Drought in Hardeman County, TN: 1.2 years in 10 since 2000

1.2 years in 10

Hardeman County, TN: 3 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.

1. 36
2. 11
3. 0
4. 0
5. 0
6. 7
7. 8
8. 31
9. 0
10. 0
11. 9
12. 8
13. 27
14. 0
15. 0
16. 3
17. 12
18. 0
19. 0
20. 0
21. 0
22. 0
23. 9
24. 12
25. 9
26. 10

20002025

Drought years: 2000 (36 wk), 2007 (31 wk) and 2012 (27 wk). Not a single drought week in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 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 Nov turns dry.

Against the rest of TN

90th most drought-prone of 95 TN counties; the TN middle is 2.3 in 10. Closest on the list: Pickett County (1.5 in 10) and Cheatham County (1.2 in 10). Driest in TN: Bradley County (3.8 in 10). Least drought: Robertson County (1.2 in 10).

When in the year it hits

Most often in Nov (25% of weeks), then Oct (24%) and Sep (22%). Least in Mar (5%). May to September averages 14%.

1. 19 Jan
2. 12 Feb
3. 5 Mar
4. 6 Apr
5. 11 May
6. 5 Jun
7. 14 Jul
8. 20 Aug
9. 22 Sep
10. 24 Oct
11. 25 Nov
12. 17 Dec

The worst year: 2000

2000: 36 weeks in drought, peaking at D4 exceptional. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 15% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 6.6% at D2, 2.4% at D3, 3 weeks with some of the county in D4. Longest unbroken spell: 31 weeks, Jul 18, 2000 to Feb 13, 2001.

Lately

Last drought year: 2012, 27 weeks. 2016-2025: 0 in 10, against 1.9 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 18 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Hardeman County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2000, was one of the worst nationally too; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Hardeman County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.