Drought in Upper Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

Severe drought was reduced to the southern portion of the zone.

A series of winter storms, highlighted by a slow-moving storm over the desert Southwest in the middle of the month, resulted in above average precipitation across northern, central, and western New Mexico. This resulted in the removal of extreme drought and the reduction of severe drought across north central New Mexico. Meanwhile, below average precipitation and periods of high winds across eastern New Mexico allowed severe to extreme drought conditions to persist. Exceptional drought conditions continued across southern and southwest Chaves County.