Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-11
Heavy Precipitation and Colder
Weather in New Mexico in 1911
Average Moisture Nearly Eighteen Inches Three Inches
Above the Normal Santa Re Has $4,000 Miles of Wind
Month of March Last Past Cold Cludy and Stormy AO-
cOrding to the Weather Man.

That the year 1911 In Now Moxlc,
showed o precipitation OF nenrh
eighteen inches on the average. or AT
average of more than three inchei
over the normal. Is the most interest
ing item ia the review OF the weather
for the preceding year Just issued bl
the section director OF the weather
bureau IN New Mexico. which hni
been just received along with a report
FOR March 1919. which shows some
reprehensihie weather. The annua
summary for ls1i f. ~ follows:
The mean temperature OF New
Mexico for the year 1911 was 52s de.
groes, which Ia practical normal-.be.
ing but Oh degree bolow--as deter.
mined from the monthly means and
departures. Compared with 1910. ths
5 car just closed was considerably
colder. for 1910 showed an average OF
sac degrees. The year began with
q sharp cold wave. but II was quickly
reploced by warm weather, and Jam
nary averaged much above the nor.
NAL temperature. An excess also Oc-
Cured In February, March. April
May. August, and September. A de-
ficlency occurred In June. July, and
the last three months OF the year, Dc.
cembor going far below the normal
the coolest within the period covered
by our records. A considerable part
of the state showed an excess In tenn
perature. the deficiency being confined
20 the central and northern counties
from western Socorro and Valencia
counties eastward TO Guadalupe and
from southern Socorro and Lincoln
nurthward 60 Mora. and thence north
west Go central Rio Arriha. Slightly
more than one-half OF tho state thus
experienced a deficiency IN tempera-
ture, and the remainder iwas little
shove the normal.
The highest annual mean tempora-
ture WIS GAO degrees. at Carlsbad,
and the highest recorded Temporal
ture, i0G degrees. al the RIO Grande
dam ON the Sth OF August. and al Fort
Sumner on the "a Of the same month.
Temperatures Of 100 degrees. or
greater, occurred frequently az some
OF the southern stations from May TO
September, inclusive. August was tho
wnrmest month Of the year. averaging
70.7 degrees. a fraction higher than
July. The lowest mean annual tenn
peraturo was 3S.7 degrees. a. Eliza
bethtOwn. and the lowest recorded
temperature was 81 below zero. AZ
Dulcc. on the 2Gth OF December. This
Is the lowest temperature which has
been recorded within the state, so far
as the records show.
Tho month Of january averaged far
above tho normal. warmer by several
degrees than February, although the
latter averaged slightly above the nor
mai March also greatly exceeded tho
normal temperature, and damaging
frosts generally ceased with this
month in southern counties, April
and May continued little above nor
mal. although killing frosts occurred
quite generally In south-central coun-
ties on tho 18th and 18th of April, and
over nos hern counties as late as the
1Gth to 2ist OF May, and at a few
higher altitude stations In the ex-
tremo north until the 27th of May. A
general killing frost did not occur in
the fan until the i6th or 18th OF Oo-
tober la tho higher northern districts,
or until the 20th 10 22d OF October
throughout The central and southern
counties, giving long ana general'y
successful season. Fruits were cs-
peciaily abundant, and OF choicest
quality.
The average precipitation OF the
state. as shown by the sums OF the
monthly averages, was 1922 inches
or ass inches above the normal, ana
sac inches greater than 1910. The
year 1905 showed greater average
precipitation, amounting TO 30.D5
inches. but with this exception the
year just closed was the wettest since
1899. when sufficient stations were os-
tabilshed TO AFFORD a fair average. Aug
ust. November. and December we're
deficient IN precipitation, but an ex-
cess occurred ia each OF the other
months, reaching a maximum OF i.99
inches Ia July. which was the wettest
month 81 the year, February and
October were also largely in excess Of
the normal for those months The
excess OF precipitation was general
over the state. with the exception OF
small areas In bona Ana, eastern
Otoro. central san Miguel, aud south
eest Colfax. where slight deficiencies
occurred The greatest excess occur
red along the northern border from