Drought — South Central Highlands, New Mexico

2024-01-01 to 2024-01-31 · South Central Highlands, New Mexico

Event narrative

Near to above normal precipitation allowed for severe drought to be removed from nearly all of the zone.

Wider weather episode

January saw mostly near normal precipitation across northern and central NM on the whole, resulting in most areas seeing a static state in drought conditions. There were pockets of above normal precipitation focused over the northeastern plains, mainly Colfax and Union Counties, thanks to a blizzard that dumped heavy snow on the region in early January. Areas along the Continental Divide saw near to slightly above normal precipitation in west-central NM which led to a one or two categorical improvement in drought conditions there.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1150962. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.