Drought — Sierra County Lakes Region, New Mexico

2011-06-01 to 2011-06-30 · Sierra County Lakes Region, New Mexico

Event narrative

The eastern half of Sierra County started out in exceptional(D4) drought with the remainder of the area in extreme(D3) drought. By the end of June, the entire area was in exceptional(D4) drought. The Truth or Consequences airport only received a trace of precipitation in the month. The yearly rainfall through the month of June at the Truth or Consequences airport was only 0.06 inches.

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions persisted and got worse of much of Southern New Mexico during the month of June as the entire area was in exceptional drought by the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 321362. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.