Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-02


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northern Colfax, Rio Arrlba and Via
lcncla counties, whore the tempera-
ture averaged degrees or more be-
low the normal. says the weather bu-
Feau's summary for 1919.
The highest annual mean temper
ature was 60 degrees nc Carlsbad.
and the highest recorded temperature
i06 degrees al the Rio orandc dam
and al Lake Valley. on the 10th OF
July. This was probably the warm
est day Of the year. Temperatures OF
zoe degrees or higher occurred az
southern stations from May to Au-
est month. with an average tempera-
turc 81 7l.3 degrees. The lowest
mean annual temperature was 3I.3
degrees at Eiizabethtown, and the
lowest recorded temperature 20 de-
grecs below bero. at Nirsylyin, on the
2end OF December. This was much
the coolest month of the year and
the 23rd. probably the coolest day.
The precipitation OF the state aver
aged 1899 inches which h 0.6h inch
below the normal. January, Septem-
her and November were Tar below aud
February. May ,uly. October ana Do
crfnber were slightly below, while
March. and june had a considerable
excess and August a small amount IN
excess OF the normal ~ districts,
the lower iiio Grandc and southwest
exceeded the normal; also southwest
san Miguel. northeast Union. north
east Colfax. and the higher parts OF
the Captain and sacramento noun
tains. Elsewhere a deficiency oc-
CURED. ranging from one Co two inch
ea or more. over the plains country
the middle and upper Rio Grunde vat
ley. and the west and northwest Th~
higher districts generally showed the
greatest deficiency.
The precipitation was exceedingly
local IN character but In n general
way the precipitation followed the u.s.
uai distributions the tower channels
OF the San Juan aud Rio Grandc and
the Sacramento valley had less than
ten lnchas; the eastern plains. the 81.
Augustine plains. and the northwest
plateau had ten to fifteen inches; and
the higher mountain districts OF the
north. the southeast. aud southwest
had Fifteen Co twenty inches or moro.
The creates, amount was 1895 inches
az Anchor mine near the crest OF
the range Ia northern Taos county.
No other station exceeded thirty
inches. The least amount way s.08
school south OF Albuquerque.
Amounts less than ak inches were re-
corded at Bluewatcr. STA ad Los Luz
mas, 5i7. while more than two dozen
stations had less than ten inches dur
Ing the year. The greatest monthly
amount was s.26 incnes, at Anchor
mine. In March, and the greatest In
any ~ hours. f.O5. az Clovis. on the
ath of August. The average um-
L.. AL ~
precipitation was SO, q little above tho
normal
The nowfall averaged 32.2 inches.
which Is four inches In excess OF the
normal. February. March. April and
December were months of heavy snow
fall, ana light amounts occurred la
January May. October and Novem-
her.
The sunshine of the year averaged
about normal. there were zoe clear
days, ia partly cloudy. and hut 40
cloudy Santa be had ~ per cent Of
the total possible sunshine. while Ros-
well had 10 per cent.
The winds were prevailing south
westerly and, as a whole, :he year
WAS rather given To blustery, windy
weather, with greater movement than
1871, but not SO high storm veloCi-
ties SANTA Fc recorded T2.649 miles.
or so miles per hour: Roswell re-
corded bi.709 miles. or 90 miles per
hour, and the Agricultural college re-
corded 6G,9f7 miles. or 10 miles per
hour. The highest Velucitics at These
stations were 20, 90 aud 80 miles, re-
HpcctiVely.
The relative humidity averaged ~
per cent at the Agricultural college;
50 per cent AT Roswell and - per
Get at Santa Fe.
THE Weather bs Months.
January was a cool. clear. dry
month, large part uf the state re-
cching NO precipitation. or but n
trace.
February was cold, partly cloudy,
rather wet month. with heavy snow
fall the eastern counties. especially,
had heavy snowfall. considerable wind
and much cold weather
March was cold. c'oudy, stormy
month. with large excess IN preclpi-
tation west OF the i05th meridian,
Heavy snow occurred over the north
ern districts the western slopes OF