Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
MONTH Of MARCH
WAS RATHER
SHOWERY
Sunshine of Month Was De-.
ficient. Some High Wind
Occurred, Mostly Over East.
crn Plains.

The month OF March thl4 year m.-
'anod to reputation us being quite
uckic. 40 Tar a. weather conditions
w"r' concerned The i",ol otfic, ct
the United Sutce weather bureau IN
SANTA fc. m the general ,ummur, for
th' NcW Mexico section during the
month has thu following to sat
Tho month ct March iglI. VAS
warm and partly cloudy sud. west
of the t05th meridian rather show
rr, II was ushcrcd iu o., % brief
cold poriud, aud i'm central and north.
,rn counties th. ground was quite
generally snow covered. but u quickly
disappeared ana tho tcmu,rlturr rose
steadily to- the 9Th OF 10Th. when. ae
" rule, the highest temperature 81 the
month occurred frn stations.
however recorded the highest locally
IN the warm period from the 2Nth u
tn rlus- Uf the month \ second
hrici cool ported occurred from tho
llth O." the lith aud moderately cool
weather continued ia Northern couu-
tics 10 the 18th
IN excess in DmporutuT. uocatrrd
generally oycr the tcrritor,. bring
least. however ,lcSS than > degrees u
daNl. along ~, east and the west
slopes az the Shngrc De cristo range.
ANA greatest Gin excess cot degrees
a daNi in the middle Rio Graudc val
ley ana thence southwestward. aud ~
the upper san Juan valley. IN north
west i;i0 Arribn and northeast san
Juan counties.
Thrc, rather Voi defined shower
pcriods passed over Tho territory The
lifst. from the lth 10 9Th the second.
from the 10Th Ia the l3tb. ana the
third from tho goth Ia 26th. white a
few stations had showers or SNOW
flurrios ON thc ISL tho isth or 18Th.
SNOW occurred quite. generally iu tho
northern counties on the iath. i7th
and 18TH. ALSO at Few high altitude
stations on the .ed or ed II DIS
appeared rapidly. however. and ~ the
clu-c of Tho month the eround was
nnrc 40 an stations below the 5000
feet lcNol The precipitation IN east
,rn counties was general, nght and
many stations received none. cor hut
trace. white the middl, rio Grnndr
valley was especially favored aud
there was small rNcts~ generally at
stations west uf the l05th meridian.
Tn, sunshine of tho month was de-
ncicnt there Was bat 90 per cent oi
ia" total possible amount 1t Roswell
and but GO per cent at santa Pc.
white the average number 90 clear
DAYS fur the territory. ns whole. was
bat &C. parity cioudt ~ and CLOUDY Z.
som, hirh wind occurred. bat mostly
over the eastern plains districts IN"
prevailing direction Was from the
west. although many stations report
ed a southW,s, direction.
Temperature,
tn" moan Temperature" For IA"
month determined from the records
- stations haNius 81 mean altitude
of about 5000 feet, Was "a, degree.
ur 3 degrees above the normal and
I degrees below the mean al March.
1910. which WAS the Watmcst March
an record The highest lorHl mnnthlN
mean was 51.S degrees az Carlsbad.
aud the least 33'3 degrees az lilizh-
beethoven. The highest recorded tenn
prraturr WAS -: degrees ~ Carlsbad
un the ath aud thr lowest 40 degrees
below zero "a EuzabcihtoNn ana Red
River CANNON on the lst The great
cst local monthly range ip tcmrcra-
turo was ~ degrees at Brli Ranch.
aud The least 10 dogroos'a Carrizozo,
while the grctatcsi local dailS range
WAS aN degrees at san Rafael on the
aist The district average were as
follows 40 3. it.N degrees. No, \,
asa degrees, aud No. 9. fa.i degrees.
IRE. tdtation.
Tho average precipitation Tor IN"
TERRITORY. determined from the records
nr liu stations. was 0.53 inch or Goa
inch nlAvc the normal ana oar inch
above the precipitation OF March,
1910. The greatest local monthly
amount was l.n3 in hes at elizabeth
town. and the Yeast none at six sta
lions Whilo MANY more had but u
trace The greatest Ia any - hours
was lei inches at Rincon on the
eoth The average snowfall was Z
mch,s There were three rainy days.
tn district average were No. Z, O.33.
30 s. 07a, 40 g. 0G1 inch
CHARLES r.. LlN\EY