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Drought in Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

Drought February 1, 2023 – February 28, 2023 · Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe drought conditions persisted through a portion of the zone during February.

The wider storm

February saw more wetter than normal conditions across the western half of NM with drier than normal conditions persistent through much of the eastern plains of NM. There was very little change in the drought conditions however. By month's end, 16 percent of the state was in severe to extreme drought, of which about 3 percent was extreme drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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