Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-13

Il.
M, Gl per cent.
ABSENCE OF HIGH WINDS.
April was the windest month with
an average of l0.3 miles an hour: Oc
tober and February came next with
an average of 10 miles an hour. Dur.
ing all other months, the average was
less than 10 miles an hour to.wit:
May 9..9, March 9S, June SO. Janu-
AIRY 80, December 50, November S.G
September s, July 755, while August
was the calmest month with an aver
age wind movement of only Ga miles
an honr AT no time did the maxi
mum reach 10 miles an hour. It was
"A miles an hour in January and
March, 43 miles in February and Oc-
tober, 50 in May, 3S in April. 81 in
July, sc in June, 81 in August and
November, 33 in December. and 81 in
September. Only four times was the
wind classified as gale by the wealth
fer bureau, that is exceeding 40 miles
an hour. Still, while Santa Fe never
has had destructive wind. the air
movement Is constant, adding to the
healthtuness of the climate and last
year there was only one day classi-
fled as calm.
SUNSHINE GALORE.
June was the sunniest month with
an average of 81 per cent or 1872
hours of sunshine. October had S5
per cent with 299 hours of sunshine:
March had also So per cent. but with
3l6 hours of sunshine September S4
per cent with 1924 hours of sunshine.
May had 50 per cent and 1884 hours
OF sunshine; February, April and De
! cember had 7G per cent each with
240.5, 29S and 229.S hours of sunshine,
respectively. November had "A per
cent with 22S.5 hours: January Il per
cent with 221.6 hours, August 67 per
cent with 2S1.3 hours and July Ga per
cent with 1896 hours. In other
words, July and August, when cloudi-
! ness is the most grateful, were the
cloudiest months of the year. There
were 3,474.9 hours of sunshine for the
entire year, or an average of nine and
half hours of sun for each day of
the year. No wonder New Mexico is
called the Sunshine State"
CLOUDY DAYS FEW.
November had the most cloudy
days, g. January, February, April,
August and December had 3 cloudy
days each; May had 2 cloudy days;
March, September and October had l
cloudy day each, while June had not
single cloudy day
There We're during the year only 62
days on which precipitation greater
! than one twenty-fifth of an inch oc-
CURED; there occurred seven falls of
| hail and two days with fog. There
were recorded. however, IS thunder
! storms, 81 in July and is in August,
-NIemeL slqS!u eql pelooo ieql ueQM
ably.
There is less than 40 degrees diff
| ference between the average temper
ature of the hottest and the coldest
months. The warmest month was
August, with an average temperature
of 6G degrees. Then came July with
an average of $50 degrees, June 63.
September 61.2. May 81, April 46.6,
October AGA, March 42.4, November
36.G, February 1874, December 306,
January 34.6 degrees.
These are but few of the figures
from the annual report, which is in
tensely interesting to the meteorolog-
ical student and of much significance
to the physician who seeks to advise
his patients as to the best climatic
conditions. The New Mexican is GER
tain that a study of those statistics
will convince the most skeptical, that
Santa Fe has indeed splendid re-
source in its magnificent climate.