Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2018-03-01 to 2018-03-31 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe(D2) drought continued across the zone during the entire month of March. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer received 0.29 inches of precipitation which was 0.08 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

A very dry month of March kept severe(D2) drought going across parts of Grant, Sierra and Otero counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 746017. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.