Drought in Southern Desert, New Mexico

Drought November 1, 2011 – November 30, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought during the month of November. New Mexico State University received 0.42 inches of rain which was near normal for the month.

The wider storm

Drought conditions started to ease a bit across Southern New Mexico during the month of November as a couple of storms brought significant rain, especially to the Bootheel and Gila regions. The month started out with far Southwest New Mexico and Eastern Otero County in Exceptional(D4) drought which was dropped to Extreme(D3) drought by the end of the month. Most of the remainder of the area was in Extreme(D3) drought through the entire month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 354221. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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