Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2022-03-01 to 2022-03-31 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started with Severe(D2) drought over the far north with Extreme(D3) drought for the remainder of the area. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.21 inches of precipitation which was 0.09 inches below normal.

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 1013840. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.