Drought — Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

2022-06-01 to 2022-06-30 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started June in Extreme(D3) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought by the end.

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 1037948. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.