Albuquerque citizen., 1908-06-02

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| ing the month of April
General Summary.
The weather was rather variable
throughout practically all of the
| month. The temperature average
was approximately normal. but the
! precipi alton was about 80 per cent
heavier than is usual. As compared
| with April, 1907, the averages were
! almost the same, but the excessive
temperature extremes Of 1907 did not
! occur, and the precipitation was more
evenly distributed through the
month than 1t was a year ago. Five
times during the last ten years the
! Aprll mean temperature has been
! higher than it was during April of
this year. The highest of these means
was o5.9 degrees in 1902, when the
average precipitation was extraordin-
arlly light. The year 1906 gave the
| lowest April mean temperature CAS-
/ degrees) and the greatest average
! precipitation (2.S3 inches) of the last
| ten years.
The temperature was below nor
/ NAL in the counties of Union, Mora,
I San Miguel, Taos, Santa Fe, Chaves,
/ eastern Valencia and northeastern So
/ corro. In other parts of the terri
/ tory is was practically normal or
above. The month opened warm. but
a rather sudden drop in temperature
occurred on the End, and similar
/ fluctuations continued throughout the
month. The temperature of the vari-
Gus warm days was approximately the
same, and there was no day or period
| of especially warm weather: the
monthly maximum temperature oc-
| Cured at some stations on the Jst.
| and at others on fourteen other days
scattered very uniformly through the
month. The monthly minimum tenn
! perature at tine individual stations
also occurred on varying dates. but at
| the majority of stations the coldest
weather was on the End and 3rd or
the last four days of the month. The
minimum temperatures of these two
cold periods was very nearly the
same. but in effect the cold of the last
was much severer. as the season was
| so much more advanced. Tempera-
! lures below 80 degrees Cand in the
northern counties considerably belovl
were general except in the southern
| third of the territory. There was
however, not heavy deposit of frost.
as the air was unusually dry on the
cold days after the 25th
The precipitation was general
| through a great part of the month.
There was either rain or snow at
/ some station every day except the 1st,
9TH 2Ith, and 30th, but after the 23rd
there was none in the Rio Grande
valley, and very little in the north
/ western and southwestern portions OF
the territory. In widely separated To-
calities the total amount was some
What below normal but at most sta
tons 1t as considerably above The
| excess was most marked in the Rio
| Grande valley as far south as Sierra
county. The heaviest amounts oc-
CURED on the 18th and 10Th In the
northern counties there were frequent
falls of light snow.
Temperature.
The mean temperature for the ter
ritory, determined from the records
of 53 stations having IA mean altitude
OF 5000 feet, was 52.3 degrees, or OIL
degree above the normal, and 0.3 de-
grees higher than the mean for April,
1907. The highest local monthly
mean was 63.2 degrees at Carlsbad,
and the highest temperature recorded
Was 80 degrees at Monument on the
Sth and 9th. The lowest local month
! iy mean was 39.4 degrees at Eliza
bethtown and Winsor's: the lowest
temperature recorded was s degrees
I at Nermeto Park on the 5th The
greatest local range of temperature
for the month was 40 degrees at
: Springer, and the least was az de-
grees at Cloudcroft; the greatest daily
range was SO degrees at ManueIito on
the 27th
Precipitation.
The average precipitation for the
territory, determined from the rec
ords Of 81 stations. was Isl inches,
or 0.46 inch above the normal, and
0.0S inch greater than for April. 1907.
The greatest monthly amount was
4.40 inches at Red River: the least
was oil inch at Cliff. The greatest
was oil inch at Cliff The greatest
amount that fell in any "a consecu-
tive hours was 2.71 inches at Lagu-
nita on the 1sth-19th. The average
number of days with OO1 inch or ,
more was g.
Relative Humidity.
The monthly mean relative humid ,
ity at Agricultural College was SO
per cent; at Las Vegas, Al; at ROs- !
WELL Sc; al Santa Fe. 81: at Durango, !
Colo, 81; at Amarillo. Texas, SO, and !
at FL Paso, Texas, SO per cent. COB |
servations are taken at 6 a. m, and s |
p. m, except at Agricultural College, |
where they are taken at a. m, and |
p, m.
Sunshine and ClOudincSs.
For the territory the average num-
ber of clear days was IS, partly |
cloudy 8, and cloudy, 8,