Drought in Northwest Plateau, New Mexico

Drought December 1, 2023 · Northwest Plateau, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone, despite receiving some beneficial snowfall from several winter storms.

The wider storm

A few winter storms moved across the state during December providing beneficial rain and mountain snow to the state. However, this only resulted in the removal of extreme drought conditions across parts of north central New Mexico and removal of severe drought conditions across parts of central New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147501. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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