New Mexico, 1998Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 1998
December 1 to 31, 1998 · NWS MAF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
The devastating drought continued into the Winter with little precipitation reported around the region in December. The estimated damage totals are for calendar year 1998.
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
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $12 million
- 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.
The devastating drought continued into the Winter with little precipitation reported around the region in December. The estimated damage totals are for calendar year 1998.
Drought, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM MST to December 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, Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lea
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Lea forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $12 million
- 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, December 1 to 31, 1998$450 million · 24 events
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 1998$265 million · 24 events
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in Washington, December 1 to 29, 1998$150,000 · 12 events
- Heavy Rain in California, December 1, 1998$140,000 · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 1, 19983 injured · $10,000 · 55 kt wind · 25 events
- Drought in Virginia, December 1 to 31, 199822 events
- Heat in Kentucky, December 1 to 7, 199822 events
- Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 199822 events
- Heat in New Jersey, December 1 to 7, 199820 events
- Heat in Wisconsin, December 1 to 6, 199820 events
- Heat in Illinois, December 1 to 8, 199819 events
- Storm Surge in California, December 1 to 5, 1998$16,000 · 4 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: 5678087, 5678088, 5678089.