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Drought in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Drought July 1, 2011 – July 31, 2011 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 331699. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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