Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-07
APRIL'S FAREWELL
DAMP, COLD AND
DISAGREEABLE
New Mexico Got Off Easy
Compared to Middle West
According to Weeks Sum-
mary Of Weather Bureau.

Especial Correspondence 20 enc Hernidl
washington, y. O., May f-Tho
weather bureau national summary FOR
the last week in April showed pre-
yalencc Of cold ard rain conditions
over most Of the country. The report
follows.
Temperature.
Al the close Of tho preceding week
sne temperature was rising over the
more eastern districts. but from the
Mississippi valley westward cold
weather continued. IN fact fgosis and
freezing weather were rather general
IN the middle and northern plains
states and the Rocky Mountain re-
gions on Monday morniRs and u was
unusuolly cold throughout nearly the
entire west
During Monday and Tuesday q
change 60 cooler weather ovoraprcad
kse Atlantic Coast states, while at
the same time thete was a slight
warming up IN the certral valleys and
generally 10 the westward.
BY Friday the temperature had
risen 10 normal or above Ia the Mis-
sisalppi and Ohio valleys. Lake region,
and Gulf stntes, hnt tfis warm wnve
was closely fellowed by colder wca-
Their. which had penetrated 20 the
upper Mississippi valley BY saturday
morning and overspread the northern
districts eastward TO New England by
the end Of the week.
Cold weather continued over much
Of the northwest and ia The mountain
and plateau districts until near tbs
end of the week, when there WAS n
n
abla conditions. over the Gulf and
south Atlantic states the latter part
OF the week WIS generally warm.
Bor the week as a whole the aver
age temperature continued below the
normal as during the preceding week
throughout most Of the western dis
trlcts. the region OF greatest cold over
lying the middle portions Of the
Rocky mountain and plateau districts,
In the gredt central valleys the aver
age for the week was fairly close %
the normal. while over the lower
lakes and In the northern portions OF
New York and New Eheiang y was
several degrees colder.
In the CUR and South Atlantic
states the weekly means were above
normal. ranging from about 3 degrees
over the west gulf states 90 de-
grces on the coasts OF flprida and
eastern North Carolina. and from the
uppcr lake region westward 80 CEN
lral Montana also tho average temper
aturo for the week wae above tie nor
NAL bat hy smaller amounts.
No extremes Of temperature were
broken during tho week. although m
inc Gulf states. especially IN Florida
the maximum temperatures on Friday
and saturday were comparatively
high. over me Pacific coast ano
much OF tho mountain districts of th'
west the highest temperatures for th'
week did not exceed 40 degrees ane
IN many portions they were below 81
degrees.
Temperatures below SO degrees oc
CURED over much Of New hnslan'
and the interior OF the Middle ATTAIN
tic states, and they we're below tina
point from the upper lake fegloI
westward 10 and over the grenter par
or the mouEtair and plateau rcsionA
la tho valley OF the Red River p
the North temperatures OF low az =
degrees we're recorded and they wer'
nearly a. low AZ points In the interio
of New England.
Precipitation.
The general rainy conditions TIA
prevailed over tho Atlantic Coaa