Drought — Espanola Valley, New Mexico

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-31 · Espanola Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

Beneficial precipitation from several winter storms allowed extreme drought conditions to improve to severe drought conditions.

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 1147517. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.