Drought — Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona

2018-01-30 to 2018-01-31 · Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 737648. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.