Drought in Auglaize County, OH: 1.2 years in 10 since 2000
1.2 years in 10
Auglaize County, OH: 3 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.
- 16
- 0
- 7
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 9
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 4
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 10
- 8
- 17
- 17
20002025
Drought years: 2000 (16 wk), 2024 (17 wk) and 2025 (17 wk). Not a single drought week in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
A regular lawn is fine here; plan for the odd dry year
Real droughts are rare here. A smart controller that skips watering after rain covers the odd dry year.
You can keep a regular lawn. Worth doing: a rain-sensing or smart controller, and deeper, less frequent watering if Oct turns dry.
Against the rest of OH
18th most drought-prone of 88 OH counties; the OH middle is 0.8 in 10. Closest on the list: Fayette County (1.2 in 10) and Lawrence County (1.2 in 10). Driest in OH: Williams County (2.7 in 10). Least drought: Ashtabula County (0 in 10).
When in the year it hits
Most often in Oct (13% of weeks), then Nov (13%) and Sep (11%). Least in May (0%). May to September averages 6%.
- 11 Jan
- 8 Feb
- 6 Mar
- 3 Apr
- 0 May
- 4 Jun
- 8 Jul
- 8 Aug
- 11 Sep
- 13 Oct
- 13 Nov
- 10 Dec
The worst year: 2025
2025: 17 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 7.7% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 1.2% at D2, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 28 weeks, Sep 9, 2025 to Mar 17, 2026.
Lately
Last drought year: 2025, 17 weeks. 2016-2025: 2 in 10, against 0.6 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 11 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.
Further reading
Auglaize County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2025, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Auglaize County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.