Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN At THE GOVERNMENT
WEATHER BUREAU STATION SHOW

haaata ana am ghw aahnr IN aanassms
S@1Haem@. asapsaaeFahlm desert. saA
~atA a climate thai IL me u tA~
eeaaa@sa ama aFyew&.
Although var tag With tho aeantsy
NJ aaaasH"pa~sw- temperature usMy h.
@@ad In tail .aae asgrwe In exery saa
'*@t 1t ~aes atten. shrsetsnse altitude
amm a sagtea t~aGasswaec uxasn climate
In E~n"aai. Ing Influence In more
SAa@thea the nsafwr In ill., gMs asslun ia
The oQaasuF u mas completely nj
teT tho climate ut a ga*wa seettan.
presenting ssss9 ~ eatiFely airerens
TaaFasteEtaltem w~leawely aatuAnlnx
We find q snask~d ekaanpas IL this
In NeAa~o tota t'Eus IL situated I'm
the a*saGA"*m e.saat. and almost nj mea
level The Land. In thim natgAhaE
htssha, faF Enany uNllss iniand. 10 asw
aud ew asnpe and thp es,awt In lined
stth lagsasmm The average annual
t'fw*Ipta atl"n t@ IN lnrhea The
a4ts ~ Mekies, IN situated : boo fee
ah.'so nss level and "niy TO mgtea
ffsata Ness ttn2 IL lles uaM.a an wk
aehsstw plateau the masll II which IL
day. ntasaEs and sandt tsm rainfall
Ia n" wt,all. Thai saar year aT esen
tw" ywata Ia ~anrc~asinn may pass
with ua precipitation. Vera C'rua In
excessively bat. tho shade tempera
fare often reaching lte degrees
This. In a humid atmosphere IL op
pre&atFe. ard is ete dangerous 10
the visitor fvum the noyth The Nv
"rage shade temperature nj the City
ri Mexico varies oaly from TO tn 81
degrees Thus within swo hundred
miles. we have tao diversified ell
@aa~@s the cae near SEA level. sit
lated In that tong known A. tier
ras caiteetes.~ " ho, lan4s. the nj
~2<,see~~e ~ whteh - Act. humid.
I'D salary. aa& .Ae breeding plae~ os
~e3ow sever Al eA~teea. The ether
N&<A. 4~y, wish as@ess . ~eo*4awo@s
"s~<ss s2v. wg.s:a what Is k2&>we
- 80 ra2>ssss Soc~. 4 climate tAAs
= ~.% q. 49, >%~&. - *~sss@a'?'
ssxa9 ~ w~*e~s ~@r~st~&
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.1@A.~ -pc& aay aserss>o e b ae1
:-,4e IN cas s~>r-&4 a9a@. Is &-ss@a:&Al
4,f<s~$e& srca tie e.a&a&e q =
iAt.:s*% In sAe fg+<2& &oGe A0%aI
's~4 @ay sagy 1~as@r1&Ey, however
'ro~o o.Aer 2oeaits.&a o%longaag u
- sane ~p&ra.!e!> no. may - nsoass
ADD aat Ter DRY CO. mag DE- AOs
and another cris. oHe nag BE- 10
a%aithy. ard another healthy.
A f"atsre 81 the climate Ia tie
nx,p'ta. especially ooser1ta / Il I'll"
a'.~i ~ giona. Id the pertodlci,y OF
Tia rainfall Certain seasons Of the
gar a,e mst&'Ey e&empt from storms.
1ad arc dry. and the sky 10 cloud.
'"sa, THIS perlodicity Is gradual,
lost In !atit ades beyond the torfiG
u IL " retained. however. 10 "
~rtala degree In certain sections
~ Ff83EbI@Ex kE& Ny1As2EtN pas -
'ai1forr!a. al " Arizona and $eva
"a. and tte eastern slope Of th"
3nky mountains. Including Ne"
dexlco and Colorado, and 10 not lost
NTH IL reaches the border line Of
43.t'nn Nebraska and Wyoming, II
y aIap found In certain ATTITUDES Of
the temperate rome In the old
%Oild.
Tntre Ia a range u latitude, ex
ending from 30 to 40 degrees north.
which has the distinction Of repre-
senting. mor than any other. the
n !" jtnk ~ the globe. and has
been designated the desert ground Of
the earth's surface, New Mexico.
s4nae latitude extends from 80 dc
grees 2S minutes 10 81 degrees, rests
within this belt. We have seen how
temperature gradually falls with
each degree Of latitude a. we recede
rom the equator. This range OF lat
ttude IL In the southern portion Of
the temperate zone, and because OF
its position. represents a mean
*hich has neither extreme of tenn.
teratur". and an average climate,
equable. salubrious. and generally
healthy. Some OF the most fayora-
bic climates are situated within II.
For example We find southern Cali
,ornia. tho Eden Of our country:
Japan. the Holy Land; the islands
4 Cyprus and Rhodes. Greece; the
nnttern part Of Italy. Sicily; NAL
"a; northern Africa and southern
Spain; Madeira Islands, the Azores.
and the Bermudas.
or tho considerably dry and Of the
arid regions traversed by this belt,
We find on the north from New
Mexico. Colorado In Included, This
state IL dry. and has a low annual
precipitation. On the south. Texas,
although much lower in altitude. In
also dry. Taking a westward course,
wa reach our ne%Ighhoring territory.
Arizona. all OF which Ia dry. the
western portion consisting OF semi
desert and desert land. Nevada, al
20 within this belt. has a climate
which Ia extremely dry. It's prevail.
ing winds are from the Pacific. and
lose nearly all OF their moisture be
fore reaching the state. Its lower
half has an average annual preclpi.
tatioa Of only five inches; the up
oer half MOI over fifteen inches. IT.
rIgation is necessary to the produc-
ton Of crops, It Is In this section.
extending from a region southwest
Of Salt Lake City to the Sierra Neva.
has. wa find TINT Nc waste long
known under the name OF the Great
American Desert. In a portion or
which liz Death Valley.
Passing to the old world, and into
western China. we find the desert OF
Cobb, called the great dry e Of
Asia. a vast desert land consisting
If 1000 900 square miles. or nearly
ten times as great as the size Of
New Mexico. 1t Is so vast 1t would