Drought — Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

2021-10-01 to 2021-10-31 · Eastern Black Range Foothills, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the entire month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.97 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

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_id 988445. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.