Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-11
GENERAL SUMMARY
or WEATHER FOR
DECEMBER
Section Director Charles E,
Linney Of Santa Fe 0bSer.
vatory Issues q Statement
Of Conditions.

The following general summary of
weather Zoe the New Mexico section
for Dec smbes, 1871, viii be Interest,"
Ing 90 those who made prcdicflons as
To- temperature and precipitation for
the month
The closing month OF 1911 was 4
record breaker in cold weather fos
New Mexico. The average temporal
ture FOR the month was the lowest
thus far recorded since 1895, whom
sufficient stations we're established to
afford reasonable mean for the
slate. IL was almost a degree q day
lower than December. 1919, which
was the previous coolest month. n
was also considerably lower In thu
highest temperature recorded thar
any previous month. and lower by
degrees than any previous minimum
record In New Mexico. From the
i2th OF the month 10 It's close the
cold was almost continuous, especial
~ over the northeast and the extreme
north portions of, tha state, wltase
heavy snow occurred, remained on
The ground ana hddtpd gffatly tbJtho
severity Of the weather. \ sf
There was general trtig ehnaed
deficiency in temperaturE 'ovef the
state as whole. but .osgHFlaily over
the northeast coantles where def
Ciencios ranged from 4 degrees a day
10 10 degrees a day. and the district
averaging 10 degrees q day below the
normal Temperature. a deficiency Of
4 to degrees p day occurred In otb-
or districts. with the sliRht exception
Of a minor strip IN the lower Rio
Grande valley.
The month began with ccmpara-
lively warm weather which conhn.
ued until the Jth. and In some parts
TO the Sth. after which llttie relief
from the severe weather occurred
the lowest 81 the month generally
occurring frori the 2Gth 20 the 2Sth.
when zero weather practically over
spread the entire state. going many
degrees below zero Ia northern dis
tricts
The precipitation Of the month was
generally below the NORMAL except
IN the northeast counties. along the
Texas border, IN the lower Peoos val.
ley and In parts OF socorro, southern
Sierra. Dona Ana. Luna and Grant
counties. \ marked excess occurred
from Iordsburg southwark The
mountain ranges generally did not
receive as heavy precipitation as
usual. This was especially true OF
the eastern slope Of the Sangre de-
Cristo range, the lower reaches Of
the san Juan, the continental divide.
the Black and Mogollon and a part
OF the Captain and Sacramento noun
tains. The cold of the month cRused
the precipitation Ia be snow, quite
generally. ana 10 the higher districts
over the northeast. east and central
counties and In parts os the south
west the tall was heavy, and remain
ed on the ground much Of the month.
The sunshine averaged consldera-
bly, less than usual. At Roswell there
was &c per cent OF the total possible
amount. and at Santa Fe ~ per Cent.
the region from the RIO Grande val
ley westward having about normal
anshine FeF the state as a whole
there were IS CLEAR days partly
cloudy and 6 cloudy, while preeipna-
ton occurred on daya. The winds
of the month were prevailing wester-
~ and rather high, especially over
the northern and the eastern counties.
Temperature.
The mean temperature OF the state
for the month, as determined from
the records OF Is stations having
mean altitude Of about 5000 feet.
was 27.5 degrees. or 90 degrees be-
low the normal. and go degrees be-
bow DeoambeF. 1870. TIE highest
monthly mean Temperature was Sa.2
degrees at Carlsbad. and the lOweat
i5.6 degrees az Elizabethtown The
highest recorded temperature was 60
degrees az Lordsburg on the 7th. and
the lowest 81 degreeS below zero at