The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-17
FEBRUARY WEATHER
REPORT ANNOUNCED
TODAY BY BUREAU

The month as a whole was cold
and windy -Four fairy well markell
periods " precipitation eccurrtdi Isl
10 3D. i2.iath. tsth-1ift. ana 2fth 10
21th- fnefe were BY 10 geuer-
al over the state. however. aud tn
reports show hut four dnyt on h
asernee win precipitation. u vas
hight over the southeast counties.
much ~ the Rio Orande valley aud
the northwest. but fairly larea prcci-
p%liaiiun occurred elsewhere. \ dsf-
ciuncy cccurrcd over u largc part 81
the state but the cxcesr over ths
northern mountain areas vas sufn-
cicnt 10 cause but a small deficiency
In the confederation Of h state AZ a
whole
The tempcratur. ~ the month av.
erarcd far below normal II has av.
sfaced lower hut twice IN the last -
years, aei degrees In 1914 and los
degrees IN 1894. Practically all parts
% d state shared In h deficiency
although Il WIS Ereat-si ln he north.
cru and western counties. aud. In fact,
a small excess occurred IN parts uf
he lover Pecns valley Cold wealth
cr prevailed AZ the beginning Of the
month ana two other cold periods ne.
cured while miid weather prevailed
from the sth 10 itth. li-isth. aud
.-d I'D. The 9TH was generally the
coolest day of the month. ana the lin
the warmcsi
The snowfall ~ shown elsewhere
averaged heavy, aud tue outlook for
water continues favorable, Winter
Grain was generally bare during the
month, hut probably suffered more
from winds and driftiuv soils. than
from cold The winds caused rapid
drying 81 tho soils In southern roun-
ties. hnt roadwnys were bad. due To
frequent freezing and thawlne. espc.
riaily over Tho northern half u the
state The ranges over the lower lev
els were largely bare throughout thr
month, bat were poor and stock losses
Ncfe somewhat creator than normal
rr,s-urc.
Tho mean Hea-ieVei atmospheric
pressure Ht Santa " WaE 4Fst In
sh.s highest 1u.a1 on the lth. love
est -s.ll on he 18th AZ Roswell the
moan was 1879 inches highest. gn.la
on fhe titnt lowest. 2eto ON tho
9th A. ~ Faso the mean wta 24a2
luoheH rhest go.ai on the 2athi
lowest. ftts 90 the 3ith. while M
Gallup TIE mean Was 1888 Inches
highest. Coz - on the 9TH lowest 2H.-
e. uu the -ith The barometer aver
seed much lower than during iauu-
ary.
Temperature.
Tie uou'his mean temperature fur
The safe. based upon the record %
Toe stations hayinr "a mean altitude
% about a.OU0 feet was 32t degrees
or a. degrees below the normal a.
Determined from the departures ~ 80
-tatiuuf having records Tor ten years
uf more The month averaged ~
isErrss below February 1915. The
highest monthly mean waH tHt de-
gr'cs 90 Artcsia. IND N" highest re-
corded temperature - degrees Hf
Ismiur on the am The lowest mean
Temperature WnH liN degrees 40 Eiiz-
HhethtuNu. and tnr Lowest recorded
teunpriature. 20 degrees beloS Euru
80 the sume station ON tho fth Whil'
fhe rrrats.t local dab uurr nf tem-
%p'ratnfr was 90 dtsrren ut kODiadn nn
the tth
Humidity.
Tho usHu relative humidity Hf san.
iu Ir Ht p am wHH Cd urrrsnt 80 q
p.It. 80 percent uad for thr month
81 percent 80 Roswell o. mean ut
q um pHs % percent az 3 pm.. 80
per snt. Und fnr the month 90 per.
Conf SO the Agricultural C1iage thp
risau 80 t. anu vas 90 percent 40
@ pm. 30 percent and the month. o.
percent a ~ fusn the mean 90 q
am Ma e percent. ~ . pm. ~ per
cent. md Tor tho aonth SO percent
while tho atcrago - the . PIN rend-
infs 40 Albuquerque was a. percent
Precipitation.
The average precipitation Tor Tho
state. based upon the records Of tfi
stations, NtH go inch or Uso inch
below the normal sH determined from
the departures 81 zoe stations having