Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

The zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout October.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1296392. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.