The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-14
Rainfall In September Greatest
In Past 80 Years Save in 1904

stations. was 3.57 inches, or I.ss
above the normal IA determined from
tie 4. 'm@S OF 100 stations having
record Tor 10 vcars or more. Com
pared with September. 1918. the
month had ass inches grsater Pre-.
clrilatlon. The grtRtcst mon
amount was 1855 inches at Carson
Sheep Ranger Station. extreme nouth.
wei Eddy county. and the least
monthly GA inches at Aztec, San
Juan county. The rrcntost amount ~
any 80 consecutive hours was al
Inches at Meek. eastern Lincoln
county. No previous record Of 30
large an during 20 hours has
been noted villain the state and but
one previous record Of a larger
amount during any month-i5.1O At
s.,k "a july. is0b. although Lakewood
had 1855 Inches In August. 1915.
clritatlon during the heavy rains OF
the 18th to i7th. In the storm At
Meek from s a. m. Of the l5tn TIL
II D. m. OF the 18TH. g.1g inches fell.
Traces 81 NAV were noted at a few
higher northern stations. There were
Z days With o.ei inch or more pre-
%clpitation
Wind
The total wind movement at Santa
Re was i,b2O miles or ga miles per
hour; highest velocity. 20 miiessfrom
the southwest on the 18Th. As Rua-
well the total movement was 4.6ie
miles. or 6.5 miles per hour. highest
velocity. 80 miles from the northwest
on the iSth. AZ Albuauerqve the to-
tai movement waa 5.fsg miles. or 10
miles per hour; hlghest velocity. As
from the EAST on the 2lst. At the Ag-
r%lcultural college the total movement
was i,f2I miles, or 81 miles per
hour; highest velocity so miles from
the northwest on tile 18th. while at
NJ Paso the total movement was g.
ass miles. or SO miles per hour;
highest velocity. 40, from the north
east on the l2th. The prevailing d.
rectlon FOR the state, was trom the
southwest.
s~unsIinc and Cfoudincss
Santa Fe recorded 81 per ccn u
he total possible %hunrnine, or 2iS
hours. and had 20 days with so per
cent or more Of the possible amount
total possible sunshine and had IS
days with so per cent Or more OF tho
possible mount. while Albuquerque
recorded IS per cent OF the total pos.
sibie sunshine, or 25i hours, and hal
% days with 80 per cent or more II
the possible amount For the state
as "a whole. there we're IL clear days,
y partly cloudy and z cloudy.
Miscellaneous PhsIromcna,
Thunderstorms occurred at some
point within the state from the tth
Ia lith. 18th to goth. 2~6th-27th, ana
2gth-S0th. Halt mostly small, with
out damage, and covering limited
2sth and 3Oth. However. the obscrv-
IT at the Demonstration Farm sta-
ton. east OF Las Vegas. reports great
damage 10 ont nearby ranches by
hail on the 2eth., and heavy hail also
fell that day NJ Harvey's upper rancn.
Fog was noted. mostly owe eastern
counties. on the 9Th, sth, 18th, lTtn.
18th, 2ith TO 3Oth. Light to heavy
aud In some OF the higher districts.
killing frosts occurred, In northern
and western counties from the 22d to
goth. Two or three persons were killed
by lightning, and several head OF
stock. A small tornado occurred
near Hobbs on the 18th. Light earth
quake shocks were noted at SUcOrro
on the 6th. IAN aud 18th.
The aftermath of the West Indian
hurricane. which caused such havoc
at Corpus Christi aud the immediate
gulf coast on the i2th-i3ta, was
noted by unusually heavy rainfall d-
lar west a. the Rio Grandc Wiley OF
Sew Mexico Ram began to fan
along the southeast border on the
ISL VI ~ HHHAN HNf 90 ~ 80 .
the Rio Grande on the afternoon of
the 18th. u continued a steady down
pour tn the forenoon ~ the 18TH In
the RIO Grande valley and until late
at night on the Ism eastward. The
fall In the Rio Grande valley ranged
from about a quarter OF an inch 20
more than an inc increasing on the
eastern slopes OF the guarding noun
tains 10 more than . Inches In many
localities. but again falling below an
rich over the eastern part Of the Es-
tnucia valley and the Tularosa basin.
The fan over the southeast noun
tnins. and generally 10 the east OF tho
central mountain areas. again increa 20
ed rapidly 10 ., 2, 7 81 more inche
with 70 maximum fall Of sT6 inches
at Meek eastern Lincoln county,
while SIS inches occurred at Carson
Se,p AZ. s.. on the eastern slope OF
the Guadalupe mountains. over the
Pecos valley and the eastern plains
go . inches occurred. giving, as a
whole. the heaviest rain storm when
has visited tho state IN many years.
E~VnpOiatiOn.
The evaporation oi the month
showed a marked decrease from ths
month OF August, due, no doubt, q
the cooler weather, the greater raIn-
fan u higher humidity. Thus al
the Agricultural college, with a NEAR
temperature " EOS degrees average
hourly wind movement OF - miles
and 1.83 inches precipitation, tht
evaporation amounted 10 7f5i lnchcs
ut The Elephant Butte dam with i
mean temperature of Ills degrees
average hourly wind Of 80 miles, unc
los inches precipitation the ovapora.
lion amounted to ISIS inches; a
Santa Fe. with a mean tempertturi
OF SIG degrees. average hourly win
~ TO miles. and 2.5a inches precipt
tation. the evaporation amounted q
5.i3l inches and at Tucumcari, Nlti
, mean temperaturc nf 5i2 degree.
average hourly wind u 90 miles, an
i16 precipitation the c~ytporatio'