Drought — Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started the month in Severe(D2) drought, but by the end of the month Extreme(D3) drought moved into the eastern half of the zone.

Wider weather episode

Continued very dry conditions across the region lead to severe to exceptional drought conditions to expand and worsen over southern New Mexico during the month of November.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 927438. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.