Drought in Geauga County, OH: 0 years in 10 since 2000

0 years in 10

Geauga County, OH: 0 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. No full-season drought since 2000.

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

20002025

No year reached the drought line. Not a single drought week in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.

A regular lawn is fine here

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 Jul turns dry.

Against the rest of OH

83rd most drought-prone of 88 OH counties; the OH middle is 0.8 in 10. Closest on the list: Licking County (0.4 in 10) and Union County (0 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 Jul (16% of weeks), then Sep (13%) and Aug (12%). Least in Nov (0%). May to September averages 9%.

1. 0 Jan
2. 0 Feb
3. 2 Mar
4. 5 Apr
5. 3 May
6. 3 Jun
7. 16 Jul
8. 12 Aug
9. 13 Sep
10. 6 Oct
11. 0 Nov
12. 2 Dec

The worst year: 2001

2001: 12 weeks in drought, peaking at D2 severe. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 5.1% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 0.4% at D2, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 12 weeks, Jul 3, 2012 to Sep 18, 2012.

Lately

No drought year on record. 2016-2025: 0 in 10, against 0 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 0 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Geauga County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2001, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Geauga County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.