Nearly 97% of New Mexico is in some kind of drought. “Much of the Sangre De Cristo mountains and going into the San Juan mountains here in Colorado and Northern New Mexico, we’re primarily seeing below normal snowpack for this time of year,”

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1. Widespread short- and long-term drought conditions are currently plaguing New Mexico, and much of the Southwest.

   During a drought briefing of the Intermountain West Tuesday – that includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming – scientists predicted bleak drought conditions in the foreseeable future.

   Curtis Riganti is with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska.

   “Much of the Sangre De Cristo mountains and going into the San Juan mountains here in Colorado and Northern New Mexico, we’re primarily seeing below normal snowpack for this time of year,” Riganti said. “We’re somewhat early in the cold season still, so there could be time for this snowpack to balloon.”