Drought in Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

Drought March 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023 · Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe drought conditions improved to moderate drought through a majority of the Northwest Highlands.

The wider storm

Drought continued to improve across northern and central NM during March, 2023. The area with no drought conditions increased to nearly half of the state. The areas of severe to extreme drought remained the same as the month before, entirely focused through the eastern half of the state. At month's end this included 16 percent in severe drought, of which 4 percent was in extreme drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1080304. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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