Drought in Southern Desert, New Mexico

Drought October 1, 2011 – October 31, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The southeastern corner of the zone was in Severe(D2) drought through the month while the remainder of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The official COOP at New Mexico State University received 0.05 inches of rain while the average for October is 0.78 inches.

The wider storm

All of Southwest and South Central New Mexico remained in Severe to Exceptional Drought through the month of October. There was some small improvement in conditions across the Gila. Near to slightly below normal rainfall was experienced across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 351559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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