Drought — Otero Mesa, New Mexico

2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Otero Mesa, New Mexico

Event narrative

Extreme(D3) drought continued across the entire zone in July.

Wider weather episode

Most areas west of the Continental Divide had below normal precipitation once again, but some areas east of the Divide had above normal precipitation which resulted in some minor drought improvements.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1274929. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.