Drought in Southwest Mountains, New Mexico

Extreme drought remained persistent over the western third of the zone.

Remnants of two tropical systems from the eastern Pacific moved over the Desert Southwest in the early part of the month providing above normal precipitation over the Four Corners and northwestern portion of New Mexico. This provided modest improvements to drought conditions over portions of western NM. Meanwhile, below normal precipitation was observed across eastern NM where drought conditions remained consistent for much of this half of the state with the exception of some degradation through southeastern NM.