Drought in Otero Mesa, New Mexico

Drought January 1, 2021 – January 31, 2021 · Otero Mesa, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The month started with the far western portions of the zone in Severe(D2) drought becoming worse to the east where Exceptional(D4) drought was located. On January 19th, the area that was in Severe drought was placed in Extreme(D3) drought while the east remained in Exceptional drought.

The wider storm

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 935823. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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