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Drought in Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
Drought October 1, 2021 – October 31, 2021 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The northwest portion of the zone started in Extreme(D3) drought with Severe(D2) drought in the southeast. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought.
The wider storm
Heavy rain over the last few days of September helped to bring some improvement to drought conditions over Southwest New Mexico in October. No areas in Southwest New Mexico were in Extreme(D3) drought by mid October.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 988443. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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