The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14
DEC. WAS WETTEST
SINCE MEMORABLE
MONTH IN 1882
Weather Bureaus General
Summary Of Climatic Condi-
tons Show Five General Pc
RODS Of Precipitation.

Santa Fe. \. NJ. Jan. 1.-THE
wealher bureau here has issued the
Following general summary Of ell
matte conditions for December.
The month OF December averaged
much below the normal In tempcra-
turc and much above In precipitation.
II was. IN fact. the wettest Decem-
Der since tg92. when sufficient sta
tlons were established In New Mexico
20 afford a fair average. The entire
state shared In the excess. although
the northeast counties received the
smallest precipitation OF any part OF
the state. and the southwestern the
greatest. In the latter region an av-
erHge OF nearly four incncs occurred,
an excess Of more than i've and al
half inches. Central and southern
counties were all greatly In excess Of
the normal. ON the other hand cen
trail and eastern Colfax, Mora. san
Miguel and Union counties barely oN'
ceedcd the normal. averaging about
one-hNlf inch OF precipitation for the
moSta. Rather extensive flood dam
age occurred along the san Francisco
and ella rivers. and even over the
Hats along the southern sea=agcy
and the New Mexlco-Arizona bound
airy IN Grant county. Five fairly gen.
eral precipitation periods occurred
listed. 7th-gth. i2th-i3th, iSth-20th
and 2ad-2ith.
A small excess OF temperature oc-
CURED In a part OF the lower RIO
Grande valley and the southwest. but
barring this a deficiency was general,
greatest, however, In central Chaves,
western Mora and CoifaN. the upper
Rio Grande valley and northwest At
a few stations the deficiency exceed
ed Z degrees a dag, and average al
most 2.5 degrees for the state. The
LIST was probably the warmest day OF
the month, and the 18TH the coolest
Pressure.
The mean sea level atmospheric
pressure al Santa Fc was aO.iO inch
IS; highest, 5O.4S on ne 3lst. lowest.
1886 on the goth. At Roswell the
mean for tho month was 30.l2
inches; highes'. 1910 on the 9th;
lowest. 29.77 on the 18th. At III
Paso the mean was SO.Ot inches;
highest. 1880 on the 3ist. lowest.
2s.6S on the cath.
Temperature.
The monthly meal for the state. AS
determined from the records Of 100
stations having a mean altitude "
about 5000 feet. was SOS degrees. or
20 degrees below the normal, as
shown BY departures OF 81 stations
having records for ten years or more.
December. 1913, averaged 10 degrees
colder than the month just closed.
The highest monthly mean tempera-
turo WAS 43.S degrees az Deming and
Tularosa, and the highest recorded
temperature. 20 degrees on the LIST,
az the railroad station az Tucumcari
The lowest monthly mean tcmpera-
ture was 1871 degrees at Elizabeth
town. ard the lowest recorded tenn
perature "A degrees below zero al the
same station ON the t4th and 18th.
and at Haynes on the 3Oth. The
greatest local monthly range OF tenn
perature was - degrees at carson
Secp rangers station. and the least
"a degrees a. Boyd's ranch, while the
greatest local daily range OF temper
AZURE was Is degrees at Carson sceI
on the 18th.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity a,
ISdhlt re AZ y n, m. was 30 per cent
at 6 .. M, 80 per cent. ana for the
month. IS per cent. At Roswell the
mean az = "a. m. was 81 per cent. IL
. p. m, ~ per cent. and FOR the
month. - per cent. At the Agricul-
tural College the 5 "a m. readings av-
eraged 30 per cent. the 8 .. M. 81
per cent, and for the month. 90 pet
cent. while "A forenoon reading al
Fort Bayard averaged - per cent
for the month.
Precipitation.
The average precipitation Tor Ia,
state, as determined from the records
OF l56 stations. was i.gi inches. oi
i.33 inches IN excess Of the normal
as shown By the departures OF Is sta.
lions with 10 or more years record
The precipitation OF the month wal
O.S7 inch In excess of december
1913. The greatest monthly amour.
was SOC inche al Noria. southern
Dona Ana county. and tho least O.2.
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