Counties with the worst droughts in Maryland
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- Abnormally dry: 3.1%
- Area in drought: 96.9% (#5 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 45.3%
--- Severe drought: 49.1%
--- Extreme drought: 2.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 96.9% (#5 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 45.3%
--- Severe drought: 49.1%
--- Extreme drought: 2.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Maryland statistics
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Howard County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Carroll County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 76.6%
--- Severe drought: 23.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 76.6%
--- Severe drought: 23.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Frederick County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 73.6%
--- Severe drought: 26.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 73.6%
--- Severe drought: 26.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Montgomery County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 58.7%
--- Severe drought: 41.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 58.7%
--- Severe drought: 41.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Baltimore County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.0%
--- Severe drought: 54.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.0%
--- Severe drought: 54.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Baltimore City
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 17.7%
--- Severe drought: 82.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 17.7%
--- Severe drought: 82.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Washington County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 15.5%
--- Severe drought: 84.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 15.5%
--- Severe drought: 84.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Anne Arundel County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 11.8%
--- Severe drought: 88.2%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 11.8%
--- Severe drought: 88.2%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Prince George's County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Worcester County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wicomico County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Talbot County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Somerset County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Saint Mary's County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Dorchester County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Charles County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Calvert County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 99.2%
--- Extreme drought: 0.8%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 99.2%
--- Extreme drought: 0.8%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Harford County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 60.6%
--- Severe drought: 35.4%
--- Extreme drought: 4.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 60.6%
--- Severe drought: 35.4%
--- Extreme drought: 4.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Allegany County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 95.5%
--- Extreme drought: 4.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 95.5%
--- Extreme drought: 4.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Caroline County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 77.2%
--- Extreme drought: 22.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 77.2%
--- Extreme drought: 22.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Queen Anne's County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 57.1%
--- Extreme drought: 42.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 57.1%
--- Extreme drought: 42.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Kent County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 45.6%
--- Extreme drought: 54.4%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 45.6%
--- Extreme drought: 54.4%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Cecil County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 42.5%
--- Extreme drought: 57.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 42.5%
--- Extreme drought: 57.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 49 states.
Garrett County
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