Drought — Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

2011-06-01 to 2011-06-30 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

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.

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 321369. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.