Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30

in Colorado was 3.0b inches AT CUM
bres: In New Mexico, 2.76 inches ht
swastika Ranch; and In Texas, 1886
inches at Galveston. The least In
colorado was 0.55 inch at Saguache
There was no precipitation at New
man, ~ M, and at Dilley and Maria,
Tex, while at three other stations In
New Mexico and at four in Texas the
monthly amounts we're less than 0.l0
inch. Excessive precipitation Of 2.5O
inches or more In "a consecutive
hours occurred as follows: Abilene,
3.77: Columbia, 2.7l, Galveston, 6.62;
and Hondo, ESQ.
Snow fell on several days in the
northwestern portions of the district,
the depth Of fall increasing from q
trace In northwestern Texas and the
lower valleys of New Mexico to S67
inches at Harvey'E Upper Ranch, N.
M. The greatest fall in Colorado was
.245 inches at La Veta Pass. The
SNOW disappeared rapidly, however,
and only the higher peaks remained
covered at the close Of the month.
Temperature.
The monthly mean temperature
was "a degrees above normal In Col
orado, 03 degrees below In New Mex
leo, and 0.4 degrees above in Texas.
During the greater part of the month
the weather was warm, and temper
atures of 80 degrees and over we're
recorded on several days in the larg-
er portion of the district. Unusually
cold weather occurred from the 18Th
to the 22nd and from the 27th TO the
30th During the former period the
lowest temperatures Of the month
were recorded in Colorado and large
portion Of New Mexico; and during
the latter. in the remainder of the
district. The diurnal range OF tenn
perature varied from about 10 de-
grees on the upper Texas coast To
about "A degrees IN the extreme
northwestern portion OF the district.
The highest and lowest tempera
lures reported were: In Colorado, 30
degrees at Saguache. on the 10th, and
LII degrees at Hermit on the 21st;
In New Mexico. 95 degrees at New
man. on the 1st at Socorro on the
Ath and at Carrzozo on the Sth, ana
II degree at Tres Piedras on the
21st and in Texas. f01 degrees at
Tilden. on the 13 and 10th, and at
Grapevine on the 18th. and 22 de-
grees at Carmona on the 29th. The
local monthly means ranged from
434 degrees in Colorado, from 3s.l
degrees to 62.3 degrees in New Mex
leo; and from 61.0 degrees to 1862 de-
grees in Texas.
Precipitation.
The precif ..fion over the Rio
Grande watershed was generally de-
ficient and averaged less than dur
ing the preceding month, although
IL was better distributed. The aver
age this month was 0.S9 inch as
against 123 inch in September. The
higher September average was the
result Of torrential rains in the ex-
treme lower valley.
The average for the Rio Pecos wa
tershed was only 0,67 inch which is
about 0.20 inch less than the average
for the preceding month. The defi-
cheney of precipitation covered the
entire watershed. but was greatest
over the lower reaches.
The precipitation over the Nueces,
San Antonio and Colorado watersheds
exceeded the normal, but II was de-
cidcdly deficient over the remaining
Texas watersheds, including the coas-
tai plains, although heavy rains oc-
CURED on the upper coast ana good
rains over limited areas In the Quad
nlnpe and Brazos watersheds. the
following are the average monthly
amounts In inches for the various ba =
sins. Nueces. 269; San Antonio, 2.16;
Guadalupe, 2,26; Lavaca, LAG; Colo
rado, 2.s7; Brazos. 1876; Trinity, l.29,
Neches, 1.90 Sabine, 10: and coas-
tai plains, 2.32. Compared with the
rainfall for the preceding month
there was u general increase. except
over the Laynca and Trinity water
sheds and over the coastal plains.
River Conditions.
The flow of the upper Rio Grande
was low during the month, ana there
was no water available for distribu-
IrrAF
Hover Rio Grande fell slowly during
1.-THE entire month at Eagle Pass and
at the close of the month was below
normal at that place, but there was
lample water for irrigation. Farther
| below, the river rose on the 9Th. 6th,
| and 7th, becoming nearly bank full
at I.lano Grande, and then fell grad
Iually during the remainder OF the
month.
Al the Carlsbad Project water was
delivered throughout the month, pu'
at the Hondo Project there was not
much available for irrigation.
The remaining rivers of the district
| continued unusually low during the
month; In fact the volumes of water
discharged by them were slightly less
than during September. The stages
of the Guadalupe. Colorado, and Bra
zos rivers are the lowest on record
for October.
Miscellaneous.
! Frosts-K Killing frosts occurred IN
/ high altitude districts OF New Mexico
on the 3rd, and In some of the north
ern districts on the 9Th. but general
| killing frost was delayed until the
| imnrning of the goth or 2lst.
| In Texas killing frosts occurred on
the 21st In some northern and west
ern localities and from the 27th &c
| 8Oth in the eastern half of the state
southward nearly to the coast In the
lfan OF 1909 the first killing frost In
Texas occurred about ten days earlier
Eagle Pass-The effect OF tht
| drought was felt seriously by stock
man. Northers came earlier than us
ual.
Grand Saline-This has been th'
driest weather known for years ano
water is scarce.
Hondo--Good general rains on the
4th made stock water, started grass
and enabled oats to be planted.
Kerrvllle-Crops are doing we'll
but rain came too late TO help pas
lures.
Mountain Niew--Many cattle have
died during the month on account o
the drought.
Sealy-About all the crops have
been gathered. There was no TOT
crop on account of dry weather.
/ Drainage districts Preliminar,