New Mexico monsoon has ended.

Here is a summary of rainfall across the state:

https://cales.arizona.edu/climate/misc/monsoon/nm_monsoon.html

This article highlights the fact that there were a record number of flash flood warnings issued in New Mexico:

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/3-facts-about-the-2025-monsoon-season-in-new-mexico/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_monsoon

#NewMexico #Monsoon #Rain #Drought #Ruidoso #FlashFloods #NMwx

CNN: In a new era of climate disaster, a tiny, resilient mountain village in New Mexico is teaching the world how to adapt

(subscriber only, but it's readable in Firefox "reader mode"). TLDR: they have no choice, they just keep on going on (IMHO).

From the article:

" Ruidoso is not an outlier. Across the US, fires and floods are now common in regions that used to rarely face them. Climate-fueled catastrophes that were once anomalies – deadly wildfires in the Northeast, historic urban flooding in the Southwest – are rapidly reshaping the fabric of American life.

Such flip-flopping between weather extremes could happen more often as the world warms due to fossil fuel pollution, climate experts say. Rainfall events are also intensifying; nearly 90% of US cities experienced an increase in hourly rainfall rates since 1970, according to a 2024 analysis from Climate Central. "

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/us/ruidoso-new-mexico-flooding-climate

#disasters #climateemergency #NMwx #climate #ruidoso

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Ruidoso, NM

"Flash Flood Warning issued August 29 at 6:49PM MDT until August 29 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM


At 649 PM MDT, emergency management reported flash flooding over the
South Fork Burn Scar. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring."

https://alerts-v2.weather.gov/search?id=urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ccd79b27b978a231325bab150ed09608365f57bb.001.1

#NMwx #Ruidoso

School goes into a shelter in place because of the threat of flooding.

How often do you see that?

#NewMexico #Ruidoso #Flood #Monsoon #Thunderstorms #Rain #Safety

Flooding expected (again) in Ruidoso, NM. It appears they are stuck in perpetual mudflow season.

https://alerts-v2.weather.gov/search?id=urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.263492dae739467a502938b3ec79b82c18ccddca.001.1

#Ruidoso #NMwx #Flooding