North Carolina, 2025

Drought in North Carolina, April 15 to 30, 2025

April 15 to 30, 2025 · NWS MHX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Severe (D2) drought conditions were in place across portions of Eastern NC from mid to late April.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 MHX wrote it up.

Severe (D2) drought conditions were in place across portions of Eastern NC from mid to late April.

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 8:33 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:33 PM EST, 3 hours 27 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

5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Jones

When
April 15, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Jones forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
35.022, -77.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Northern Craven

When
April 15, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Northern Craven forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
35.117, -77.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Beaufort

When
April 15, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Beaufort forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Martin

When
April 15, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Martin forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Washington

When
April 15, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
35.839, -76.569 (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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1247566, 1247567, 1247568, 1247569, 1247570.