The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-12
APRIL TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION
MUCH BELOW NORMAL
Weather During Month Just End.
cd Was Decidedly Erratic; Pre-.
cipitation Was Good in Eastern
Part of State, Poor in West.
speeisl correspondence to m. Herald

April WA mother cold, airy, WlhuN
month. both temperature aud preclpi-
tation averaging considerably Delow
the normal. The snowfall, however
averaged slightly above, due To heavy
snow over the foothills aud moun;ains
of the northern counties Of the state
Snowfall IN excess OF > inches occur.
red over central aud west CnliaN'
western san Miguel. northeastern san
"a Re. eastern Taos and central n
uorther Rio Arriba couties. also north
crn Sandoval and small portions OF
northern Grant and northwest Tor
rance counties. while more tnan 90 IN
ches fell over the crest OF h rahSe
I'm eastern Taos county. The fail Tor
the state averaged "a inches. giving
q total average fan for the season oi
25.t inches. which is practically nor
NAL The fall OF the month was. OF
course. generally beneficial but WI De
of greatest value to the early How OF
the Rio Grande and the Chama, anu
viii aid the streams OF thw Col-
iaN couHtS.
The precipitation of the month wa"
fairly good from eastern san Jun"
county To- the eastern border of the
state. but became rapidly lighter SOUTH
until II dwindlcd TO a mere trace or
mono hf AT wv VI fhhfA o -"
counties. About onc-fifth Of the state
thus had no precipitation. or hut =
trace. while fully four-fifths had less
than 81 half incht. the average for the
entire state amounting To hut Vi'
uch Il was the dricst April since
1903. and the driesi season since leVf
being the 6th consecutive month %
light precipitation. the amount for the
period representing about onc-hali "a
tine normal.
cold weather obtained at the he-
ginning " the month and continucf
I'm the sth. the I'd being the coldcst
day 81 the month Cool weather
va again general on the lath-2o'h
and al the close uf the month. nS'tI
the general warmth 90 the ed To -Nth
The asd was probably the warlheSt
da, OF the month. \ deficiency 90
trmperaturc was general, nut gfeh'ch'
nov, yer @ degrees to > dcgrees) IN
tho central Rio Grande valley, w,st
pud This is also the bth
consecutive month Of deficient tenn
pernture. ANA the period mas p''l'
much given 10 high winds. The 10"
est minimum temperature Of RECORD
for Nprii occurred during the monih'
Pressure.
Tho mean sc~a-lcNcl Atmosphere
prr-surc at santa Pc was 29Nl inthc~.
highest. 3O.34 ON the 9Th, lowest, 2'jl
on tho 18th. Vt Roswell the mean
was saNS Inches. highest, 3O.Sp on
tho ith. lowest 2H35 on the l'ih y
IN Paso the mean was @9.Nl. hlshes'
30. go ON the ith lowest, $40 on the
18Th while at Amarillo, the mean wa
90 So inches. highest. 800 80 ON the lth'
lowest 90 IS ON the l5th.
Tcmncraturc
The mean temperature 81 IN. stll'.
a. determined from the records or l"-
stations having % mean attitude "'
about 1000 feet. was iH.N degrees, ''
Is degree below the normal Tor lh'
month. as howH by the departure "'
IS stations having records Tor 10 '''IN
or moro. The average was % d'fr'''
below April, 1916. The highest mnhth'
Is mean temperature was 81 Nv.
pr,cs pt Carlsbad. aud the highest
recorded temp,ratur" % degrees ''
Art,sin ou the - n lngleNillc "'l
m, .gd The lowest monthly near
,cmucrature was 35S degrees at REQ
Ri,rr CANYON and the lowest recorded
,omucrntnre q degrees below zero a
IN, Winsor ranch station, on the ."
-,b. greatest local daily range "'
temperature was G5 degrees at sprinr'
~ uu the ed
Humidity.
Thc mean relative humidity Z"
SIT, r., AT d a ma. was ~ per cent
a., 4 T. ui. q per cent. tor IN
month rs per cent Roswell had
moan of 80 per cent at g - m, " pee
cent at T. M. and ~ per cent in'
the month ~ the Ngri,ultuiHl co
leg. the , a. M. readings averaged y
r.r cent. the . y M ~ per cent ah'
f,, IN, month ~ per cent, while
series Of readings at Fort Bayard nN.
rrtpcd 20 per cent tor the month
Precipitation
The average precipitation for ~.
tate. as determined from the record
of iS3 stations, was uAn inch, or u
inch bclow the normal records for u
,,,rs ,, more. The average for ~
month is ii2 inches below April, 1879
rh. greatest monthly amount was ="
inches az the Anchor mine easter
Taos county. aud there was no pre-
,pitation recorded at - station, Wh''
90 others had u trace only. u gl''
nmnunt In any a consecutive hnh'
v,s los inches az Mclrosc un the i'm
rho snowfall average Inches, MOI
than 4 inches less than April, 1917
There were . days with otl men 4"
moro precipitation, considering IN
stat, as % whole
Wind.
The total wind movement for IN
month at Santa Pc was 7,6lt miles "
i0.C miles per hour, highest 'elucitN
90 miles FRO mthc southwest on tn
18th With one exception It was N
wiudiest month experienced IN SAINT
Fc within the records Tor a. years. \
Roswell the total movement was Z,
a23 miles, or lot miles per hour
highest velocity - miles from tn
northwest ON the nm a. the Agrtrul
turil college the total moN cment wa
6.-,i miles. or So miles per hour
highest velocity. - miles from tn
south on the sgth. At ~ raso th
total movement was s,dSi miles, %
i3.i miles per hour, highest velocity
81 miles from the southwest ON IN
9Nth while at Amarillo, Texas IA
total movement was lo,l51 miles, q
IA miles per hour. highest velocity
q miles per hour from IN, north
west con the sd. The winds were gen
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