The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-30
PRECIPITATION IN
1876 BELOW NORMAL
IN SUNSHINE STATE
U. s. Bureau Reviews Weather
Conditions for Year; August
Wettest Month and November
Dryest; Snowfall Standard.

SANTA re, y. NJ Jan. dNs-Ihe Iui-
lowmE weather review for the year.
lalG has just been issued by the US.
bureau here.
above the nortua in temperature C53.v
degreesJ, n precipitation D5f96
inchesl. II was In fact a little the
wnrmcst year hat W have had since
1910 In precipitation, however. both
1917 and 1915 exceeded the last year
The distribution of precipitation
throughout the year was, AZ q whole,
favorable although May aud June were
far below h normal following q fair
excess Ia January. March ana April.
A far excess also occurred In August.
quickly changing a season that prom
lsod To- he ~unfavorabie into a favor
able and successful one.
Dry Ia Eastern Counties.
over the state the distribution OF
precipitation was not as favorable as
90 1915. Eastern counties from
Roosevelt and northern HAYES TO the
borders north and casD we've generally
deficient, with much less thph FORMAL
oven Guadalupe, quay. eastern san
Miguel, More and Colfax. and Union
counties
Fairly large area, within the state
bad l'~ IMAM tea inches of precip,ta-
ton IN" largest ut thres were In S.tn
Juan bOua Ana. Etero and Guadalupe
counties. hut generally the precipita-
ton over the state averaged from ~
10 20 inches. ard several large areas
exceeded 20 inches. The greatcet
amoHnt Tor the year within the state
was 1sA2 inches, near fatigue. At the
lea amen IN western T%orran1c coun-
~ Amounts In excess Of 80 inches
were ALSO measured at the Harvey
ranch northwest san Miguel county
- Meek. central Lincoln county, aud
at Aspc Grove. Batcmaus aud thatua
boz uurth-c"ntral Rio Arrtbu county
and at piuos Altos, uortatr1 Grant
county ON the other haud amounts
bC,oW iches were measured at Aztec.
tuudiyo, Cafri2oao, Fruitland aud Roy,
n latter falling to els inches Tht
greatest monthly amount was ita6
inches near Lockwood n August, ~
IS that has been exceeded hut
once in the last % years, when $40
inches tent at Fin IA July 1904. Eoa-
v"u measured 5.5s inches within -
huuts on the 18Th Of August which
was the greatest amour. In - cousec-
JttNc hours.
August Nci Month.
august Ms INV NfANfNN NNa|NNNNAN ~
the year and November the drN c-;.
while October showed the greatest cN-
.sss OF precipitation % llttle over an
inch aud ~ half The year CLOSED
with iu excess .f o.st inch Tor the
.,,tr. ts IL whole
Tie snowfall averaged a;5 iuonoa.
and was only exceeded py 3 previous
YEATS during the last 60. SNOW u,-
CURED wru INTO MAY and began again
early $50 October The depth at many
stations exceeded 100 inches. aud ct
% few goo inches. The greatest re-
,ordcd depth fut the surI Wa 80. i"-
Dhcs ct Chsu1. closet, followed D., 90"
u,u,- az Harvey Idueh aud ga
inches at Aspen Grove ranch Jauuars.
Ina April were the months of -tc"teS,
snowfall
ln general the fret half ot the Year
showcd au excess 81 temperature AMI
The last half q deficiency February
and March were Tar above a." normal
,ud january somewhat above while
August November aud December were
CONSIDERABLY below $50 that the scar
closed IN "a small excess tn" d,tt-
cheney wss mostly confined to the
higher districts OF the southwest J.H
the north, and To- a few northwest sta
ti0us. while "A considerable excess or-
CURED over the lower p'cos valley.
"a, middle Nlo Graudo valley and the
central counties the highest annual
mean temperature was sat degrees al
Curlshud. and Ia" highest recorded
temperature NJ degrees at AItcsid ON
thr 2tth ct June. On the other hand,
the lowest annua mean tempertiui"
40 degrees at Red River. and IN"
lowest recorded temperature 80 de
sroe~ below zero At Haynes ''Ntr"W"
southwest RIO Arriba county on the
iuurtiug at the l., of February. July
wac the hottest month ui the year
with an average" temperature of Us
u,rrr's. while December was the g"id
est. with an nyCrag" OF ga degree
sunshine Normal.
The sunshine of the wear ~1NcrIhtd
pia. tiCilly normal some months
averaged far below ana "a few mu'h
above. oif-sctting the former Thet"
wrrc gi9 clear days. ~ partly clouds
and so cloudy The station At santa
Fc recorded q per cent "t the pos j.
hle sunshine that NJ liusweu so p'l