Drought — Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, New Mexico

2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30 · Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started out June in Exceptional(D4) drought but improved to Extreme(D3) drought south to Severe(D2) drought by the end of the month. The Cloudcroft Cooperative Observer reported 3.40 inches of precipitation which was 1.18 inches above 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 968914. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.