Drought — Southern Desert, New Mexico

2011-05-01 to 2011-05-31 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

Event narrative

At the beginning of May, the entire area was under Extreme(D3) drought. By the end of the month, the far northeast corner of Dona Ana County was into Exceptional(D4) drought. No precipitation fell in the month of May and the Las Cruces Airport had no received any precipitation since early February.

Wider weather episode

Very little if any rain fell across Far Southern New Mexico since the beginning of the year which led to extreme to exceptional drought conditions across the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 314495. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.