Drought — Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

2022-03-01 to 2022-03-31 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of March.

Wider weather episode

Another month of below normal precipitation, except in the Sacramento Mountains, lead to increasing coverage of Extreme(D3) and some areas up to Exceptional(D4) drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1013838. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.