Drought — Far Northeast Highlands, New Mexico

2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 · Far Northeast Highlands, New Mexico

Event narrative

A dry and warm November resulted in the persistence of severe drought over the majority of the zone and the introduction of extreme drought conditions to far southwestern portion of the zone.

Wider weather episode

Overall drought conditions did not change much across northern and central NM during the month of November. Near to above normal precipitation was observed through the west-central and central swath of NM and this allowed for a marginal one categorical improvement in drought conditions for some of this area. Meanwhile, below normal to zero precipitation was observed over the northern mountains along the CO border and northeastern plains. This resulted in a marginal one categorical degradation in drought conditions for a portion of this area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1143685. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.