Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-12
What's New in New Mexico

pressure at Santa Fe was 3O.O3 inch
es' highest 50.3l on the goth; low
est, 2s.5S on the nth. At Roswell the
mean was 3o.04 inches: highest. 3O.3s
ON the Eth. lowest. 1855 on the nth.
Al FL Paso the lowest was 29.9S
inches highest, 1894 on the 9th;
lowest, 2s.52 ON the l1th
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the state. as
determined from the records Of nine
ty-one stations having a mean altitude
Of aout 5000 feet was "a degrees. or
0.S degree above the normal. as de-
termined from the departures Of thir-
ty-five stations having records for ten
years or more. The month averaged
"a degree warmer than October, 1914
The highest monty mean temperature
was 644 degrees at Carlsbad, and the
highest recorded temperature. 90 de-
grees at Artesia on the Srd. The low
est monthly mean temperature was
40 degrees at the Red River canyon
station, and the lowest recorded tenn
perature 9 degrees at Virslyvia on the
9th The greatest local daily range
of temperature was 60 degrees at
Alma on the 27th.
Humidity
The mean relative humidity at San
"a Fe at a. m. was On per cent; at
is p. M, 32 per cent, and for the
month, AZ per cent. At Roswell, the
mean at a. m was 10 per cent, at 6
.p. m, SO per cent, and for the month,
81 per cent. At the Agricultural col
lege the S a. IN. readings averaged so
per cent, the p. m. readings % per
cent. and for the month, SO per cent,
while a series Of forenoon readings at
Fort Bayard averaged 20 per cent for
the month.
The average precipitation for the
state as determined from the records
of 1876 stations, was ga inch, or O.S1
inch below the normal as determined
from the departures Of forty eight
stations having records for ten years
Tor more. The months average was
.2.31 inches less than october, 1914.
The greatest monthly amount was La
inches at Hollene, eastern Curry
county, and there were seventeen sta
tons that had no precipitation. The
greatest amount in any twenty-four
hours was also ga inches at Hullene.
THE average snowfall for the state cal
though none occurred except at the
highest northern station) was O.5
inch. There were two days with 0.Ol
inch or more precipitation.
Wind.
The total wind movement for the
month at Santa Fe was 4,64S miles,
or 60 miles per hour; highest We
locity, "A miles per hour, from the
southwest on the 3rd The total
movement at Roswell was 4,724 miles,
or ga miles per hour; highest veloci-
ty, 30 miles, from the southwest on
the nth. At El Paso the total move
ment was 5,615 miles, or 7.5 miles per
hour. highest velocity 46 miles, from
the west on the 18th. The prevailing
direction for the state was from the
southwest
Sunshine and ClOudiness.
There was SO per cent Of the total
possible sunshine at Santa Fee during
the month, or sol hours, "a days had
so per cent or more Of the possible
amount Roswell recorded 90 per
cent of the possible sunshine and had
80 days with so per cent or more Of
the possible amount. For the state,
as a whole, there were rs clear days
partly cloudy and but one cloudy
Miscellaneous Phenomena.
Scattered thundershowers occurred
on the 18th and 14th; small hail ac-
Icompanied some Of these storms but
caused no damage. The mornings
were foggy at few eastern stations
ON the lst 3rd, It'll, and nth to 2lst'
Killing frosts were frequent over
northern counties; the most common
dates were 4th, eth, 18Th 2lst and
2eth Central and southern counties
had only light frosts, as n rule