Drought — Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

2022-07-01 to 2022-07-31 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started July in Extreme(D3) drought and by the end of the month the eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with the west improving to Severe(D2) drought. The Truth or Consequences Airport has 0.86 inches of precipitation which was 0.77 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Above normal rainfall in late June and July brought some relief to drought conditions across southern New Mexico in July.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1046807. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.