Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-11
WEATHER BUREAU
SUMMARY SAYS
NOVEMBER " As
DRY MONTH
Cold and Windy Conditions
Prevailed in New Mexico
and Temperature Was Low
est on Record in State for
the Month.
PRECIPITATION WAS
BELOW THE NORMAL
tpy Y. $. weather Bureau)


The month Of November. 1871. was
cold. dry and windy. The average
temperature for the state was the low
est since 1895. when sufficient stations
were established TO Rfford a fairly ac-
curate mean temperature. The low
est temperature recorded t-s5 at Elix-
abethtown) was also the lowest Mo-
yomber temperature 0f record. as 10
In 1895 was the lowest previous rec
ord. on four other previous years.
however, the precipitation averaged
less than during the month Just closed.
The deficiency In temperature was
general over the state. with the cx-
ception OF a small area In the Rio
Grande valley from the Elephant
Butte dam southwark 10 Rincon,
where n small excess occurred The
deficiency exceeded ave degrees day
In Santa ~ northeast rio Arriba.
northeast celfnx. southeast Mora and
western Grant counties. There were
two periods 81 comparatively warm
weather. the sth Ia 10th, and 18th To
2sd, and the 10th Was the warmest
day Of the month generally. There
were also three periods OF cold wca-
Their: nom the evening 90 the lat to
the 80, iith-lsth, and 27th TO the close
OF the month. THE 2Sth and cath prov
ina by far the coolest days Of tho
month. with zero temperature sweep
ina well below the central counties.
Tho cold was especially severe IN the
higher district Of the Sangre de Crlsto
range.
The precipitation Of the state was
normal, except over the upper RIO
Grande valley and from the continen-
tai divide to- the sangre de Cristo
range, where fair excess occurred.
A large number OF stations reported
no precipitation, or out a tace, and al
most two-thirds OF the state had less
than a quarter of an Inch. while nine
tenthr OF Il had less than half Inch,
aud the average for the entire state
was but 0.ss ~ an inch. Three or
possibly four storm periods occurred.
with prcciritation. but none was gem
erai. atd IN most instances the prerip-
itntion that occurred was confined to
the mountain stations and to tho
northeast and north counties. The
tops Of the northern ranges received
large amount OF snow.
Tho sunshine 81 the month was
large. despite a rather stormy. cold
month. There was n per cent of the
total possible amount OF sunshine nj
Roswell and 70 per cent az santa re.
and the state. ~ e whole. had 10 clear
days. seven partly cloudy and but four
cloudy High winds were numerous
ana a KRle OF great violence, accom-
panied with much dust and aand,
swept over the state ON the nth. do
ina some minor damage. The prevaii-
Ing wind direction for this month was
from the southwest.
Temperature.
Tho mean temperature from the
s,ate, determined from the records 0r
&c stations. having an average alti-
tude 81 about 5000 feet. was ass de-
srees. or 3s degrees below the normal
for the month. and ca degrees below
the mean for November. 1910. The
highest local mOnthly mean w9s ts.9
deRrcee AZ Carlsbad, and the lowest
st.t degrees Al Elixabethtown, while
the highest recorded Temperature was
~ degrees az Carlsbad on the i0tk.
an.- the lowest 90 degrees below zero
at Elixnbethtown on the 2sth. The
greatest local monthly range OF tenn
pernture was - degrees al Virnyivia.
and the least ~ deEdecs al Truchas.
while the greatest local daily range
was az degrees az virsyivia on the esd.
The district averages weef az follows;
No. I, s7.6 degrees; No. S, Sg.s de-
srees; No. ., ss.f desreos
Precipitation.
Tho average precipitation for the
state. determined from the records Of
it6 stations, was 0.3D inch. or ESQ
inch below the normal and e,fs mellow
the precipitation Of November. 1910.
The greatest monthly amount was 4.0s
al Anchor Mine. and the least none at
IS stations while many more had bNt
a trace The greatest amount IN any