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Drought in Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina

Drought March 31, 2026 · Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe drought conditions were noted across all of the Northern Outer Banks from March thirty-first to the end of March.

The wider storm

Severe (D2) drought conditions were in place across all of Pitt, Greene, Lenoir, northern Craven, southern Craven, Inland Onslow, Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, West Carteret, Jones, Pamlico, Washington, Tyrrell, Mainland Hyde, Mainland Dare, Northern Outer Banks Dare, Outer Banks Hyde, and Beaufort Counties at the end of March according to the US Drought Monitor.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1318277. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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