Drought — Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

Event narrative

April started out with the entire zone in Extreme(D3) drought. By the end of the month, the northern half of the zone was placed in Exceptional(D4) drought.

Wider weather episode

Another very dry month across southern New Mexico pushed at least Extreme(D3) drought conditions through the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248135. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.