Drought — Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

2025-01-07 to 2025-01-31 · Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

The zone started the month in Moderate(D1) drought and on January 7th was placed in Severe(D2) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Cliff reported 0.27 inches of precipitation which was 0.89 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

January brought another month of below normal precipitation to the region which resulted in worsening drought conditions for Grant and Sierra counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229892. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.