Drought — Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30 · Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought through June. The Cooperative Observer in Buckhorn received only 0.05 inches of rain which was 0.45 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Areas of far southwest New Mexico continued to remain dry in June, but the Sacramento Mountains and parts of south-central New Mexico did receive above normal precipitation. There was some improvement to drought conditions in these areas with above normal rainfall.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 968871. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.