Widespread severe to extreme drought conditions at the end of September 2018 improved slightly through October 2018 due to several rounds of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall. Severe drought conditions improved to 44 percent of the state, of which around 22 percent was deemed extreme drought or worse.
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 episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Widespread severe to extreme drought conditions at the end of September 2018 improved slightly through October 2018 due to several rounds of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall. Severe drought conditions improved to 44 percent of the state, of which around 22 percent was deemed extreme drought or worse. Exceptional drought improved very little to around 15 percent of New Mexico. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms occurred throughout the month, especially around the higher terrain of central New Mexico, the Rio Grande Valley, and eastern New Mexico. Widespread rainfall amounts of one to three inches occurred across central and eastern New Mexico with less than one inch across the west. The Four Corners region remained mostly dry during October 2018 with no improvement to exceptional drought conditions. An early season snowfall event impacted the northern mountains with around 3 to 6 inches of snow on the 15th. A more significant winter weather event occurred on the 31st when 12 to 17 inches of snow fell over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Lighter snowfall amounts were reported across much of the surrounding area of the northern mountains and northeastern New Mexico.
35 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018 for areas around Gallup.
Extreme to severe drought conditions from September improved to moderate drought for far western Curry County in October 2018. Eastern Curry County was abnormally dry, and the far eastern portion of the county improved to no drought in October.
Extreme drought conditions from September improved to severe through October 2018 for far western Quay County. The eastern portion of the county improved to no drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018 for western Union County. The far eastern portion of the county improved to drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Extreme drought conditions from September continued for the northern part of the area through October 2018. Extreme drought conditions for the southern part of the area improved to severe drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018. The far eastern portion of the area was abnormally dry in October.
Extreme drought conditions from September improved to severe in October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Extreme drought conditions from September continued through October 2018. The far southern part of the area improved to severe drought in October.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional to extreme drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Severe drought conditions from September improved to moderate drought through October 2018. The southern part of the area was abnormally dry in October.
Severe drought conditions from September improved to moderate drought through October 2018. The southern part of the area was abnormally dry in October.
Severe to extreme drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018. The southern part of the area improved to moderate drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018. Southern Torrance County improved to moderate drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018. The southern portion of the area improved to moderate drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September continued to improve to moderate drought for most of western Harding County in October 2018. Eastern Harding County improved to abnormally dry, and far eastern parts of the county improved to no drought in October.
Severe drought conditions from September improved to moderate drought in October 2018.
Extreme drought conditions from September improved to severe drought in October 2018. Severe drought conditions in southern Guadalupe County improved to moderate drought in October.
Extreme drought conditions from September continued to improve to severe drought for far western parts of the county through October 2018. Other parts of western Roosevelt County improved to moderate drought, and eastern Roosevelt County improved to no drought conditions.
Extreme drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Extreme drought conditions from September improved to severe drought in October 2018. Parts of western De Baca County improved to moderate drought.
Extreme drought conditions from September improved to severe drought for parts of the area in October 2018. Parts of western Chaves County and the southeast corner improved to moderate drought.
Severe drought conditions from September improved to moderate drought for much of the area through October 2018.
Severe drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2018
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