Drought — Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

2024-05-01 to 2024-05-31 · Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe to extreme drought remained across the zone with exceptional drought continuing over the south-central portion 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 1172419. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.