Drought — Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

2022-06-01 to 2022-06-30 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

An early onset to the Southwest Monsoon brought above normal precipitation to the area, especially mountain locations where some areas received over 2 inches more precipitation than normal. Exceptional(D4) drought conditions were removed from all areas of southern New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1037622. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.