Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-07-29
NEW MExlC0'S JUNE WEATHER.
Climatic Conditions Throughout the
Territory as Compiled From the
=. Records of the Bureau.

The following climatic data, covering
the month of June, last. have been
compiled from the records of the Uni
ted States weather bureau in this city:
The monthly atmospheric pressure
at Santa Fe (reduced to sea leveD was
29.74 inches, highest 1898 on the 1st,
lowest 29.58 on the Goth, absolute
range OBS inch.
The monthly mean temperature, as
| determined from the records of fifty
stations having a mean altitude of
about 5000 feet, was 677 degrees, or
O.5 degree above the normal as deter
mined from the records of nineteen
stations having ten years or longer rec
ord. The highest recorded temperature
was 110 degrees at San Marcial on the
2Sth, lowest % degrees at Elizabeth
town on the 9th and 7th, and at Win
sor's on the 18th; greatest daily range
SO degrees, at Fairview. The highest
monthly mean was 1913 degrees, at
Carlsbad and the lowest 554 degrees,
at Winsor's, closely followed by Eliza
bethtown, $50. The 2Sth was prob
ably the warmest day of the month, al
though high temperatures were also
recorded on the Gath to 27th the 9th
was probably the coolest day of the
month, although great variation oc-
Cured in the day of lowest tempera-
ture.
The average precipitation for the
Territory was 1.53 inches, seventy sta
tions being considered. This is about
009 inch above the normal fall of the
month, twenty-three stations being
considered, with ten years or longer
rainfall The greatest amount occurred
at Salado, 4.37 inches, and the least at
Luna, 005 inch, while Ration had but
0.10 and Tres Piedras but OIL inch.
Most of the rain occurred during the
first half of the month, but good local
showers occurred in the eastern coun-
ties on the goth and 21st, and again on
the 29th and Both. The local charac-
ter of the precipitation is clearly shown
in the great variation in the amounts
that were measured at nearby stations.
The mean relative humidity at Santa
Fe was 38 per cent, at Colmor So per
cent, at Las Vegas 46 per cent, at
Roswell 65 per cent, at Mesilla Park
38 per cent, at Durango AZ per cent, at
Amarillo 20 per cent, and at Ell Paso
4S per cent
Readings are taken at all of these
stations at a. m. and p. m, except
at Colmor and Mesilla Park where the
hours are a. m. ana 8 p. m. and 8 a.
m. and $50 p. m, respectively.
There was an average of nineteen
clear days throughout the Territory,
eight partly cloudy and three cloudy,
while precipitation occurred on four
davs In Santa Fe there was S5 per
cent of the possible sunshine, no days
without, nineteen with 80 per cent or
more, and fourteen with 100 per cent.
Roswell had 68 per cent of the total
possible sunshine, no days without,
nine with 80 per cent or more, and five
with 100 per cent. Durango had Sc per
cent of the possible sunshine no days
without, fourteen with 80 per cent or
more, and nineteen with 100 per cent, |
while Amarillo had 7S per cent of the
possible sunshine, no days without
seven with 80 per cent or more, and
five with 100 per cent.
The prevailing wind direction for the
Territory was from the west. Santa
Fe had a total movement of 5,141
miles. or IL miles per hour highest
32, from the east, on the 9th.
Roswell recorded 4,14 miles, or SIS
miles per hour; highest velocity SO,
from the west, on the Sth. Mesilla Park
recorded 5,110 miles, or IL miles per
hour; highest velocity sc, on the 9th.
Durango, 4,44S miles, or 6.S miles per
hour; highest velocity 29, from the
southwest on the 3d., Amarillo legis-
tered 1855 miles, or 1873 miles per
hour; highest velocity 3S. from the
ON the 23d, and Ell Paso re-
corded 5,993 miles, or S.3 miles per
hour; highest velocity SO, from the
west, on the 18th.