Drought in Saratoga County, NY: 0 years in 10 since 2000

0 years in 10

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

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

20002025

No year reached the drought line. Not a single drought week in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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 Nov turns dry.

Against the rest of NY

58th most drought-prone of 62 NY counties; the NY middle is 0.8 in 10. Closest on the list: Warren County (0 in 10) and Fulton County (0 in 10). Driest in NY: Rockland County (2.3 in 10). Least drought: Otsego County (0 in 10).

When in the year it hits

Most often in Nov (8% of weeks), then Sep (4%) and Dec (4%). Least in Aug (0%). May to September averages 2%.

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

The worst year: 2016

2016: 10 weeks in drought, peaking at D2 severe. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 1.9% of all weeks at D1 or worse, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 10 weeks, Oct 11, 2016 to Dec 13, 2016.

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

Saratoga County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2016, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Saratoga County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.