Drought — Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

2011-11-01 to 2011-11-30 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

The southwest portion of Luna County started the month in Exceptional(D4) drought with the remainder of the county in Extreme(D3) drought. At the end of the month, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Deming ASOS recorded 1.55 inches of rain for the month which was 0.84 inches above normal.

Wider weather episode

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_id 354226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.