Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
SEPTE MBER. Twas
COOLEST ONE IN
HISTORY
Past Month Away Below
Normal in Temperature and
Precipitation Says the
Weather Man.

General SUMMARY. N,w M,Airu sca-
! tIuu, september, lr11.
Tho month "f september. l'12 ,av-
erased much b,luW the normal. h"th
! 100 temperature ana ia pro-, ut'stiuu.
It Was The coolest september within
! ia" records Of Sew Mexico. one prev
l"us month having au average tenn
| p,iltaro ot less than Ga degrees
| tl'r-I while the month just closed
averaged GO.G degrees. rho deficiency
VAS general, although greatest In the
north ana the northeast counties.
where many stations shaved u def
cheney for the month Averaging more
than 80 degrees day. Tho luwor
| liiu GIuudr valley aud the mountain
DISTRICTS had IA" lrust deficiency, av-
craging. In It few instances practiuul-
| Is normal or bat slightly below,
VIM" burd"r counties generally were
~ below the normal temperature.
| No previous september expert, need
50 low minimum temperatures: u
minimum or only \ degrees was re.
corded 1T EliIuh,thiuWu. while DuIcr
recorded II degrees aud IurwnIor
only l. degrees. II has been many
years, also. piu'r 80 general aud dam
aging "a frost u.r.N.r"d 80 early. Iligh.
,r northern ana western stations had
dHmagluE lrDal on the 18Th, ana 1t
h',amr general over the north hall
Of Tho siHt' on the ga or 23d. fully
~" weeks ahead Of the usual date.
temperatures were fairly high at
tn beginning Or the month. but cool
weather Sot Ia on the iUth to l2th
aud continued, with little Interrupt
tipn, To- us close; many central ana
southern stations. however, did not
experience the chang" 10 markedly
c"pl weather until the 2Oth or 2lst.
The deficiency In precipitation was
marked, hut not ~ great ~ has uc-
CURED IN several PRIOR years. Much
less rainfall occurred In september
1879, 1895. zoos Hnd 1910. Alung
the lower end ui the Manznnu noun
trinS, over he hradwatrts Of the Gilt
aud MImhrcs rivers In the Black
range. ANA from extreme southeast
ID"nh Ana dud central Lincoln and
Dirro counties eastward, small cN-
tess ~ precipitation occurred; else
whore the deficiency WAS general,
greatest, however. over the western
aud IA" northwestern counties.
only QUO general shower period
occurred, from the 9Th to tho 18TH.
hut scattered showers occurred on
several other days. notably from the
Isl To- 1th, l3lh Ia 10th and g9th-
3Oth liut for the state there was
an average uf only ihrco days with
prcoi pitHtiun.
Tho sunshine Of tho month WAS
large, despite the cold; there were
twenty clear days, seven partly cloudy
and three cloudy days. At Santa Pc
there was IS per cent Of the total
possible sunshine. ana at Roswell 60
per cent somewhat more than usual
wind occurred. causing a number OF
dust storms, owing To the general
drS ness, The prevailing direction was
from the southwest. The humidity
was generally low except over the
lower Pc"os valley; Roswell had an
average Of 20 per cent for tho month,
while santa Pc had but ~ per cent.
Temperature.
The mean temperature for tho
month. AZ determined from the rec
ords Of 81 stations having n mean
altitude Of about 5000 feet. was CO.'S
degrees, or S.S degrees below the nor
NAL, and go degrees below Septem-
her. 1911. Tho highest monthly mean
was 1O6 degrees nt the rio Grant
Dam. and the lowest 46.t degrees AT