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Drought in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Drought December 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

All of Luna County started out in Extreme(D3) drought and ended the month in Severe(D2) drought. The Deming Airport reported 1.87 inches of liquid during the month which was 1.25 inches above normal.

The wider storm

Almost all of Southwest and South-Central New Mexico started the month in Extreme(D3) to Exceptional(D4) drought. By the end of the month, with the exception of the eastern half of Otero County, every other area was downgraded to Moderate(D1) to Severe(D2) drought due to an unusually wet month across Southwest New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356643. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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