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Drought in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Drought September 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 347244. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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