Drought — Guadalupe County, New Mexico

2024-05-01 to 2024-05-31 · Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought was removed from the vast majority of the zone.

Wider weather episode

The month of May saw overall near normal precipitation for the state as a whole. However, slightly drier than normal precipitation was observed over the western and southern halves of the state with slightly above normal precipitation over parts of east-central and northeastern NM. Drought conditions remained very consistent across the state as a whole, with only localized changes observed in San Miguel and eastern Chaves Counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172417. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.