Drought — Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

2011-09-01 to 2011-09-30 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

All of Luna County was in Extreme(D3) drought to start the month and the western third of the county was put into Exceptional(D4) drought by the end.

Wider weather episode

Below average rainfall for the month of September allowed most locations to remain in extreme to exceptional drought with the Western Gila region seeing a return to exceptional drought conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 347244. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.