Drought — Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

2025-03-01 to 2025-03-31 · Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started out with the entire zone in Extreme(D3) drought but by the end of the month, the far southeast was placed in Exceptional(D4) drought. The Cliff Cooperative Observer reported 0.47 inches of precipitation which was 0.16 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

March was another month with below normal precipitation across southwest New Mexico. This lead to all areas ending the month of March in at least Severe(D2) drought conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244842. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.