Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-12
LAST
MONTH WAS BELOW
THE NORMAL
General Summary for New
Mexico Shows That Defio-
ienoy Ranged From Two,
Three or Four Degrees.


santa re, n. ST., Marcn ts.-with
slight exception, the temperature Of
the month dt rcDruary 1919 averaged
below the normal throughout New
Mexico. The deficiency increased
from aoout one degree over the cen
trail and western counties &c three OF
four degrees east OF the tO5th NOR
ldian, and throughout tho eastern
border counties. The greatest den-
cheney occurred in Curry, Roosevelt.
Quay, Union, Mora and san Miguel
counties. A slight excess occurred la
Luna counties but the area was In
signincant. for more than nlne-tonths
OF tho state had q deficiency.
Three moderately cool periods oc-
CURED: the irst, from the beginning
OF the month 10 the 6ih; the second,
from the goth 10 the 22d; and the
third, from the 2Bth to the close "a
the month. The 4th and 2lst were
the coolest days Of the month, sharing
honors about equally, although no
very severe weather or exceptionally
ately warm weather occurred from
the eth TO the 10Th. and the 18Th was
generally the warmest day Of the
month. although no very high tenn
peratures occurred.
very little precipitation occurred
until the 19th-2Oth. when eastern
cOrnties received good fan OF snow,
accompanied by high Wind and bliz-
zard conditions. These were repeat.
ed, with much greater severity and
over practically an Of the stats, on
the 2tth-2ath. Rain or snow set In
az some OF the western stations on
the night 90 the cad and the storm
continued with great fury during the
aiih and 23th, ending the morning Of
7 ne 9sth al eRtrqpa eastern stations
Light scattered showers or snow fiur'
rles also occurred az few stations
on the 10th 10 18TH, and al isolated
northern stations on a few othes
DAYS. The storm ~ the 24th-25 was
However. the most severe Of the
month. and IN many respects, the
lmost severe OF the winter. Many OBJ
aervers state II was the most seyere
liz years, for terrific sale accompan-
lied the snow. drifting Il into the Tow
places, the arroyas and the canyons
lnttlng every open shelter and causint
heavy loss OF stock and the death Of
several people. sheep and cattle
lover the eastern ranges suffered Sc
vereiy. The drifting made II espec
tally difficult 20 get accurate meas'ise
ments, but the best records indicau
an average depth OF 30 10 Is inehei
over Union, eastern Nora, easreri
san Miguel, Quay, Guadalupe, Cnrr'
and Roosevelt counties, while IN
average fall for the entire northeas
district for the month was IL.
inches. In the central district GIN
{ Guiding tho Pecos and Rio Grande
the average snowfall for the mont
was 81 inches. The average for tn
state did not equal February 1911
but was slightly greeter than Decem
Dor Just past which gives an On
usual record for the winter, thus fai
, Ths sunshine Of The month was
little below normal. especially ~ "a
eastern hair OF the state. AZ Roa"e
there was ~ per cent Of The TOT,
posslbie sunshine, while az santa
there was n per cont of the possible
For the state az whole there wer
10 clear days, partly cloudy ana
cloudy days. while 0.0t inch OF NOR
o precipitation occurred on an averal
y Of days. The humidity OF n
y month was low. High winds WEI
. frcauent. especially On tho more 81
I posed plains country. the prevai
: ing direction for the month was froi
( tho west
g Temperature.
y The mean temperature Of the stat
I, determined from tho records OF
statl0ns. having a mean altitude
n ABOUT 5 1000 feet was 34.9 degrees
n ll.7 degree below the normal, ana !
4 degree below the month Of Fehruaf
i l1gii. Tho highest monthly mean ter
v perature was t5.5 dearots a. Carl
Z had. and the highest recorded ten
4 pernture SO degrees on the ie'h
n the same station. rhe lowest mont
= ~ mean temperature was 2l.S @
b arees al Ellzaboihown, and the lo'
q est recorded temporeture is Del'
y zero at the same station on the ~
e The greatest local monthly range
. temperature was az deRrees at va
stanton, and the least A degrees
q Truchas, while the greatest Toe
X rance IN temperature was 90 dcEfe
e "a Alma on tho ga. The Nis'fl
p averages wero a. follows; NO.
q (Canadlnn and Northeasl), s3i q
7 rrees; No. 81 tPecos ana
I. Grando), ais degroesi 40, ., eve
4 orn), 81 degrees.
" Precipitation.
the average precipitation deie
VI mined from the records of lis y
tlons. was O.ka inch. or o.Ve men
low the normal and 0.st below y.
n ruary, 1911. The greatest monl'
4 amount was inches at Pasture q
the least trace al nerlno, columD