Parts of New York in a drought warning
10/9/2025 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
New York
Albany County, NY
Allegany County, NY
Bronx County, NY
Broome County, NY
Cattaraugus County, NY
Cayuga County, NY
Chautauqua County, NY
Chemung County, NY
Chenango County, NY
Clinton County, NY
Columbia County, NY
Cortland County, NY
Delaware County, NY
Dutchess County, NY
Erie County, NY
Essex County, NY
Franklin County, NY
Fulton County, NY
Genesee County, NY
Greene County, NY
Hamilton County, NY
Herkimer County, NY
Jefferson County, NY
Kings County, NY
Lewis County, NY
Livingston County, NY
Madison County, NY
Monroe County, NY
Montgomery County, NY
Nassau County, NY
New York County, NY
Niagara County, NY
Oneida County, NY
Onondaga County, NY
Ontario County, NY
Orange County, NY
Orleans County, NY
Oswego County, NY
Otsego County, NY
Putnam County, NY
Queens County, NY
Rensselaer County, NY
Richmond County, NY
Rockland County, NY
Saint Lawrence County, NY
Saratoga County, NY
Schenectady County, NY
Schoharie County, NY
Schuyler County, NY
Seneca County, NY
Steuben County, NY
Suffolk County, NY
Sullivan County, NY
Tioga County, NY
Tompkins County, NY
Ulster County, NY
Warren County, NY
Washington County, NY
Wayne County, NY
Westchester County, NY
Wyoming County, NY
Yates County, NY
Start Date: 9/24/2025
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As drought continued to worsen in New York, more counties were included in drought warnings. Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne and parts of northern Cayuga counties were some of the additions to the drought warning category.
9WSYR (Syracuse, N.Y.), Oct 9, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced a drought warning was issued for 12 counties in the Adirondack and Southern Tier regions and a drought watch was expanded to include the six counties in the Susquehanna region. All of New York State was in a drought watch or warning, except for New York City and Westchester County.
Rome Sentinel (N.Y.), Sep 24, 2025
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