Drought — Espanola Valley, New Mexico

2024-08-01 to 2024-08-31 · Espanola Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought persisted across the far northwest portion of the zone.

Wider weather episode

The continuation of an active 2024 monsoon season resulted in further slight improvements in drought conditions across the state. However, localized areas of severe drought remained across north central New Mexico and the northern Albuquerque Metro along with severe to locally extreme drought in southern Lincoln and Chaves County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1200598. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.