Drought — Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

2022-04-01 to 2022-04-30 · Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started out with the entire zone in Severe(D2) drought, but over the eastern area, conditions worsened to Extreme(D3) drought by the end of the month. No precipitation was measured by the Buckhorn Cooperative Observer which was 0.23 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

No precipitation fell in April for almost all the area which lead to an expansion of Severe

(D2) to Exceptional(D4) drought conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1019455. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.