Drought in Carroll County, IN: 1.9 years in 10 since 2000

1.9 years in 10

Carroll County, IN: 5 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.

1. 24
2. 1
3. 1
4. 11
5. 0
6. 6
7. 0
8. 0
9. 0
10. 0
11. 4
12. 0
13. 17
14. 0
15. 0
16. 0
17. 0
18. 0
19. 0
20. 0
21. 3
22. 0
23. 9
24. 18
25. 15
26. 28

20002025

Drought years: 2000 (24 wk), 2012 (17 wk), 2023 (18 wk), 2024 (15 wk) and 2025 (28 wk). Not a single drought week in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 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 Nov turns dry.

Against the rest of IN

23rd most drought-prone of 92 IN counties; the IN middle is 1.5 in 10. Closest on the list: Newton County (1.9 in 10) and Putnam County (1.9 in 10). Driest in IN: LaGrange County (3.5 in 10). Least drought: Floyd County (0.4 in 10).

When in the year it hits

Most often in Nov (14% of weeks), then Jul (14%) and Oct (14%). Least in Aug (4%). May to September averages 9%.

1. 11 Jan
2. 12 Feb
3. 13 Mar
4. 7 Apr
5. 7 May
6. 10 Jun
7. 14 Jul
8. 4 Aug
9. 10 Sep
10. 14 Oct
11. 14 Nov
12. 11 Dec

The worst year: 2025

2025: 28 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 10.7% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 4.7% at D2, 1.1% at D3, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 31 weeks, Sep 2, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026.

Lately

Last drought year: 2025, 28 weeks. 2016-2025: 3 in 10, against 1.3 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 13 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Carroll 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 Carroll County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.