Drought, Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM MST to May 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in New Mexico, May 1 to 31, 1998
Drought conditions continued in Southwest Texas and Southeast New Mexico. 06".
Where it happened
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
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Drought conditions continued in Southwest Texas and Southeast New Mexico. The Midland/Odessa NWS office recorded only 0.02" of precipitation for the entire month, breaking the record minimum amount of 0.06". Marathon, TX and Carlsbad, NM received no precipitation for the month. Agricultural losses will be great but will not be included until the end of the drought or the end of the harvest when totals are calculated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM MST to May 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lea
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM MST to May 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Lea forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Alabama, May 1, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, May 1 to 15, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 1, 1998
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, May 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 1 to 2, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 20, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 1 to 16, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 1, 1998
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 1998
Sources
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: 5653079, 5653196, 5653197.