Drought in New Mexico

Events

6,408

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$16 million

• Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 1998$14 million · 3 eventsThe 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 in New Mexico, August 1 to 23, 1996$2.4 million · 2 eventsSee narrative in Texas, Western section.
• Drought in New Mexico, November 1 to 30, 202041 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico continued to worsen during the month of November 2020. November saw below normal precipitation across the entire area with extreme to exceptional drought worsening to about 79 percent of the state.
• Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 202041 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico continued to worsen during the month of December 2020. December once again saw below normal precipitation across the entire area with extreme to exceptional drought worsening to about 82 percent of the state.
• Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico remained largely unchanged during the month of April 2021. The month of April was one that was mainly defined by dry and windy conditions for New Mexico with high fire danger noted over several days.
• Drought in New Mexico, May 1 to 31, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico finally started to improve during the month of May 2021. The last couple weeks of May were unusually active for the area with many days defined by widespread thunderstorms especially across the eastern half of the area.
• Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico continued to improve during the month of June 2021. An early start to the monsoon season led to many days characterized by widespread thunderstorms, especially across the eastern half of the area.
• Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico remained largely unchanged during the month of March 2021. March was a very active month for the state which saw several high impact winter storms affect the area, particularly the northern high terrain.
• Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico remained largely unchanged during the month of January 2021. An active storm track during the second half of the month saw several storm systems bring beneficial rain and snow to much of western and northern New Mexico.
• Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 28, 202141 eventsDrought conditions across northern and central New Mexico remained largely unchanged during the month of February 2021. A very active storm track throughout the month saw several storm systems impact much of the state.
• Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 28, 202241 eventsAfter an active end to January 2022, the weather pattern remained active for New Mexico throughout the month of February. However, despite multiple storm systems, the active pattern was once again characterized more by high winds and Arctic airmasses rather than precipitation.
• Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 202241 eventsThe exceptionally dry and windy conditions felt across northern and central New Mexico during the month of March only continued and even worsened during April.
• Drought in New Mexico, May 1 to 31, 202241 eventsAn exceptionally dry and windy spring season for northern and central New Mexico continued during the month of May which saw significantly worsening drought conditions.
• Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 202241 eventsAs what's typically expected for New Mexico during March, the focus turned to high winds rather than precipitation. A couple of strong spring-like storm systems did impact New Mexico during the month, but a more northerly storm track was favored.
• Drought in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 202241 eventsThe North American Monsoon arrived early this year and stayed active throughout all of the month of July 2022 across northern and central New Mexico.
• Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 202241 eventsAfter months of exceptionally dry, windy conditions that only worsened drought conditions across northern and central New Mexico, the month of June finally saw improvement thanks to an early onset of the monsoon season.
• Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 31, 201340 eventsAugust was quite varied in terms of precipitation, typical of the late monsoon period. Overall, the west was near to above normal, while the east was near to below normal.
• Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 201340 eventsDrought severity drastically increased across portions of central and western New Mexico throughout the month of April. Only a few storms brought precipitation to the state during the month, and those storms were focused on northern areas of the state.
• Drought in New Mexico, May 1 to 31, 201340 eventsDrought severity continued to increase across portions of eastern New Mexico throughout the month. Overall, May fared better than previous months with numerous days of at least some measurable precipitation.
• Drought in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 201340 eventsDrought severity decreased across many areas of western and central New Mexico courtesy of a robust start to the 2013 monsoon season. Near to well above normal precipitation was observed nearly statewide for the month.
• Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 201340 eventsDrought severity continued to increase across portions of northern and western New Mexico while decreasing ever so slightly in the east.
• Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 201440 eventsA majority of central and northern New Mexico received below normal precipitation during April 2014. As a result, severe (D2) or worse drought conditions expanded areawide and worsened for parts of the far east, central and west.
• Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 201440 eventsJune 2014 was warmer than normal over most of New Mexico. Precipitation was quite varied from non-existent to well below normal in the west to above normal in the east, with central areas having a mixture of near and below normal precipitation.
• Drought in New Mexico, May 1 to 31, 201440 eventsExceptional drought conditions (D4) eased somewhat across far eastern New Mexico during May 2014, thanks to a wet pattern that developed late in the month.
• Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 201840 eventsWidespread severe to extreme drought conditions at the end of May 2018 continued through June 2018. Severe drought conditions held steady at nearly 86 percent of the state, of which nearly 60 percent was deemed extreme drought or worse.

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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.