Drought in Southern Desert, New Mexico

Drought June 1, 2011 – June 30, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The northeastern corner of Dona Ana 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 except the far southeast. The COOP at New Mexico State University received 0.35 inches in the month. The yearly rainfall through the month of June at New Mexico State University was only 0.43 inches.

The wider storm

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 321363. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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