Orange County NC Website
National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (through 3/30/2008) <br /> (inches above F+1 or below [-1 normal) <br /> RDU Piedmont-Triad <br /> +1.94" since March 1, 2008 +1.54" since March 1, 2008 <br /> -8.37" since January 1, 2007 -13.17" since January 1, 2007 <br /> -1.13" since January 1, 2008 -1.50" since January 1, 2008 <br /> Miscellaneous notes <br /> The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, last updated April 8, 2008, <br /> indicates that the entirety of Orange County has been upgraded to "severe drought", the third <br /> severity level of their rating system. We had previously been rated "exceptional drought", which <br /> is the fifth and most dry rating. <br />