New Mexico, 2025

Drought in New Mexico, November 1 to 30, 2025

November 1 to 30, 2025 · NWS ABQ · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

November saw a mixed bag of above normal and below normal precipitation across the state, heavily defined by one notable winter system late in the month. With November's climatological precipitation amounts already fairly low, it didn't take much for that one storm to bring above normal precipitation to a southwest to northeast swath across the state leaving the northwest and southeast corners…

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 ABQ wrote it up.

November saw a mixed bag of above normal and below normal precipitation across the state, heavily defined by one notable winter system late in the month. With November's climatological precipitation amounts already fairly low, it didn't take much for that one storm to bring above normal precipitation to a southwest to northeast swath across the state leaving the northwest and southeast corners with below normal precipitation. Modest one category improvements were observed over portions of west-central NM alongside some one category degradations for parts of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and southeastern plains. Most of the state saw little to no change in their drought status.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Northwest Plateau

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
Northwest Plateau forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
36.045, -108.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought persisted over the east-central portion of the zone.

Drought, Northwest Highlands

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
Northwest Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
36.072, -107.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought remained persistent over the far northwestern portion of the zone.

Drought, West Central Plateau

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
West Central Plateau forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
34.803, -108.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was removed from a vast majority of the zone.

Drought, Southwest Mountains

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
Southwest Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.961, -107.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought remained persistent over the northwestern portion of the zone, removed elsewhere.

Drought, San Francisco River Valley

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
San Francisco River Valley forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.915, -108.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was removed from the northern portion of the zone, remaining persistent over the southern half of the zone.

Drought, Chaves County Plains

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
Chaves County Plains forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.363, -104.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe drought was introduced to the southern third of the zone.

Drought, Southwest Chaves County

When
November 1, 12:00 AM MST to November 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where
Southwest Chaves County forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.363, -104.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe drought remained persistent over the southern two-thirds of the zone, while it was removed elsewhere.

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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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: 1296455, 1296456, 1296457, 1296458, 1296459, 1296460, 1296461.