Drought — Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

Event narrative

August started with Extreme(D3) drought over the eastern three-fourths of the zone with Severe(D2) drought across the western quarter. At the end of the month, the far south remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the remainder of the zone was in Severe(D2) drought. The Truth or Consequences airport reported 2.83 inches of precipitation which was 1.07 inches above normal.

Wider weather episode

Above normal precipitation fell in August across southern New Mexico leading to more drought improvement across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052836. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.