Drought — Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass, New Mexico

2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought conditions from October 2022 persisted through March 2023.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1080306. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.