Drought in Upper Tularosa Valley, New Mexico

Beneficial precipitation from several winter storms allowed severe drought conditions to be contracted to central and southern parts of the zone with moderate drought conditions now in the northeast part of the zone.

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.