Drought — Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought remained across a majority of the zone while extreme drought was reduced slightly across the far southern portion of the zone.

Wider weather episode

An active monsoon pattern across New Mexico resulted in slight drought improvement across the state. 1 category improvements were observed across south central and eastern New Mexico. Several instances of flash flooding were observed across Ruidoso due to heavy rainfall on the South Fork and Salt Fire burn scars.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1190648. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.