Drought — Northern Dona Ana County, New Mexico

2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Northern Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Event narrative

The western half of the zone remained in Severe(D3) drought which improved to the east which remained in Moderate(D1) drought.

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 1052837. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.