Drought in Otero Mesa, New Mexico

Drought December 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 · Otero Mesa, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Extreme(D3) persisted across the entire zone during the month of December.

The wider storm

Most areas of Southern New Mexico were close to average for precipitation in December leading to a majority of the area remaining in Extreme(D3) to Exceptional(D4) drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147746. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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