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Drought in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Drought February 1, 2012 – February 29, 2012 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

With the exception of extreme Northeast Luna County, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought during the entire month. The Deming Airport reported 0.48 inches of precipitation during the month which was 0.02 inches above normal.

The wider storm

Little to no change was experienced in drought conditions across Southwest and South-Central New Mexico during the month. Exceptional drought conditions remained over Southeast Otero County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 364218. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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