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Surry County is out of drought for the first time in nearly a year, according to the latest state report, after fall rain erased a designation that had held since December 2025. The county reached extreme drought as recently as July before easing to moderate drought and now to no drought status at all.

Mount Airy's official weather station at the F.G. Doggett Water Plant measured 5.21 inches in October, well above the local October average of 3.44 inches. Much of that fell in a single day: 2.85 inches logged for Oct. 11, when the remnants of Hurricane Isaias hit during the Autumn Leaves Festival.

The year still runs dry overall. Through Oct. 31 the station recorded 34.53 inches against a normal 41.24, a deficit of 6.71 inches, or 16.3 percent. The southeastern corner of Surry County remains listed as abnormally dry, one level above moderate drought, and September finished well below normal with 2.37 inches against an average of 4.40.

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Surry County is out of drought for the first time in nearly a year, according to the latest state report, after fall rain erased a designation that had held since December 2025. The county reached extreme drought as recently as July before easing to moderate drought and now to no drought status at all. Mount Airy's official weather station at the F.G. Doggett Water Plant measured 5.21 inches in October, well above the local October average of 3.44 inches. Much of that fell in a single day: 2.85 inches logged for Oct. 11, when the remnants of Hurricane Isaias hit during the Autumn Leaves Festival. The year still runs dry overall. Through Oct. 31 the station recorded 34.53 inches against a normal 41.24, a deficit of 6.71 inches, or 16.3 percent. The southeastern corner of Surry County remains listed as abnormally dry, one level above moderate drought, and September finished well below normal with 2.37 inches against an average of 4.40. STARNEWS.PLUS
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