Drought in Tuscarawas County, OH: 0.8 years in 10 since 2000
0.8 years in 10
Tuscarawas County, OH: 2 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.
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Drought years: 2012 (15 wk) and 2024 (23 wk). Not a single drought week in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 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 Sep turns dry.
Against the rest of OH
45th most drought-prone of 88 OH counties; the OH middle is 0.8 in 10. Closest on the list: Hocking County (0.8 in 10) and Carroll County (0.8 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 Sep (18% of weeks), then Aug (15%) and Oct (13%). Least in Apr (0%). May to September averages 8%.
- 0 Jan
- 0 Feb
- 0 Mar
- 0 Apr
- 1 May
- 2 Jun
- 5 Jul
- 15 Aug
- 18 Sep
- 13 Oct
- 5 Nov
- 4 Dec
The worst year: 2024
2024: 23 weeks in drought, peaking at D4 exceptional. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 5.2% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 1.7% at D2, 0.6% at D3, 11 weeks with some of the county in D4. Longest unbroken spell: 23 weeks, Jul 30, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024.
Lately
Last drought year: 2024, 23 weeks. 2016-2025: 1 in 10, against 0.6 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 0 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.
Further reading
Tuscarawas County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2024, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Tuscarawas County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.