeks | |
| Potter County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Schuylkill County | None | 0% | 6 weeks | |
| Snyder County | None | 0% | 16 weeks | |
| Somerset County | None | 0% | 13 weeks | |
| Sullivan County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Susquehanna County | None | 0% | 30 weeks | |
| Tioga County | None | 0% | 29 weeks | |
| Union County | None | 0% | 22 weeks | |
| Venango County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Warren County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 9.5% | 0% | 1 week |
| Washington County | None | 0% | 21 weeks | |
| Wayne County | None | 0% | 15 weeks | |
| Westmoreland County | None | 0% | 21 weeks | |
| Wyoming County | None | 0% | 30 weeks | |
| York County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.98% | 0% | at least 54 weeks |
Natural disaster risk in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania · Drought Monitor data tables · drought.gov current conditions · NOAA seasonal drought outlook
Questions
Is Pennsylvania in a drought right now?
On the U.S. Drought Monitor valid 13 October 2026, 0.63% of Pennsylvania is in drought (D1 to D4) and 5.42% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4).
Which counties in Pennsylvania are in the worst drought?
This week the most severe category in Pennsylvania is D1 Moderate Drought, in Adams County, Franklin County.
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.