Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-11
OF
AUGUST WAS
COOL
RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH,
HOWEVER, WAS PRACTICAL
LY NORMAL


ally normal While heavy and almost
continuous rain occurred in localities
over much Of the state the showers
were light and infrequent This was
especially the case along the east
erm and southern borders, and at
many stations in the central counties
There was an excess of temperar
ture in the lower Pecos valley and at
few stations elsewhere, but, as
rule, the temperature averaged below
the normal. The greatest deficiency
occurred over the northern counties
and in. the southwest. Rather high
temperature prevailed at the begin
ming of the month, and second
teenth to the twentieth, while cool
weather prevailed from the tenth to
the thirteenth or fourteenth and from
the twenty-fourth to the close of the
month, although southern localities,
except the lower Pecos valley, were
remarkably free from amy marked
temperature changes. The first was
probably the warmest day of the
month, closely followed by the six
teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth,
while the twenty-seventh or twenty
eighth were the coolest days. Light
frost occurred at few higher north
ern stations on these dates.
The mountain districts were gener-
ally most favored with showers which
were local in character, nearby sta
tions differing greatly in the amount
received. A few stations had tair
excess of precipitation, especially in
the southwest counties, and in some
of the northwest counties, but over
large part of the state deficiency
occurred 1t was greatest over the
eastern counties, and the Pecos and
Rio Grande valleys, the deficiency
extending westward, however, to in
clude centra Rio Arriba, Valencia and
central Socorro counties. This is
probably not in accord with the popu-
lar idea of the rainfall during the
month, but is clearly shown by the
records
/ Showers occhrref at some point
within the state each day during the
month, but they were generally light
and widely scattered. However the
excellent season begun with rains of
the spring and continued through July
was sustained by the showers of Au-
gust and bountiful harvests and ex-
cellent range are everywhere report
ed,
The mean sea level atmospheric
pressure at Santa Fe was 1886
inches; highest 3O1O on the twenty
sixth, lowest, 1886 on the ninth At
Roswell the mean for the month was
29.90 inches, highest, 30.10 ON the
twenty-sixth; lowest, 1858 on the
ninth. At Ell Faso the mean for the
month was 1886 inches; highest,
30.02 on the twenty-sixth, lowest,
1861 on the ninth.
Temperature
The monthly mean for the state, as
determined from the records of 80
stations having a mean altitude of
about 5000 feet, was 7O.1 degrees, or
1 degree below the normal AS
shown by the departures of SO sta
tions having records for ten years
or more. Compared with August, |
1913, the month was g degree colder.
The highest mean temperature was
S0.2~ degrees at Artesia and Carlsbad, |
and the highest recorded temperature
105 degrees at Artesia on the first |
The lowest monthly mean tempera-
ture was 55.6 degrees at Winsors, and
the lowest recorded temperature 29 |
degrees at Elizabethtown on the
twenty-eighth. The greatest local |
monthly range of temperature was SO
degrees at Willard, and the least 29
degrees at Cloudcroft, while the
greatest local daily range was 81 de-
grees at Bluewater on the fourteenth |
and at Gage on the twentieth
Humidity
The mean relative humidity at San
ia Fe at a. M, was 70 per cent; at
D. m. Al per cent, and for the month |
Sc per cent At Roswell the mean at
6 a. m. was 79 per cent; at p. m. SO
per cent, and for the month So per
cent. At the Agricultural college the
8 a. m. readings averaged 50 per cent,
the 5 p. m. readings "a per cent and
for the month 46 per cent.
Precipitation
The average precipitation for the
state, as determined from the rec
ords of 162 stations, was 2.34 inches,
or rs inch greater than August, 1918.
Compared with the normal, as shown