Drought — Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

2021-01-01 to 2021-01-31 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone remained in Severe(D3) drought through the month of January.

Wider weather episode

Most of southern New Mexico had another month of below normal precipitation in January. All areas except along the border in Luna County, where Exceptional(D4) drought expanded, remained the same as December.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935819. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.