Drought — Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

2011-07-01 to 2011-07-31 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

Exceptional Drought(D4) conditions continued across all of Luna County through the month of July. The Deming Airport did receive 1.00 inches of rain in the month, but this only brought the yearly total up to 1.03 inches. The average annual precipitation is around 9 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 331700. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.