ASHEBORO — Heavy rains over the final two weeks of June brought little relief to the Piedmont, leaving the region locked in extreme to exceptional drought conditions.
According to the N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council’s latest assessment, extreme and severe drought now covers nearly 75% of the state. An area of exceptional drought, stretching from the northern Piedmont west to the triangle, accounts for 6.62%.
At the Greensboro airport weather station, 1.91 inches of rain fell over the past two weeks but June ended with less than half the normal rainfall. The NC Climate Office at NC State puts Greensboro’s rainfall deficit at almost 16.5”, with Raleigh reaching an almost 19” rainfall deficit since Aug 2025…