Drought — South Central Mountains, New Mexico

2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · South Central Mountains, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought remained across most of the zone.

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 1161200. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.