Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-05
1 GENEALOGICAL
SUMMARY ISSUED
FOR OCTOBER
Water Was Ample in Rio
Grande end Rio PecOs for
Irrigation purposes; I'M
usually Heavy Rains.


1Tsitiai ciinatui8Eical data for IN
Dth Of October igii. for the ri
ande valley. aa furnished BY IA
iernment follows.
tseRcr4,i summary.
rhe mean temperature for the dis
" a. q whole WA nearly norma
ID a large per cent of sunshine. an
editions generally we're Favorable
Geld work The frat week wa
'eptiornliy warm, after which tli
lai changes Of temperature inciden
the season occurred. Dense fog
'urrcd al many New Mexico sta
ne during the last week. The pre-
iiation was decidedly IN excess q
normal throughout the northwest
J portions Of the district and gen
lily deficient In southern Ne'
Nico and Texas Unusually heav
NJ occurred on the 4th and sd
r. the upper Rio Grands vale,
ich caused "A serious flood In tina
~ with much loss OF property an
ne loss OF life. A special repOI
this flood win be found cisewhtr
this summary. From the eth [
2pth there was period Of alnol
aunahlny weather
" Me1ieo and COLORADO. which wa
lowed BY rainy weather that ias'
until the siGt. In Texas the prl
itatiOn occurred al more or iol
sgular Intervals throughout "a
NTH The average nunibaF " dal
d 0.Ol isch or more OF precipits
p Nas M Colorado and s iR .Nel
rhe srsalest and iessi mout0i
,ounts % precipitation In Colorad
re 6.2b inches al Cumbfes aad IL
hes at GRrnett: IN New Mexico
. inches az Harveys upper ranc
d O.30 inch at A%Tieultural COLES
d al Orange; and IN Texas, ~
hes NJ Port Arthur. while practic
y none occurred al nine station
,stly in the western part OF th
tie. Excessive precipitation OF 2.6
ines or more IA "a oonsecntiy
urs occurred at three stations /
dorado, four IN New Mexico an
arteen In Texas. the heaviest bcin
5 iHchea az Eagle Pass, Tex, on a
IN and 18th.
snow fell on several days In N
rthwestern portions of the distric
, depth OF fall increasing from
lctl0n " an inch Ia northwestern
xas 10 three feet In the norther
Of New Mexico. over IN
yer levels the snow disaDpeare
,idly, but IN the higher mountain
} depth OF snow at the close OF IN
NTH ranged from one foot In IN
re exposed places 10 three or fou
q dn thu ainabeE and In the sgnlehql
Temperature
'he monthly mean temperature wa
degrees above the normal In Col
do and l.5 degrees below IN Ne'
8icO. and averaged about normn
Texas. The month opened unus
~ warm, and warm weather con
led until the 9Th. when D moder
" cold spell gave relief from th
lracted heat Warm weather oe
rcd again from the 1Oth "a tn
b. but during the latter part OF tnl
nth the temperature averaged be
the normal The coolest weathe
he month occurred from the els
23d. when freezing temperature
q recorded In the greater portion
he district. The diurnai raEge q
Ipera. ufa varied from 10 degrees
abe upper Texas coast 10 IS do
~ IN the extreme northern por
Of the district.
he highest and lowest tempera,
y reported were: In Colorados n
rees a. San I.uis on the sd and -
rees al Hermit on tho 2ist; In New
leo, 81 degrees az Carlsbad on the
and 4 degrees at Red River Can
on the 18th and goth; and IL
as. 105 degrees az Fort Mcintosh
tho "a and "A degrees a. Fort
'kton and Marathon on the 22d
local monthly means ranged from
degrees to 4e.2 degrees In Coli
10; from All degrees 70 ea.7 dc.
q In New M6xicoi and from 5S.t
'eea to 1915 degrees IN Texas.
Precipitation.
heavy rains occurred
. the upper reaches Of the Rio
nde watershed and over a limited
. In the lower valley from Eagle
&. Tex. southwark 90 Fort Meln-
!. over a long stretch extending
n AIamogordo. n. ~, TO Fort
X. Tex, and IN the extreme lower
~ lhn precipitation wa less than
nal. portions Of the valley la Tex
between ~ Paso and Del Rio re-
ing no moisture. The average for
watershed wac 2.t3 lnchea While
greatest monthly precipitation,
inches, occurred az Eagle Pass,
f, "a large number az stations IN
upper watershed had from four
ye inches, There was no preeipi-
ln az Maria ana Valentine, Tex
trace only az Marathon, Tex.
he precipitation over the Rio
1H watershed was. generally deflc-
aithoueh "a was exceptionally
W over the extreme upper portion,
IA brought the average Tor the
,rahed up 70 las inches. There
very little precipitation south Of
shad. ~ a., and practically none
rheodore. Grand Falls. and Fort
ktnn, Tex- The greatest monthly
ant was e.60 Inches az HarVeys
az Ranch, ~ IA.
Though the Texas wateFshops
we'd a decided improvement oyer
conditions reported for September.
precipitation Was generally pc
the normal. Some heavy rains
FRED over The upper portions Of
Nusces and san Antonio drainage