Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-13
OCTOBER NORMAL ! |
IN TEMPERATURES;
UNUSUALLY WET
Weather Summary for Month
Shows Precipitation Great
er Than in Any Year Since
1896.

city is as follows
The month Of October averaged
practically normal In temperature
but far above the normal in precipi.
tation. II was the wettest October 81
record, with the exception Of 1896
when the average for the stat,
Amounted to 1868 inches. or 1870 inch.
es greater than the month Just closed
All parts of the state shared in the
excess of precipitation. excepting a
small part of the lower Rio Grande
valley. comprising nOst OF Dona Ana
county. where a slight deficiency oc-
courred. The eastern counties and
the southwest districts were especially
favored with heavy rainfall. One OF
the fortunate features OF the rainfall
was that practically all of Il came in
two rather brief storm periods, from
the LIST to 4th and goth TO 25th, CIV
ing long Intervals of dry weather.
The last storm period was especially
heavy over southeast counties and
caused stock to suffer more or less
because of the chill that accompanied
the storm. Both storm periods gave
rather heavy snowfall over the high
err northern mountains. and the last
one over the southern, and both were
followed by sharp cool periods. The
coolest weather of the month, how
ever, generally occurred from the
18th to 18th, when killing frost was
general throughout the northern half
OF the state. On the other hand, the
warmest period OF the month was the
fst-2nd or the 10th tn 20th.
While the temperature of the state,
as a. whole, averaged practically nor
NAL, there were certain localities that
had q fair excess Of temperature, and
others that averaged less than normal.
An excess occurred generally in the
San Juan valley, the central Rio
Grande and thence southeastward
oyer tho Sacramento valley and
White, Captain and Sacramento
mountains To the lower Pecos. while
ia a general way n deficiency, usually
small, occurred everywhere. No Sc
we're cold was experienced, although
damaging frosts occurred in north
west counties on the 5th, extending
into central counties from the 18th
to 18th. and to a few southern dis
tricts from the oath to the 2Sth. The
month. as a whole, was one of the
most pleasant of the year, and gen
orally highly favorable for the com
pletion of harvest and threshing of
grain.
Pressure.
The mean sea-level atmospheric
pressure at santa Fe was 30.02 inches
highest. 1890 on the cath; lowest,
1854 on the 3rd. At Roswell the
mean was 90 inches: highest, 30.42
on the 18th: lowest, 5000 on the
9th; lowest, 29.62, on the 4th.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the state, as
from the records of nine
ty-nine stations. having a mean alti-
tude of 5000 feet. was $50 degrees.
or OIL degree below the normal, as
SHOWN by the departures of thirty-five
stations having records for ten years
or more. Compared with October,
1913. the month was 10 degree warm
err The highest monthly mean tenn
perature was 63.5 degrees at Carlsbad.
md the highest recorded temperature,
92 degrees. at Artesia on the 9TH and
at Carlsbad on the 9TH and 9Th. The |
lowest monthly mean temperature
vas 400 degrees at Ellzabethtown !
md the lowest recorded temperature,
3 degrees at the same station on the |
18th. The greatest local monthly |
range of temperature was 6s degrees
It Fort Union and Wagon Mound, and !
he least, 36 degrees, at Cloudcroft |
Ind Red River canyon, while the
greatest local daily range of temper
ature was so degrees at Fort Union
IN the 18th.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity at SAM
"a Fe at 6 a. m. was 10 per cent at
! p. M, 81 per cent, and for the
month, 60 per cent AT Roswell the
mean at a. m. was &c per cent; at
; D. M, 40 per cent, and for the
So per cent. AT the Agricui-
ural college The a. m. readings av-
ragged 4 per cent. the p. m. read-
ngs, 3S per cent. and for the month
% per cent, while one reading each
lay at Fort Bayard averaged As per
ent for the month.
Precipitation.
The average precipitation for the
tate, as determined from the records
4 1853 stations, was 235 inches. OF
~ inches greater than October,
9l3. and 1905 inches above the nor
nal determined from the tempera-
ures of fifty-two stations with ten
ears or more record. The greatest
monthly amount was 6.7S inches ut
movies eastern Eddy county,,
yhile the greatest in any twenty-fonr
hours was $50 inches at ,
movies on the 22nd-23rd, the entire
mount falling in nine hours The ,
verage snowfall was 1.3 inches, al ;
hough snow only occurred in the
igher mountain districts, and over
ne northeast plateau. There was an
yerage of five days with 0.01 inch !
r more precipitation.
Wind.
The total wind movement for the !
lnnth III Santa lee was 4,704 miles,
r GA miles per hour; highest velocity, /,
. miles from the southeast on the n
I'd. AT Roswell the total movement (,
AS miles, or 60 miles per hour; |.
ighest velocity, &c miles from the
)uthwest, on the 10th. At the Agri- !,
ultural college the total movement "
as 1865 miles. or SO miles per hour; !,
ighest velocity, 4S miles from the :.
est ON the 4th. At I'll Paso the to- =
II movement was 7,064 miles, or 95
lilies per hour; highest velocity, As
lilies from the south on the 3rd. The !,
REVEALING direction for the state was !,
rom the southwest.
Sunshine and Cloudiness. I
There was "A per cent of the total \
ossible sunshine at Santa Fe during q
lie month, or 260 hours; twenty
lree days had SO per cent or more of ]
ne possible amount. Roswell record
d GO per cent or more of the posi-
lie sunshine, and had eighteen days c
18th so per cent or more of the possi- +
lie amount. For the state, as whole, r
,ere were nineteen clean days, six q
artiy cloudy and six cloudy. ,
Miscellaneous Phenomena. {
Thunderstorms occurred in locali- q
es over the eastern counties on the s
9th, 22nd, 30th and 3fst. and in the '