{"id":45774,"date":"2021-07-16T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/monsoon-rains-help-but-san-juan-county-n-m-remains-in-drought\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:27:18","slug":"monsoon-rains-help-but-san-juan-county-n-m-remains-in-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/monsoon-rains-help-but-san-juan-county-n-m-remains-in-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsoon rains help, but San Juan County, N.M., remains in drought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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These two maps show the drought conditions between the week of July 6 and July 13. Conditions in San Juan County have not improved, however relief could be in sight with coming monsoons.<\/span>US Drought Monitor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

FARMINGTON \u2013 A majority of San Juan County remains in exceptional drought status, which is the worst degree of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and meteorologists don\u2019t anticipate too much relief in the near future.<\/p>\n

Last week, parts of eastern New Mexico experienced drought relief and were reclassified to lower levels of drought as a result of a \u201crobust Southwest monsoon,\u201d according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. For San Juan County, however, not much has changed.<\/p>\n

Clay Anderson with the National Weather Service said Farmington and surrounding areas will have \u201cchances\u201d for showers and storms every day going into the monsoon season, however long-term effects won\u2019t be seen for at least another month.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrought improvement from monsoon-related rainfall will take a while and shouldn\u2019t be expected through the month of July,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cIt is possible for some improvement by August, but getting out of this drought will take above-normal precipitation for some time, including through the winter months.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend, Anderson said an upper high will limit coverage and rainfall amounts into next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the upper high will relocate to over the central Rockies around the middle of next week,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cAs the upper high relocates to our north, moisture will trend up across the Four Corners region and result in improved coverage of showers and storms and greater rainfall amounts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson said the county could potentially move down to a D3, or extreme drought status, from a D4 or exceptional drought status, in August, but that it is \u201cprobably best to plan for no improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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