Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin storm history

With the exception of extreme Northeast Luna County, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought during the entire month. The Deming Airport reported 0.48 inches of precipitation during the month which was 0.02 inches above normal.

The entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought for the entire month. The Deming Airport received 0.12 inches of rain which was 0.45 inches below normal.

A CoCoRaHs observer 16 miles east-southeast of Deming reported 6.0 inches of snow. A location 7 miles southwest of Akela reported 4.3 inches of snow and an observer 16 miles east of Deming received 4.0 inches. Interstate 10 was closed through Luna County for approximately 24 hour…

Snowfall totals across Luna County ranged from 5.5 inches 6 miles south-southwest of Deming to 4.0 inches 18 miles east-southeast of Deming.

All of Luna County started out in Extreme(D3) drought and ended the month in Severe(D2) drought. The Deming Airport reported 1.87 inches of liquid during the month which was 1.25 inches above normal.

The southwest portion of Luna County started the month in Exceptional(D4) drought with the remainder of the county in Extreme(D3) drought. At the end of the month, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Deming ASOS recorded 1.55 inches of rain for the month which was 0.8…

The western third of Luna County was in Exceptional(D4) drought through the month while the eastern two-thirds of the county was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Deming Airport received 0.71 inches of rain which was 0.14 inches below normal.

All of Luna County was in Extreme(D3) drought to start the month and the western third of the county was put into Exceptional(D4) drought by the end.

All of Luna County was in Exceptional(D4) drought at the beginning of August with the whole county at Extreme(D3) drought at the end of the month. The Deming Airport reported 1.29 inches of rain in the month which brought the yearly total up to 2.32 inches. Normal precipitation t…

Exceptional Drought(D4) conditions continued across all of Luna County through the month of July. The Deming Airport did receive 1.00 inches of rain in the month, but this only brought the yearly total up to 1.03 inches. The average annual precipitation is around 9 inches.

All of Luna County started out in extreme(D3) drought and by the end of June, the entire area was in exceptional(D4) drought. The Deming airport only received 0.01 inches of precipitation in the month. The yearly rainfall through the month of June at the Deming airport was only 0…

Throughout the month of May, the entire area was under Extreme(D3) drought. Only 0.13 inches of rain was reported at the Deming Airport since October 5th with no precipitation falling in the month of May.

A mesonet site 10 miles south of Deming reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph. The Deming Airport reported a peak gust of 58 mph.

Visibilities of a quarter mile were reported intermittently at the Deming ASOS. US Highway 180 north of Deming, Highway 11 between Deming and Columbus, and Highway 26 between Deming and Hatch were closed for parts of the day due to significant blowing dust.

High temperatures across the region on Feb 2nd included 16F at Deming and 18F about 10 miles south of Deming. Low temperatures on the morning of Feb 3rd included -3F at Cambray near the Luna/Dona Ana County line on Interstate 10, -1F about 10 miles south of Deming, and 0F at Demi…

A peak gust of 50 knots was reported at the Deming Airport.

A peak gust of 52 knots was reported at the Deming Airport.

Winds gusting to 50 mph caused blowing dust which reduced visibilities to near zero along Highway 180 northwest of Deming. This resulted in two multi-vehicle collisions and 2 fatalities. Blowing dust from 50 to 60 mph winds was experienced throughout southern New Mexico. A widely…