Drought — Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

2024-04-01 to 2024-04-30 · Northwest Highlands, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought persisted over the northern portion of the zone.

Wider weather episode

April 2024 saw below normal precipitation on the whole across northern and central NM while average temperatures were still within a few degrees of normal. This aided in limiting the drying out and degradation of drought conditions. Most of the state ended up seeing no change in drought conditions with limited improvements over small portions of northern and central NM most likely due to a healthy Spring snow melting event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1167533. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.