The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-14

W. ~ NUN NnNAM HNsNN
Miguel. Curry. Roosevelt ANA north.
crn Lea, and along the southern hor.
der In Otcro. About two-thirds ~
the state received more than an inch
of precipitation aud fuily a fourth
exceeded " inches. 1--WE storm. ct
moment passed over the state during
the month, and as a whole II wa.
stormy and wet. The snowfall "a
shown elsewhere In this report. Wa.
unusually heavy and brings the fall
Tor the state well above the normal
For the season.
Pressure.
The mean sea-icvci atmosphere
pressure at santa Zee was 2g.gO inch.
es. highest. 8O.ii on the a2d; lowest.
2g4i ON the 9th At Roswell the
mean was 2p.9I inches: highest. 3O.iG
on the 22di lowest $3.50 on the 18Th.
Vt ~ Paso the mean was 1885 inch.
es. highest. 3O.3s ON the LIST. lowest
29.jl on the 9th.
Temperature.
Tho monthly mean temperature, as
determined from the records Of Or
stations having u mean altitude OF
about 5000 feet, was 2G.S degrees or
S. degrees below the normal. as
shown by the departures of o. sta
lions having records for ten years
or more. January. 'gi1. averaged
20 degrees warmer than the last
month. The highest monthly mean
was iLo degrees at the Elephant
Butte dam. and the highest record
ed temperature - degrees at Ar
tesla on the Sd The lowest monthly
- 49,. 4 o 10 -. -
the lowest recorded temperature 80
degrees below zero on the lith at
Nermejo Park. northwest ColflN coun-
~. The greatest local daily range 81
temperature was 90 degrees AZ cparl.
western Lea county on the ilth.
humidity.
The mca relative humidity at
Santa Fc az d a. m. a so per cent
At 4 y. M, ~ per cent, and for the
month 20 per cen At Roswell the
mean al G "a. IN. was % per cent.
az 6 .. m. 80 per cent. and for the
month 50 per cent At the agricul.
tural college the s a.. M. readings
averaged Is per cent, the % D. M. 81
per cent, aud Tor the month. 50 per
cent while the 6 a. IA. readings 80
III paso averaged 50 per cent. the o
D. m - per cent. and for the month
80 per cent.
Precipitation.
IT." average precipitation for the
state. as determined from the rec
ords uf 10 stations was 1.Oa inches.
or O.3o inch above the normal. az
shown by the departures of 60 sta
tons having rccurcs for ten years
or more. The precipitation of tho
month averaged 0.33 inches greater
than January. 1871. The greatest
monthly - was $50 inches At
the Eatcmau ranch. near Canjilon.
Rio Arriha county. ana the least o.O2
inch at Santa Rosa. while the great
cst In any 20 consecutive hours was
Las Inches at Aragon on the 2jth.
The average snowfall FOR the state
was l3I inches. and there was IN
average OF . DAYS with U.Ul inch on
more precipitation
Wind.
Tho total wind movement At santa
Fo was 6uui miles. on 81 miles per
hour highest velocity, - miles from
thc south on the 9Th. Roswell re-.
corded u total movement Of G2fi miles
ar 81 miles per hour. highest We.
locity. q miles from the northwest
on the 18th The state agricultural
cDllcg" recorded e total movement Of
iGNl miles. or Is miles per hour.
highest velocity. - mites from tn,
west ON the STA while ~ pdso record
ed >1ol miles, or III mile. per hour.
highest velocity, 80 miles from the
: west. uu the 9TH. Tho prevailing di.
rectiOn FOR the state wa from the
west, ana the mouth was somewhat
more windy than January. 1914.
Sunshine and CIuudlnC~s.
The month was much given To-
cloudiuess and storm. for the state
NJ q whole. there were II clear rays.
\ partly cloudy, aud Q cloudy. Santa
Fc recorded GN per cent of the total
possible sunshine. or e1O hours. and
there were - days with 80 per cent
or more o. the possible amount. Ros-
well recorded 60 per cent of the pos
sihl" sunshine. and had % days with
so per cent or more uf the possible
amount
Miscellaneous Phenomena.
Rather high winds were prevalent
from the 9TH t. the 18th. the 18TH,
18TH. 2ith aud goth. Fog occurred
over some at the northeast districts
on the mornings OF the ed. Esd and
2fth. Solar halos were observed on
the 10Th. i'm. 18th nnH aOth; lunar
halos on the lFth Slcct was noted at
a few stations on the 95th and 2Sth.
while a winter thunderstorm was
widely recorded from the Rio Grandr
westward on the 9TH. ana again ON
the goth.
Evaporation.
The culd and SNOW Of the month
made the taking OF evaporation rec
ords extremely difficult Al Santa
Fc, with Il mean temperature OF .3.6
/ degrees ana an average wind move
mcut OF 50 miles per hour, the
evaporation for the month amounted
To l.oN3 Inches. ON several occasions
due apparently to "A larger catch OF
precipitation by the evaporation pan
than that measured by the gage along.
slde, there was an increase In the
measured value In the pan At the
Elephant Butte dam, with au aver
age temperature of 40 degrees and
an average wind movement OF 3s