Placitas, New Mexico, low soil moisture, plants requiring water, high fire danger
10/2/2015 7:38:17 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Placitas, NM
Start Date: 9/29/2015
- End Date: 9/29/2015
We're ending this water year with two months of dry, hot weather, punctuated with brief rains that did not do much for soil moisture. Soil moisture has been steadily falling since July, when it peaked with the rains of May, June, and July.
It's been hard to keep garden and landscape plants watered sufficiently with the dry weather of the last two months. The humidities have been low, with breezy, dry winds and many days of full sun. The native grasses have cured to maturity with a good crop of seed, but are now contributing to high fire danger.
Overall, this water year has been dry, with an increasing deficit until May, when three months of rainy weather brought our balance back from deficit to zero. Right now we're holding at zero and hoping for the big El Niño winter snows to start us off right for next year. CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Placitas 3.8 ENE on 9/29/2015
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Placitas 3.8 ENE
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CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Placitas 3.8 ENE on 9/29/2015.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
