Drought — Northern Dona Ana County, New Mexico

2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 · Northern Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started the month in Severe(D2) drought and transitioned to Extreme(D3) drought by the end of the month.

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 1146930. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.