Drought in Southern Desert, New Mexico

Drought May 1, 2011 – May 31, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 314495. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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