Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2018-07-01 to 2018-07-31 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

Severe(D2) drought was in place to start July across the entire zone and on July 31 the entire area was improved to Moderate(D1) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.73 inches of precipitation which was 1.07 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Much of southern New Mexico saw drought categories improve from Severe(D2) and Extreme(D3) to Moderate(D1) in July due to good rainfall amounts in late June.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 771863. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.