Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-02
Low TEMPERATURE
GENERAL LAST YEAR
New Mexico Mean Was 81 Below
Normal Is Report of United
States Weather Man
COOLEST SINCE THE YEAR 1896
Although Southern Part Had Normal
Precipitation the Average
Was Deficient

the mean tcmprralur" of New
MeXlr" for the year 1912 was 50.5
degrees, ar .. degrees below the
normal, II, determined hv the
monthly means and departures. This
- the lowest average yearly tenn
pcralurr that ha, been recorded
sine" 1898, when sufficient stations
were established To- afford a fairly
reliable mean. Compared with 1911,
the year was 2.3 degrees colder, and
Ill degrees colder than 1910. The
tempcraturc during each month of
the year averaged below the normal,
the departures running from O.6 de
grees IN August to I.3 degrees in
Anril. Marked deficiencies occurred
in February March, April, June.
september and December The de-
h"Icurr IN temperature, too. wa, gcn.
eral throughout the STATE, with the
exception of slight excess in east.
earn Sierra County, and a, Cloud.
rroft, on the Sacramento Mountains
The greatest deficiency occurred n
the extreme southwest (from CEN
tral Dona Ana 10 western Gran,
County,. in southwest Mora and
uurIhcru CofaN. RI Arriha and Va
lcnria Counties. where the tcmpera.
tnrc AVERAGED 3 degrees or more be-.
low the normal.
The highest annual mean tcmpera
ture was 81 degrees at Carlsbad, and
the highest recorded temperature
vas LOG at the Rio Grande Dam and
at Lake Valley on the 10th Of july.
This was probably the warmest dav
of the year. Temperatures Of 100
degrees or higher occurred AT south
crn stations from Nav to August.
inclusive. July was the warmesl
month, with an average tempcraturr
of 7l.3. The lowest mean annual
temperature was 37,3 degrees at
Elizabethtown, aud the lowest re
corded temperature. - degrees be
low zero. at Nirsvlvia. on the 22nd
of December. This was much III,
codest month of the year, and De-
cember % war probably the coldesr
day.
The precipitation of the State av-
craged 1892 inches, which is 90
inch below the normal. January.
September and November were far
below, and February, May. July. De-
tober and December were slightly be-
low: while March aud June had Il
considerable excess. and August Il
small excess of the normal. BY dis e.
tricts, the lower Rio Grande and
southwest exceeded the normal; also
southwest San Miguel, northeast Tn
ion. northeast Coltay. and the higher
parts of the Captain and Sacra
mento Mountains. Elsewhere n de-
fciency occurred, ranging from one
/ to two inches. or more, over the
plains country, the middle and up
per Rio Grande Valley, and the west
and northwest The higher districts
generally showed the greatest deiic
icncy.
The precipitation was exceedingly
local in character, but III a general
way the precipitation followed the
usual distribution: the lower chan.
nels of the San Juan and Rio Grande
and the Sacramento Valley had less
than 10 inches; the eastern plains
the st. Augustine plans, and the
ST. Augustine plains, and the north,
west plateau had 10 to 10 inches
and the higher mountain districts OF
the north, the southeast, and south.
west had Is to 20 inches or more
The greatest amount was 36.6t
inches at Anchor Mine, near th,
crest of the range in northern Toa:
County. No other station exceeded
80 inches. The least amount wa:
SOB inches at the Rio Grande Indus
trial School, south of Albuquerque
Amounts less than 6 inches were re-
corded at Bluewater (5.l4) and Lo,
Lunas (5.47), while more than tive
dozen stations had less than II
inches during the year The great
est monthly amount was 9.26 inches
at Anchor Mine in March, and tn,
greatest in any "a hours, 4.O5, a
Clovis. on the 4th of August. TIL
average number of days with o.
} inch or more precipitation was SO,
little above the normal.
The snowfall averaged 32.2, whicI
is 4 inches in excess Of the normal