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Several of North Carolina's 100 counties are considered "dry". Individual towns may pass ordinances (via referendum) that may allow alcohol sales within the municipal limits, however, even if the county itself is dry.
Nov 9, 2023 · Seventy of North Carolina’s 100 counties are in moderate to severe drought and 26 more, including those in the Triangle, are abnormally dry for this point in the year. Below-normal...
Nov 9, 2023 · North Carolina’s Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC) has expanded its Severe Drought category (D2 classification) for parts of 31 counties as of Nov. 7. Impacted counties range from Cherokee County in the west to Moore County in the east.
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Feb 5, 2024 · For the first time since Aug. 8, 2023, there are no counties in North Carolina listed in drought status, according to the DMAC. However, all or parts of five counties were still listed as “abnormally dry:” Cherokee, Clay, Dare, Graham and Macon.
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Nov 16, 2023 · North Carolina’s Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC) has identified nine counties in the Extreme Drought category (D3 category), for the first time since 2017, as part of expanding drought conditions across the state.
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Jul 2, 2021 · A new addition to the drought map this week, the western Piedmont and southern Foothills are now classified as Abnormally Dry (D0), reflecting the lack of recent rainfall and its environmental response, such as decreasing soil moisture content.
Nov 6, 2023 · Gaston, Cleveland, and Burke counties are among the counties with the ban. Due to increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all...
