Drought — West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

2022-06-01 to 2022-06-30 · West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started out in Extreme(D3) drought, but improved to Severe(D2) drought by the end of June. The Mountain Park Cooperative Observer reported 3.24 inches of precipitation which was 2.07 inches above normal.

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 1037950. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.