The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-14
ALBUQUERQUE LEADS
N SUNSHINE FOR
{ MONTHOF OCTOBER
Small Excess Of Precipi-
tation and Deficiency
in Temperature

SANTA FE. n. 49,. Nov. is.=The
general climatic summary for New
Mexico for October follows:
There was n small excess Of pre-
cipitation and n small deficiency Of
temperature during Tho month. A
thirly general excess OF temperature
occurred In the southeast half OF the
state and n deficiency In the north.
west hnlf. the line Of demarcation
moi being strictly northeast and
southwest, however. The deficiency
was large In the north, the northwrst
and the west border counties. exceed
Ing 2 degrees at several stations, ana
on the other hand the excess was
fairly large In the lower Pecos valley.
The warmest period Of the month was
during tho first four days and the
coolest the last four. the LIST being
probably the warmest day and the
2Sth the coolest. killing frost had
touched most Of the northern stations
by the goth. M he freeze OF tho
ssth went well Into southern counties.
There was a considerable excess NJ
precipitation over the southern Dor.
der. h east ana northeast esunlIes.
the excess over the north VI the state
extending westward ts Include per-
nalillo, SandOval and rio , rrih,
counties. \ fairly ,aree deficiency
occurred In the s~outh-centrai coun-
", w" "~st and northwest SNOW
ed In tho higher attitudes a
.,umber OF times during The month.
The observer at San Antoine ranger
station states that 2 feet occurred At
1000 feet, while at Elizabethtown
10 inches remained on the ground al
~, 600 feet at the close OF the month.
THE month. as a whole, was highly
favorable FOR the completion OF har-
NgUf fhW0ahNWm nlnNUNnE fun aN0A4mH
picking. packing and shipping winter
apples. digging potatoes. etc. II was
also favorable for range u stock
and closes a most successful crop
season. The only exception to large
yields appehrs to he the potato which
largely failed in several districts and
only proved fair in Others.
Pressure.
The ntfau lea-leVel atmospheric
pressure at santa Re was es.g2 inches;
highest, SO23 ON the 3ist; lowest,
1850 on the eGth. At Roswell the
mean was 1891 inches. highest, 3O.25
or the 6th; lowest. 2ae3 on the "a.
Al Albuquerque the mean was 1895
inches. highest. S0.2s on h slst.
lowest, 2s.67 OF the "a. Al Gallup
the mean was 1890 inches. highest,
30.20 on the 2lst; lowest. 29.62 on
tho ath. and az ~ Pas1 the mean was
29S7 inches. highest. 3O.1s on the
18th. lowest, 1855 on the 9TH.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the state.
"a determined from the records OF
% stations. having a meal altitude
OF about 1000 feet, was s29 degrees
or 90 degrees below the normal, As
shown by tho departure Of 30 stations
having records for ten years or more.
The mean was 81 degrees below Oc-
tober. 1915. The highest monthly
mean vas 66i degrees at Jal. eX-
treme 'outhcnst Lea county. and the
hiEhest recorded temperature. 81 do
greeH at Carlsbad on the LIST. and AZ
Roswell tNo. p on the I'd, The low
est monthly mean was 3s.2 degrees AZ
the Red River canyon station. and
the lowest recorded temperature p
degrees on the 3ist nj Ration. The
greatest local daily T. Of temper
aturc was 90 degrees at Bell Ranch
on tho 23d.
The mean relative humidity u
Santa Fe AT 6 a. m. was ~ per cent.
at s y. M. so per cent, n for the
month g per cent Al Roswell the
mean at q u, nj. was 81 per cent. at
q y. m, 90 per sent, and the month,
6s per cent, At the Agricultural COL
lege the mean at 4 "A. m. was 20 per
cent at S y. m, 81 per cent, aud for
the month, jS per cent. At Alhuqucr-
que the mean at 6 a. m. was 90 per
cent. at 9 y. m. 80 per cent, ana FOR
the month 40 per cent. while at Il
paso the mean at q q. M was - per