New Mexico, 1998Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 31, 1998
August 1 to 31, 1998 · NWS MAF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A severe drought continues across the region. Damage estimates will be compiled after the fall harvest.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
A severe drought continues across the region. Damage estimates will be compiled after the fall harvest.
Drought, Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM MST to August 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM MST to August 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lea
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM MST to August 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Lea forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998$191 million · 23 events
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998$150 million · 24 events
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998$77 million · 27 events
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998$138 million · 13 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 19981 death · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 1, 19983 injured · $25,000 · 1 event
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 199824 events
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 199824 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
- Drought in Virginia, August 1 to 31, 199820 events
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 199820 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 1, 1998$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5668482, 5668483, 5668484.