Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2020-09-01 to 2020-09-15 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started with Seere(D2) drought conditions over the far south but improved to Moderate(D1) drought on September 15th. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.33 inches of precipitation, which was 0.70 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Another very dry month with little in the way of monsoon moisture worsened drought conditions across southwest and south-central New Mexico. Some areas around the Gila region were placed into Exceptional(D4) drought conditions while most other areas were at least in Severe(D2) drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 920468. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.