Drought — Dekalb, Tennessee

2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Dekalb, Tennessee

Event narrative

Severe drought conditions from January 2025 improved to just abnormally dry across DeKalb County in February.

Wider weather episode

An active pattern during the month of February 2025 continued to improve drought conditions across Middle Tennessee. Multiple rain events, including a significant flooding event during the middle of the month, brought an average of 6 to 12 inches of rain to the area. This led to only about 6 percent of Middle Tennessee in severe drought which was an improvement over 30 percent in January. Additionally, none of the area was in extreme drought which again was an improvement from 6 percent the previous month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230177. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.