Drought — Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

2011-07-01 to 2011-07-31 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Event narrative

Exceptional Drought(D4) conditions continued across all of the Sacramento Mountains through the month of July. The cooperative observer at Mountain Park only received 2.67 inches of rain in the month and the observer at Elk only received 0.79 inches with the yearly total only at 1.42 inches at the end of the month. The average annual precipitation at Elk is over 17 inches.

Wider weather episode

Very dry conditions continued across Southern New Mexico through July with Exceptional Drought(D4) conditions across ninety five percent of the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 331699. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.