El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-15

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TWO-TH|RDS NORMAL
ALSO sLlcHTLY pEFlclENr IA
TEMPERATURE, SAYS WEATH'
1ER BUREAu'S MONTHLY sum
MARY; rs PER CENT suNsHINE
AN SANTA FE
STU. s. Weather Bureau office
Santa re, N. M. General Climatic
Summary, February, 1917
February was slightly deficient in
temperature and largely deficient In
precipitation, the average fall for tine
state amounting to about two-thirds
of normal.
"A fairly general excess Of temper
ature occurred east OF the Rio Grande,
anda deficiency west. although varia-
tions existed IN this. Thus a, few OF
the northeast stations OF the state
showed a deficiency, while some of
the southwestern stations showed an
excess. The greatest deficiency was
over the northwest counties and the
northern and the southwestern noun
areas, while the greatest excess
occurred oyer the lower Pecos valley
and the ~east-central districts.
Cold weather prevailed at the be-
ginning OF the month but was quickly
followed by high temperatures. A
period Of comparatively cool
weather occurred with the storm Of
the 18th to 18th, and asthird with that
of the 18th to goth, while the last Of
the month was fine and warm. The
LIST was probably the coolest day and
The 18th the warmest, The warmth
Of the last decade started farming OPP
srations rel the southern half OF the
state. and in the lower Rio Grande
md lower Pecos valleys. advanced
fruits rather too far for safety.
Live stock wintered we'll generally.
although thin in many districts.
There was a marked general defi-
,iency Of precipitation, with the ex-
'eption OF a small strip from south
EAST Sandoval to Lincoln county.
where a small excess occurred. The
deficiency was reported from
he southwest and the northwest por-
ions OF the state, but here was also a
deficiency in some of the north
,ast districts and from the Pecos val
ey to the eastern border. Many sta
in these districts had but a
race of precipitation, and many also
lad none at all. On the other hand,
ather large precipitation for Febru-
Try occurred over the western po--
ions of Lincoln, Torrance and Berna-
lilo counties, also over the lower San
'uan range in northern Rio Arriba.
Temperature
The monthly mean for the state,
'ased upon the records of 90 stations,
a mean altitude of about 5000
eet, was 86.5 degrees, or 81 degrees
'elow the normal, as determined from
5 stations having records for 10
Or more. February, 1916, aver
ged 81 degrees warmer than the
Month Must closed. The highest
1onthlys temperature was 50.4
egrees at Carlsbad, and the highest,
ecorded temperature, Sc degrees at
he same station on the 26th. The
'west monthly mean temperature
vas 1913 degrees at Elizabethtown
nd the lowest recorded temperature
( degrees below zero at Chama on
ne LIST. The greatest local daily
ange of temperature was 67 degrees
Rociada on the 21st.
Precipitation
The average precipitation for the
tate, based upon the records Of 1853
L~ations, was 0.52' inch, or 0.29 inch
Glow the normal, as determined from
; stations having records for 10
ears OF more. The precipitation of
10 month averaged OBI inch greater
February, 1916. The greatest
amount was 4.46 inches at
ie Rea ranch, near fatigue, western
orrance county, while no precipita-
on was recorded at III stations and
others had but q mere trace. The
amount in any "a
We hours was 1877 inches at the Rea
inch on the 14th. The average snow
Ill was 62 inches, and precipitation
scurred on an average of three days.
Sunshine era c~Ioudiness
There was rs ner cent of the pos
Bile sunshine at santa re during the
Ionth, or 229 hours. there we're 23
avs with so per cent or more OF the
amount. Roswell recorded
!, per cent Of the possible sunshine,
266 hours, and had 26 days with so
cent or more Of the possible
mount. For the state, as a whole,
ere 10 clear days, 6 partly
oudy and 3 cloudy.
Miscellaneous Phenomena
The month vas rather a windy one;
ere were gales In MANY parts or the
ate on the 10th. and from the 18th
the 25th. Thunderstorms were OBJ
at many stations on the 18th,
i'd at a few on the 14th, 18th AMI
'th, Fog occurred at isolated sta
ons on the 18th, 18th, 14th and 10th.
mar haloes were observed on the
h, 9th, 10th, 18th, oath, 25th and
th. and solar halos on the 18th and
TIL.
The evaporation at the Santa Fe
I'D station amounted to 1884 inches
the month; the temperatures
'eraging BIG, precipitation OPS inch
ID wind velocity averaging 3.S miles
II hour. The dam was coated with
> throughout the month, with the ex-