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Drought in Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona

Drought January 30, 2018 – January 31, 2018 · Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The extreme drought (D3) category was reached in late January across southeast Pima County, Santa Cruz County and far southwest Cochise County including portions of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Baboquivari, Santa Rita and Huachuca Mountains. The extreme drought category was also reached across the White Mountains of far northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. Below normal precipitation occurred each month from August of 2017 through January of 2018. Soil moisture readings were well below normal and ranked below the 20th percentile.

The wider storm

The extreme drought (D3) category was reached in late January across southeast Pima County, Santa Cruz County and far southwest Cochise County including portions of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Baboquivari, Santa Rita and Huachuca Mountains. The extreme drought category was also reached across the White Mountains of far northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. Below normal precipitation occurred each month from August of 2017 through January of 2018. Soil moisture readings were well below normal and ranked below the 20th percentile.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 737648. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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