Drought — East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

2025-07-01 to 2025-07-08 · East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

Event narrative

The zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and improved to Moderate(D1) drought on July 8th. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 4.81 inches of precipitation which was 1.67 inches above normal.

Wider weather episode

Consecutive months of above normal precipitation for most of the Sacramento Mountains helped to improve the drought conditions to Moderate(D1) by early July.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1274945. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.