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Drought in Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

Drought June 14, 2011 – June 30, 2011 · Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Rainfall totals at the end of June were well below average for much of the region, ranging from 55 to 65 percent of normal. Crops were for the most part just beginning to stress, with no reports of widespread drought damage. The drought was a major contributor to a large fire off of Juniper Road in the Holly Shelter Game Land.

The wider storm

Rainfall totals for southeastern North Carolina have been well below normal for the year, with several counties placed in D-2; or Severe Drought Status.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 328257. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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