Drought in Wyoming County, WV: 1.9 years in 10 since 2000
1.9 years in 10
Wyoming County, WV: 5 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.
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20002025
Drought years: 2001 (15 wk), 2002 (14 wk), 2007 (26 wk), 2008 (16 wk) and 2024 (21 wk). Not a single drought week in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025.
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 Oct turns dry.
Against the rest of WV
7th most drought-prone of 55 WV counties; the WV middle is 0.8 in 10. Closest on the list: Grant County (1.9 in 10) and Morgan County (1.5 in 10). Driest in WV: Mercer County (2.3 in 10). Least drought: Hancock County (0.4 in 10).
When in the year it hits
Most often in Oct (17% of weeks), then Dec (12%) and Sep (12%). Least in Mar (3%). May to September averages 8%.
- 12 Jan
- 6 Feb
- 3 Mar
- 3 Apr
- 8 May
- 6 Jun
- 8 Jul
- 6 Aug
- 12 Sep
- 17 Oct
- 12 Nov
- 12 Dec
The worst year: 2007
2007: 26 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 8.6% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 2.8% at D2, 0.1% at D3, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 22 weeks, Aug 14, 2007 to Jan 8, 2008.
Lately
Last drought year: 2024, 21 weeks. 2016-2025: 1 in 10, against 2.5 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 11 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.
Further reading
Wyoming County lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2007, was one of the worst nationally too; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Wyoming County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.