Drought — Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

2025-03-01 to 2025-03-31 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started out with Severe(D2) drought over the southwest and improving to Abnormally Dry(D0) drought over the northeast. By the end of the month, the western half of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the east. The Truth or Consequences received a trace of precipitation which was 0.24 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 1244857. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.