Drought — Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

2024-08-01 to 2024-08-31 · Chaves County Plains, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought was reduced to the southern half of the zone with a localized area of extreme drought along the southern border 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 1200606. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.