Drought, Eddy County Plains
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM MST to March 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1999
The drought continued into March across Southeast New Mexico, but some beneficial rain was received. 26 inches of rain for the month.
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.
The drought continued into March across Southeast New Mexico, but some beneficial rain was received. Most of the area reported at least a half inch of rain, a few sites had over an inch, and Tatum received 2.26 inches of rain for the month.
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
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM MST to March 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lea
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM MST to March 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)
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
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 1 to 15, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in Washington, March 1 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 1, 1999
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Wisconsin, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 15, 1999
- Cold in Ohio, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, March 1 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, March 1999
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: 5690207, 5690208, 5690209.