Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-04
MONTH HAD MORE
rain Than SNOW
RAINFALL AVERAGED An tAcA
ABOVE NORMAL DURING
pEcEMRER.
Slight EARTHQUAKE.
M1aczlsaa Experiences Tremcrs
During The Eighteenth and Nine
seenth-6ia Storms In Some Local
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tiles.
The following report for New Mex
leo for December. 1906. has been H.
sued By the Chronological bureau:
General summsry-Pressure.
The monthly mean pressure at
Santa Pc tredueed 10 sea level was
sole inches: the highest was 3e.si
on the 10th. and the lowest was
% 60 on the 3lst: absolute range
0.s5 inch. At Roswell the average
pressure was 1910 inches: the high
est was 3o4s on the ed. and the
lowest was 2s.Gs on the 2sth: abso-
lutte range, 0.s0 inch. Durango had
an average pressure Of 30.l5 inches:
the highest was 30.57 on the ed. and
the lowest was 1851 on the 3ist: alb
solnte range. 0.96 inch. Amarillo.
Texas. had an average pressure OF
30.l0 inches: the highest was 3o.53
on the I'D, and the lowest was 1855
on the Goth: absolute range, o.ss
inch: while El Paso. Texas, had an
average pressure Of 30ll inches: the
highest was 3042 on the 22d, and
the lowest was 1896 on the 3lst: alb
soiute range, 0.T5 inch.
Temperature.
The mean monthly temperature as
determined from the records OF fifty
six staS<ns. having a mean altitude
of about 5000 feet, was 400 degrees,
or SO degrees above ihe normal for
the month as shown by the depart
ures of fourteen stations having DATA
for periods of ten years or more. The
highest record was rs degrees at
Cliff on the 10th. while the lowest
was degrees below zero at Red
River on the Goth. The greatest
daily range was IS degrees at FL
vado. The highest monthly mean
temperature was 49.7 degrees at
Gage, and the lowest 23,7 degrees at
Red River. High temperatures were
common over the territory from the
third to the tenth and in southern
counties to the 14th. while second
general period OF high temperature
prevailed from the 21st to the 26th.
Little cold weather occurred and
only a few high northern stations
had temperatures below zero, the
lowest reading for the territory be-
ing several degrees above that for
the month of November, while the
mean temperature for the month was
almost as high.
Precipitation.
The average precipitation for the
territory, as determined from the
records of sixty-seven stations with
full monthly data was LII inches,
or 0.9S of an inch above the normal
for the month, as shown by the de-
partures Of eighteen stations having
data for periods of ten years or
more. The greatest amount was
5.72 inches at Luna. in extreme
western Socorro county, while the
least was but trace at Hope, north
west Eddy county. Heavy precipita-
ton occurred In the southwestern
part of the territory, and large
amount for the month, was general
over the western and central coun-
ties, the western slopes of the sew
eral mountain ranges having consid-
erably larger precipitation than the
eastern. Owing to the warmth ef
the month most of the precipitation
was rain, and the snowfall average
for the territory was only 80 inches.
Precipitation occurred on average of
four days.
Relative Humidity.
The mean relative humidity at
Santa Fe was 6S per cent. at Las
Vegas 81 per cent, at Mesilla Park Il
per cent, at Roswell 76 per cent, at
Durango 76 per cent, at Amarillo "a
per cent and at Ell Paso S. per cent.
Observations are taken at all OF
these stations at 6 a. m. and p. m,
except at Mesilla Park. where the
hours are s a. m. and 6 p. m.
Sunshine and cioudine-s.
There were eighteen clear days,
seven partly cloudy and six cloudy
days during the month, considering