Albuquerque citizen., 1908-04-30
APRIL HAS BEEN
UNUSUALLY
( WARM
Weather Bureau Bulletin for
Past Week Reviews COndi.
tionS in the Territory.

territory : Weajner tt' the week enu-
ing last Monday has been issued by
the weather bureau at santa Fc:
For the week ending Monday, Apri.
q. 1908.
santa Fe ~ NJ. Tuesday April
rs. 1905.
There has been since April l to-
tai excess of temperature of about ten
degrees. The month opened cool, but
from the 5th to the 22nd the daily
mean temperatures were very slightly
above the normal; from the 23rd to
the end Of the week covered by this
bulletin the weather was cool on the
afternoon of the 25th the temperature
began to fail decidedly and low tenn
pcratures prevailed from the night of
the, 25th-26th to te end of the week,
producing killing frost in localities of
the northern and central portions. In
formation in regard to the extent of
the damage by the frost is very mea-
ger. ana it is necessary TO defer, until
the issuance of the next bulletin, any
definite statement in regard to it.
In the northern half of the terri
tory the precipitation since April lst
has exceeded the normal; in the
southern half there has been some
NHdt itoS lndn tue TDrHidl dllpuHt'
The greater portion of this precipta
ton occurred during the first half of
the month. During the first half of
the week just ended scattered show
ers or snow flurries occurred in prac-
tically all portions of the territory.
They were rather heavy in the central
and northeastern sections; elsewhere
they were light. During the latter
Af q h.a a h.y fof p
and on the last two days it was almost
cloudless.
From the 22nd to the 25th inclus-
i've. strong, blustery wind prevailed;
its direction was generally southwest
to north.
The following remarks of corre
spondents will give the conditions
more in detail.
BernalillO Albuquerque, Allan
+. Keller: The warmest day was the
25th, but the weather turned cold
quite rapidly and the coolest day of
the week was the 26th: there was
O.O1 inch of rain on the goth and a
trace on the 23rd.
Dona Ana Goa grcultural college,
F. stockton: on the 21st, the warm
est day of the week, there was max
imum tenn perature of "a degrees; the
26th was the coolest day: there was
no precipitation. Rincon, G. II. Raitt:
There has oeen only a trace of rain;
the wind was especially high on the
22nd. 2Srd and 25th.
Eddy Co.-Carlsbad Raymond De-
Pue: Showers fell on the 21st and
22nd; the maximum temperature for
the week was So degrees. Monument.
j. NJ. Cook. There was less than the
usual amount of sunshine during the
first part of the week.
Grant Co.-Lordsburg, j. NJ. Nc
Clure High wind and rain occurred
on the 22nd and part of the 23rd.
Guadalupe Co.--Santa Rosa, ]. l..
Chapman; Traces of rain fell on the
goth and 22nd; a temperature of "a
degrees occurred on the 22nd-the
warmest day OF the week; the coolest
weather occurred on the 26th.
Luna Co.-Deming, s. T. Clayton:
There was a severe wind storm (with
west wind on the 22nd; on the 23rd
there was a cold rain, with a little
sleet; the total precipitation was O.10
inch. Gage f. j. Tilley: O.1O inch
of rain fell on the 23rd the winds
have been high: the nights have been
too cool for the favorable growth of
vegetation.
Mckinley Co.-Fort Wingate. post
surgeon: Three inches OF snow fell
on the 23rd. Manuelito, w. A. l..
Tarr: The weather was cloudy until
the gath; O.l5 inch of rain and snow
fell; strong wind prevailed.
Moro Co.-Watrous, NJ. c. Need
ham: High. cold winds have prevail
ed; the total precipitation for the
first twenty-five days of the month
amounts to 1.92 inches, O.75 inch of
which fell on the goth in the form of
rain and hail; the highest tempera-
ture was 81 degrees; the lowest was
&c degrees.
OterO CO.-Cloudcroft, John Hef-
ker: There was the usual amount of
sunshine.
Rio Arriba Co-Dulce, f. +. James:
O.O4 inch of rain fell on the 21st: on
the 23rd O.18 inch fell. Espanola,
Frank d. Mcbride: O.O5 inch of pre-
cipitation occurred on the 23rd; the
highest temperature was ~ degrees
on the 23rd and the lowest was 26
degrees on the 26th.
San Juan Co.-BIoomfield, Fred
LeClerc: The week opened moderate
ly warm and closed cold
Sarta Fe Co.-Santa Fc, L. s.
weather bureau; The week was part
ly cloudy, with 0.05 inch of precipi-
tation (snOw that melted as it felD on
the 23rd; the mean temperature for
the week was below normal; the
Varmest day was the 22nd with a
maximum of sc degrees. and the cold
est was the Goth. with a minimum of
"a Dc grees. on the morning of the |
27th the minimum temperature was
% degrees there was no actual de- |
post OF frost ON either the 26th or |
the 27th, but the freezing temperature |
did considerable damage.
Sierra CO.-Lake Valley. VIM. p |
Keil; The week opened cloudy: snow
occurred on the 23rd; il melted as it |
fell; in the mountains twenty miles |
west of here the fall amounted to six |
inches; cold north wind, accompan-
led by some sleet, began about a. m, |
of the 26th