Drought — Sierra County Lakes Region, New Mexico

2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Sierra County Lakes Region, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started out in Severe(D2) drought with the far southeastern portion of the zone dropping into Moderate(D1) drought on January 17th. The remainder of the zone remained in Severe drought. The Truth or Consequences Airport reported 0.05 inches of rain for the month which was 0.25 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Most locations in Southwest New Mexico started the month in Moderate(D1) to Severe(D2) drought with just Eastern Otero County in Extreme(D3) to Exceptional(D4) drought. An improvement was noted in and around Dona Ana County by the middle of the month with little change elsewhere.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 359678. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.