Drought — West Central Highlands, New Mexico

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-31 · West Central Highlands, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought contracted to the northern part of the zone thanks to beneficial snowfall from several winter storms.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1147507. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.