Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-10
SAN IA FE HAS
FINEST CLIMATE
Nothing toCompare
With it in United
States.
DATA TO PROVE CLAIM
U. S. Weather Reports Ora.
phically Demonstrate
Its Superiority.

Why Santa Fe is such a favored
summer resort Is demonstrated very
graphically by the official weather
bureau reports for the month of July,
In Santa Fe, the very highest point
reached by the thermometer during
July was "a degrees, July l9, on
which day, however, the temperature
during the night dropped to Sc de-
grees, while the day was partly
cloudy ana there was .0G of an inch
Of precipitation. The next coolest
place in the Southwest was Durango,
Colorado, with a maximum of 81 de-
grees. Denver had a maximum OF
"a degrees, or in other words, was
ten degrees hotter than Santa Fe, on
its hottest July day. Pueblo had a
maximum of 96 degrees; Roswell OF
81 degrees, or Is degrees hotter than
Santa Fe; Amarillo, Texas, SO de-
grees; El paso, Texas, 101 degrees;
Los Angeles, California, 109 degrees,
or nineteen degrees hotter than
Santa Fe, while the temperature dur
ing the night Of the hottest day went
down to only rs degrees, so that even
the night was sultry. Phoenix leads
with a maximum temperature of III
degrees, while some of it's nights dur
inr I,,1t oh n vi nf
grees Or two degrees higher than any
July "day" maximum in Santa Fe dur
ing the same month And yet, 1T de-
grees at Phoenix is more bearable
than 80 degrees at Chicago or Phila
delphia. on account of the dryness OF
the atmosphere which prevails
throughout the Southwest.
,+or does this record hold |, ID only
sfcg The extremes of se'hpera%re, bu
/ the average iempefa ares sh San
ia Fe 10 have been the most com
Portable, the coolest place in July
without even considering that the dry
ness of the atmosphere. still further
mitigates the oppressiyeness of sum
mer heat.
temperature at Santa Fe Averaged
6S Degrees.
The temperature at Santa Fe aver
aged only GS degrees; at Denver ii
averaged Y degrees; at Los Angeles
73 degrees, at Pueblo "A degrees, al
Amarillo 76 degrees, at Roswell Is
degrees, at Ell Paso 81 degrees, and
at Phoenix SO degrees, or five degrees
higher than the maximum at Santa
Fe The minimum temperature al
Santa Fe was so degrees on July Is
and no other town except Durango
experienced so low temperature II
July. In humidity, too, Santa Fe hat
a less average than the other towns
of the Southwest, dry as their atmos
phere is the year around. Santa Fe's
average humidity was 81 per cent
Denver's 81 per cent; Durango's 8.
per cent; Roswell's 81 per cent;
Amarillo's &C per cent; while for the
other towns, the figures are not avail
able.
Since New Year, there has been a
deficiency in temperature from the
average at Santa Fe of y degrees
and of precipitation of 16 Of an inch
Santa Fe during July had LAC inches
of rain; Pueblo 1.3O inches; Denver
1.52 inches; Durango lao inches;
Roswell LA inches; Amarillo "a.
inches; Ell Paso .35 of an inch; Los
Angeles had no rainfall at ALL while
Phoenix had 2.1S inches. The great
est precipitation during any 2
hours in July was .32 of an inch a
Santa Fe on July 3; at Pueblo 40 o.
an inch; at Denver, 81 of an inch; a
Durango 70 of an inch; at Roswell
1.24 inches; at Amarillo 73 of al
inch; at Ell Paso 10 of an inch; al
Phoenix 1.10 inches.
Santa Fe during July had tota
wind movement of 1890 miles, an av
erage of g. miles per hour, blowing
mostly from the snowclad mountain!
to the northeast Pueblo had tota
wind movement of STAG miles; Den
Yer 4,9G3 miles; Durango 5.026 miles
Amarillo 9,606 miles; Ell Paso 1926;
miles; Los Angeles 4,732 miles. The
maximum velocity at Santa Fe, was
80 miles per hour from the east OF
July 5. At Pueblo the maximum was
4S miles; Denver 33 miles; Amarillo
SIS miles; Ell Paso 40 miles; Phoeni2
&c miles.
Capital City Had But One Cloudy
Day During Month.
Santa Fe during July had on
cloudy day; Pueblo 1; Denver 3; Du
range 3; Roswell 2; Amarillo /; E
Paso 2; Los Angeles 1; Phoenix 2,
Partly cloudy days, Santa Fe hat
10, the cloudiness generally occurring
during the warmest part of the day