For previously issued drought statements see the archived status reports.
Table of all counties and drought status.Another round of soaking rain this week (Oct. 12-Oct. 16) led the S. C. Department of Natural Resources to downgrade the incipient declaration to no drought status for 12 Piedmont and Central Savannah counties. The state agency members of the Drought Response Committee voted on Oct. 16 to remove Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, Laurens, Newberry, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield and Saluda counties from any drought status.
The committee also decided the rainfall was not sufficient to remove the declaration for the Catawba Wateree Basin (York, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Kershaw) and several counties in the upper part of the Pee Dee (Chesterfield, Marlboro, and Dillon).
Darlington County was added to the list of counties in incipient drought.
According to Hope Mizzell, S.C. State Climatologist, the counties maintained at incipient received beneficial rain this week, but not enough to shift several key drought indices out of drought.
30-Day (Sept. 16 to Oct. 15) rainfall totals for counties removed from drought by monitoring station:
AIKEN - 8.41 |
ANDERSON - 10.26 |
CALHOUN FALLS - 11.50 |
CLINTON - 6.54 |
COLUMBIA METRO - 9.27 |
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG - 7.54 |
JOHNSTON - 6.33 |
LAURENS - 5.53 |
MCCORMICK - 8.52 |
NEWBERRY - 11.08 |
SALUDA - 6.07 |
SANTUCK (Union County) - 5.28 |
30-Day (Sept. 16 to Oct. 15) rainfall totals for counties maintained in incipient by monitoring station:(Including Darlington County which was upgraded to incipient)
CHESTER - 3.82 |
CHESTERFIELD - 4.03 |
DARLINGTON - 3.51 |
DILLON - 2.83 |
PAGELAND - 3.65 |
WINNSBORO - 3.88 |
YORK - 4.46 |
Contact South Carolina State Climatologist Dr.Hope Mizzell in Columbia at (803) 734-9568 or e-mail at mizzellh@dnr.sc.gov for more information.
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Current Drought Status by County | ||||
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Normal | Incipient | Moderate | Severe | Extreme |
County Status |
County Status |
County Status |
County Status |
County Status |
ABBEVILLE Normal |
AIKEN Normal |
ALLENDALE Normal |
ANDERSON Normal |
BAMBERG Normal |
BARNWELL Normal |
BEAUFORT Normal |
BERKELEY Normal |
CALHOUN Normal |
CHARLESTON Normal |
CHEROKEE Normal |
CHESTER Incipient |
CHESTERFIELD Incipient |
CLARENDON Normal |
COLLETON Normal |
DARLINGTON Incipient |
DILLON Incipient |
DORCHESTER Normal |
EDGEFIELD Normal |
FAIRFIELD Incipient |
FLORENCE Normal |
GEORGETOWN Normal |
GREENVILLE Normal |
GREENWOOD Normal |
HAMPTON Normal |
HORRY Normal |
JASPER Normal |
KERSHAW Incipient |
LANCASTER Incipient |
LAURENS Normal |
LEE Normal |
LEXINGTON Normal |
MARION Normal |
MARLBORO Incipient |
MCCORMICK Normal |
NEWBERRY Normal |
OCONEE Normal |
ORANGEBURG Normal |
PICKENS Normal |
RICHLAND Normal |
SALUDA Normal |
SPARTANBURG Normal |
SUMTER Normal |
UNION Normal |
WILLIAMSBURG Normal |
YORK Incipient |
SC Drought Response Committee Meeting, October 16, 2009 Sign-In sheet | |
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Find out more about the State Climatology Office at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ or by calling (803) 734-9100.