Drought — Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 · Upper Gila River Valley, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of November. The Buckhorn Cooperative Observer reported 0.06 inches of precipitation which was 0.78 inches below normal.

Wider weather episode

Another very dry month across southwest New Mexico led to some areas which had recently been brought out of D3(Extreme) and D4(Exceptional) drought back into D3(Extreme) drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 993172. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.