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Drought in Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
Drought October 1, 2025 – October 31, 2025 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The entire zone started out October in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved to Extreme(D3) drought by the end of the month.
The wider storm
Even with a below average precipitation month for Southern New Mexico, the far west did see some improvement from Exceptional(D4) to Extreme(D3) drought while the remainder of the area had no change.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1296389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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