Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-03-10
SNOW IN NEW MEXICO.
Bulletin! from Weather Bureau on Snow Fall
the Past Winter.

Bulieih5 from Weather Bureau on Snow Fall
the Past Winter.
v. 3. Department Of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau.
santa Fe, N, NJ. March ., 1890.
Reports from all seotioas OF the ter
rtbory shows that noL only It's snow
lying on tho ground rs usually light
Cor the season. but also that The total
snowfall tor this winter ~ Gar Was
much ICES thaa the average amount.
ON the a5th Of February. the date ON
which the estimates were taken, there
WAS practically no snow below Alu-
tudes Of S,OOO feet. and on southern
slopes bat little below lo.VQ0 feet,
There has been comparatively little
wind. and as the snow lies evenly on
the SUBMITS. there IN an absence VI
the large dTlftB from wh.ch comes the
greater part OF the spring dow. Al
thu headwateTs of the Rio GTande and
san Juan rivers, In southwestern COi-
orado, there seems ~ DO about Tie
average amount vi snow, but from The
New heXioO tributaries these Viii re-
eelve very little Increase. OF the
streams whose watersh Jds lie wholly
within New AexieO, IL ~ safe 70 sAy
that the present snow supply n not
! Sufficient " keep W the current noW,
and unlens heEe Is heavy Bnow soon,
or good early rains. The SECTIONS de-
pending on these are threatened with
q serious water famine in tAs early
spring.
The following extracts fr0m rep0rta
show the conditions Ia greater detail:
san Juan watershed. AEtec &C. N.
Mead --rhere has been no snow "
speak OF la san Juan county this vim
ter The snowfall ON The mountains
la Southwestern Colorado IA reported
/ light, although both the AniHaa and
san Juan rivers have excellent pros
pects Tor a continuous How VI water
snow 70 reported ~ the headwaters Of
tbe Rio Orande. Hood (R. A. Hood
No snow nearer than eighteen miles,
and then only la shady places.
Upper lilo orando, AbiQulu GA.
Grant, -IEas not been over two inches
OF snow all winter. Amizett "a Hei'
phenatlnel--Very light on mountains
ON the watersheds between the Rio
H0ndO and HE'D river this winter about
three and n halr feet. Average now
for three miles east, eighteen inches
six nllcs west. six incheA. Gl hito az
IopeE)-VeFy little snow on noun
talns, less on the hills and none In ths
valleys OF the county Hobart (W. II
Hough)--.it head OF PolOaque, about
three feet; west Of here, on ths Vall'
range. about six inches. WIN not suf'
nee for irrigation unless more falls
oj0 caliente a. Joseph)-Tho snow
fan has teen less than for twenty-nyl
years past on the mountains, and an
"a the frst Of this month = was Or,
lnd dusty on the highest points o.
this section. Present Indications ar
for q very dry season. Bluowater u
, B. Van Dorenl-Oa the zuni rAnga Z
the west, from elk inches 10 two feet
and about the same on the San Ma
tee range 20 the east But little belos
1000 feet Costello lWm. n. heyerl-
Varloualy estimated from eighteen 4
twenty inches many OF .he hills hav
snow only on the shady side.
4 Lower Rio 0rancei Cuchili0 (Eml
orandjean) Nv alter Will be very scare
On cuchillO Negro creek unless VI
have early rains IN che Black ranGs
n Kingston (E. Roblnson)--No sno'
here, but ave miles southwest frou
ave 10 ala inches 10 reported. Lee
J snow than for several yeare'
olla' Oin CIV. A. Heathor)-R