Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-12
AUGUST WEATHER
|. SLIGHTLY COOLER
THAN ORDINARY
Rainfall for Month About Nor
NAL, According to Official
Report Issued by Weather
Bureau.

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! Santa Re. Sept. 1.-THE tempera-
ture OF the month Of August 1914.
averaged about degree n DAY below
the normal, and the rainfall practic-
ally normal While heavy aud almost
| continuous rain occurred in localities,
over much Of the state. the showers
I We're light and infrequcnt This was
Especially the case along the eastern
and southern borders, and nj. many
stations in the central counties.
There was an excess Of tempera-
iure In the lower pecos valley and AL
q few stations elsewhere, hut. as a.
rule, the temperature averaged be-
low the normal The greatest def
cheney occurred over the northernl
lcounties and in the southwest. Rather
high temperature prevailed at the
beginning of the month, and sec
ond warm period occurred from the
18th 10 the goth. while cool weather
prevailed from the 10Th to the 18th
lor i4th and from the cath to the
close of the month, although south
ern localities. except the lower Pc
cos valley. were remarkably free from
lany marked temperature changes.
The LIST was probably the warmest
day OF the MONTH closely followed /
by the 10th. nth and 18th, while the
9th or 2Sth was the coolest day.
lIL.lght frost occurred - a few higher
northern stations on these dates.
The mountain districts were gem
orally most favored with showers
which were local in character, near
by stations differing greatly in the
amount received. A few stations had
a fair excess Of precipitation, espe-
clally in the southwest counties and
| in some of the northwest counties,
but over large part Of the state a
deficiency occurred. II was greatest
over the eastern counties, and the
pecos and Rio Grande valleys. the
deficiency extending westward, how
ever to include central Rio Arriba,
|Vaiencia and central Socorro coun-
Tics. This is probably not In accord
with the popular, Idea. Of the rainfall 7
during the month. but Is clearly
shown by the records
Showers occurred at some points !,
within the state each day during the
month, but they were generally light
and widely scattered. However the
excellent season begun with the rains {
of the spring and continued through !
July was sustained by the showers OF !,
August and bountiful harvests and /
excellent range are everywhere re- ,
ported.
Pressure.
The mean sea level atmospheric ,
pressure ut Santa Re was 29SS
inches; highest, sO.i0 on the 2Gth I
lowest, 2g.6G on the 9th. AT Roswell :
the mean for the month was 29.9o d
inches: highest. 1910 on the 18th; !
lowest, 20.63 on the 9th Al I'll Paso n
the mean for the month was 20.S6
inches: highest. 3002 on the 2Gth,
lowest. 2a.6l ON the 9Th.
Temperature. ID
The monthly mean fof the state, as q
from the records of 80 d
stations having mean altitude of c
about 5000 feet, was 7O.1 degrees or
10 degree below the normal, as o
shown by the departures OF 36 sta II
tons having records for ten years or a
more Compared with August lol3, Isl
The month was 90 degrees colder. q
rhe highest monthly mean tempera- fl
lure was 500 degrees at Artesia ana
and the highest recorded
1915 degrees at Artesia
IN the list. The lowest monthly mean D
was 55.6 degrees at VIM II
,ors. and the lowest recorded temper al
,ture 30 degrees VI Elizabethtown on d
he 2Sth The greatest local monthly al
-ange of temperature was SO degrees II
At Willard. and the least 20 degrees A
i, Cfoudcrnft. While the greatest Of
laiN range was 81 degrees at Blue al
water on the 14th and at Gage on the
10Th.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity at SAN X
a Fe at 6 a. M was 70 per cent "
It Q .. M. Il per cent, and FOR the til
Sc per cent At Roswell the 6
mean al G a. M Was 10 per cent; AZ 81
d. m. SO per cent and for the 81
month, 50 per cent At the Agricnl- pf
ural College the 4 i. nj, readings al
,veraged SO per cent, the 3 p. N.
endings "a per cent and for the
40 per cent
Precipitation. IN
The average precipitation for the II
fate as determined from the records g
4 f62 stations, was 2.sf inches. or 60
rs inch greater than August, Oh
91s. Compared with the normal, as bf
hown by the departures Of 52 sta cd
ions having ten or more years rec ca
I'd, the month was 0.02 inch below
he greatest monthly amount was
II inches at Anchor Mine in north
I'm Taos county, and the least 025 -. ~
nch al Cundiyo, in northern Santa re-
e county The greatest amount in -
ny "a consecutive hours was 1.92
nches at Corona on the 10th and :.
it'll. There were 10 days with 0.0f 80
nch or more precipitation. ~,
Wind. -.
The total wind movement for the Log
1onth at Santa Fe was 1885 miles 4,
r 6.6 miles per hour; highest veoc- x
", 80 miles from The south on. the m,
lst. At Roswell the total movement ~
Ias 1864 miles, or 6.7miles per hour; .
ighest velocity, 40 miles from the sa
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