Drought — Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

Event narrative

The month started with Severe(D2) drought over the west and Moderate(D1) drought across the east. By the end of the month, the far west was in Extreme(D3) drought and the remainder of the area was in Severe(D2) drought. The Truth or Consequences Airport reported just a trace of precipitation which was 0.51 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 993185. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.