Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2025

Name: Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2025
Start: 2025-10-01T00:00
End: 2025-10-31T23:59
Location: Georgia

October 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS TAE · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

D2 drought conditions continued from September into October, and by the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of southwest and south central Georgia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.

D2 drought conditions continued from September into October, and by the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of southwest and south central Georgia.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 6:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

16 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Seminole

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Seminole forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.939, -84.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Miller

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Miller forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.164, -84.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Decatur

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Decatur forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.878, -84.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Grady

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Grady forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.875, -84.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Thomas

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Thomas forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.864, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Brooks

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Brooks forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.842, -83.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lowndes

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lowndes forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.834, -83.268 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lanier

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lanier forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.038, -83.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Berrien

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Berrien forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.276, -83.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cook

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cook forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.154, -83.430 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tift

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tift forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.457, -83.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Colquitt

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Colquitt forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.188, -83.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Worth

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Worth forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.552, -83.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dougherty

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Dougherty forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.533, -84.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Mitchell

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Mitchell forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.225, -84.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Baker

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Baker forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.326, -84.445 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, October 2025

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1293627, 1293628, 1293629, 1293630, 1293631, 1293632, 1293633, 1293634, 1293635, 1293636, 1293637, 1293638, 1293639, 1293640, 1293641, 1293642.