Drought — Central Highlands, New Mexico

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

Event narrative

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone, despite receiving some 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 1147523. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.