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Drought in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Drought June 1, 2011 – June 30, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

All of Luna County started out in extreme(D3) drought and by the end of June, the entire area was in exceptional(D4) drought. The Deming airport only received 0.01 inches of precipitation in the month. The yearly rainfall through the month of June at the Deming airport was only 0.03 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 321369. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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