Drought — Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

Event narrative

The zone started out with Severe(D2) drought across the entire zone, by the end of November, the west remained in Severe drought while the east move into Extreme(D3) drought. The Truth or Consequences Airport recorded 0.29 inches of precipitation which was 0.22 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Below normal precipitation was once again noted across southern New Mexico which helped to expand Extreme(D3) to Exceptional(D4) drought to almost the entire area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1146928. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.