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Drought in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Drought November 1, 2011 – November 30, 2011 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

All of the Southern Sacramento Mountains were in Exceptional(D4) drought to start the month. By the end of November, only the extreme southeast section of the mountains were still in Exceptional(D4) drought and the remainder of the area was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Cloudcroft COOP Observer received 1.34 inches of rain for the month which was just 0.10 inches below normal.

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 354223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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