Drought — Estancia Valley, New Mexico

2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Estancia Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe drought conditions persisted across a majority of the zone, outside of the far southern portion.

Wider weather episode

August 2025 saw well above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation across much of western and central NM with below normal temperatures and near to above average precipitation across eastern NM. The lack of precipitation across far western NM from this monsoon season resulted in the introduction of extreme drought across the West Central and Northwest Plateau and far Northwest Highlands.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1281384. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.