Drought — Central Highlands, New Mexico

2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Central Highlands, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought remained across the northern part of the zone. Extreme drought was removed.

Wider weather episode

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161199. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.