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14-plus years of drought in New Mexico

Posted by jfleck on 22 May 2014, 1:02 pm

Inspired by these insanely cool California drought visualizations from Circle of Blue, here’s a drought history in New Mexico over the last 14 years:

The data come from the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report on drought conditions around the United States. Here’s more info on the category designations.

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