Salt Basin storm history

The eastern portion of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the far west remained in Moderate(D1) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the west remained in Moderate(D1) drought.

The month started out with Extreme(D3) drought east and Severe(D2) drought west. By the end of the month, the east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought over the far west.

The far eastern portion of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with Severe(D2) drought over the west.

The zone started out with Extreme(D3) drought over all but the far northern areas which were in Severe(D2) drought. By the end of the month, the west was in Extreme(D3) drought and the east was in Severe(D2) drought.

The month started with Exceptional(D4) drought across the entire zone except the far north where it was in Extreme(D3) drought. By the end of July, the entire area improved one category with the far north placed in Severe(D2) drought while the remainder of the zone improved to Ex…

Exceptional(D4) drought covered the entire zone except for the far north where Extreme(D3) continued.

Exceptional(D4) drought continued for all but the far northern areas where Extreme(D3) drought continued.

Reports of near zero visibility on social media along US62/180 near Salt Flat.

Exceptional(D4) drought continued across all of the zone except the far north where Extreme(D3) drought remained.

Extreme(D3) drought covered the entire zone to start March and by the end of the month, Exceptional(D4) drought covered all but the far northern areas.

The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought throughout the month.

The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought.

Extreme(D3) drought continued throughout December for the entire zone.

Extreme(D3) drought continued throughout the month for the entire zone.

The eastern half of the zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the west. By the end of October, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the west was in Severe(D2) drought.

The month started in Severe(D2) drought across the entire zone, then by the end of the month, the eastern half was placed in Extreme(D3) drought.

The northern half of the zone continued in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

Several large trees uprooted across the roadways. No injuries or damage to homes.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

A West Texas Mesonet site in Dell City recorded a peak gust of 58 mph.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

A peak gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Dell City - Texas Tech Mesonet site in Dell City.

Extreme(D3) drought continued through the month for the northern half of the zone while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with the southern half stayed in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.

The entire zone started September in Severe(D2) drought. By the end of the month, the northern half of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought.

The entire zone went from Moderate(D1) drought to Severe(D2) drought.

The average temperature at the El Paso Airport was 91.6 degrees which was 2.7 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2020. The high temperature topped 100 degrees 30 of 31 days during the month with only 0.30 inches of precipitation.

A Texas Tech Mesonet site in Dell City reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph. The PX Well RAWS reported a peak gust of 58 mph.

The far east portion of the zone started the month in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought over the southwest. By the end of the month, the far east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought elsewhere.

The eastern areas started in Exceptional(D4) drought with Extreme(D3) drought over the west. By the end of the month, only the far east was in Exceptional(D4) drought with Severe(D2) drought over the southwest.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought while the western half remained in Extreme(D3) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought while the western half remained in Extreme(D3) drought.

Exceptional(D4) drought continued over the eastern half of the zone while the west remained in Extreme(D3) drought.

Exceptional(D4) drought continued over the east while Extreme(D3) drought remained over the western half of the zone.

The month started with Extreme(D3) drought over the east and Severe(D2) over the west. By the end of the month, the eastern half of the zone was put into Exceptional(D4) drought and Extreme(D3) drought over the west.

The month started with the entire zone in Severe(D2) drought and by the end of the month, the eastern half of the area was placed in Extreme(D3) drought.

Severe(D2) drought conditions remained in place through the month of October.

The month started out with Severe(D2) drought over the far southeast portion of the zone but spread across the entire area by the end of the month.

A peak gust of 62 mph was recorded 2 miles east of Montana Vista.

A mesonet site 2 miles east of Montana Vista recorded a peak gust of 62 mph.

The northeastern half of the zone started out in Severe(D2) drought, but on November 6th, due to good late October rains, the region was placed into Moderate(D1) drought.

Severe(D2) drought continued through October for the northeastern half of the zone.

The northeastern half of the zone was put into Severe(D2) drought conditions due to extended dry conditions through the monsoon season.