The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-11
STATE IS SHORT or
PRECIPITATION, LOW
TEMPERATURES FELT
Conditions During Past
Month Good for Har-
vesting But Not Salts
factory to Livestock In
terests.

Cwoather bureau Office, Santa Fe,
general climatic summary Tor New
Mexico, Nov. 1920:
The month, ms a whole, was DOL
and dry. There was fairly general
and marked deficiency OF tempern-
ture: greatest over the northeast and
eastern border counties, and fairly
large also In central and southwest
counties, while nearly normal tenn
peraturc obtained In the northwest,
with a few stations showing a slight
excess OF temperature. A deficiency
Of more than 4 degrees occurred at
a few eastern border stations and the
average for the state was almost 1.5
degrees.
The marked effect OF the great lake
at the Elephant Butte dam was
shown in "a considerable excess OF
temperature at that station.
q periods occurred from the
eleventh to fourteenth and twenty
eighth TO the close OF the month,
while n marked warm period inter-
vcned from the eighteenth to the
tweuty-second. The nineteenth was
probably tho warmest day Of the
month and the twenty-eighth the
coolest, although FOR low average
temperature the twelfth was probably
much lower.
The precipitation OF the month was
very light, averaging about One-third
normal. Much OF the state Cat st
ono-third) had no precipitation. or
but "a trace and no large amounts oc-
CURED In any portion. Fair precipi-
tution, however, occurred along the
eastern border from quay county
southwark, also in eastern Eddy and
the higher districts Of Rio Arribn.
Precipitation was quite generally ON
the sixth n event. and again ON
h eleventh TO fourteenth. while
scattered districts received small
amoun on the twcnty-seventh and
twenty-eighth. The results. however.
We're far below normal. Light snow
occurred, mostly with the storm OF
the eleventh To fourteenth. when a
severe cold wave swept the state,
The amounts were small, eve the
greatest fall in the northern noun
ain districta did not exceed 10 to re-
inches. with possibly is to 20 over
the highest %Crcsts, and the average
Tor the state was less than an inch.
Little remained at the close of the
month: none Ia southern mountains.
The month WAS favorable for the
completion OF harvest, corn and cot
ton picking. bean and small grain
threading ana marketing, late plOw-
iuE n some seeding. Ranges were
dry and water becoming scarce, hut
stock continued in good To excellent
condition.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the state.
based upon the records Of 90 stations,
having a mean altitude of about g.
600 feot was Ala degrees. or Ia de-
gree below this normal. az determined
from the departure. OF 81 stations
having records for 10 years or more.
The month was % degree cooler
aA.-- AH.gI.a NnNu nh lNnhaUN
monthly mean was 40.9 degrees at
the Elephant Butte dam, and the
highest recorded temperature 50 de-
grees at Fort Sumner on the nine
tcenth and Carlsbad on the twentieth.
The lowest monthly mean was 27.2
degrees at Elizabethtown, and the
lowest recorded temperature 3 de-
grocs below zero at the same station,
The greatest local daily range Of tenn
pe%inture was 90 degrees ut Aragon
on the thirtieth.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity at
Santa Fe at 9 a. m. was ~ per cent.
at 6 y. M, ~ per cent and for the
month, SO per cent. At Roswell at
6 n. M, the mean was rs per cent at
G p. m. As per cent and for the
month, SO per cent. At The State
University. Albuquerque the mean at
G a. m, was 10 per cent, at 6 p. M
a per cent. and for the month 81
per cent. At the state Agriculture
College at 1880 a. M. the mean was
"a per cent, at s y. M, Al per cent,
and for the month 5S per cent, while
at III Paso al Q a, M, the mean was
GS per cent, at 9 p. M, Ss per cent,
und for the month, 81 per centg
Precipitation.
The average precipitation FOR tho
state. based upon the records Of 100
stations. was 0.24 inch. or 0.42 inch
below the normal, as determined
from the departure OF o. stations
with records for 10 years or moro.
Tie average Is O.sl inch less than
November, 1919. The greatest month
ly amount vas 100 near Pearl, west
ern Lea county, and the greatest in
any "a consecutive hours 10 inches
at the same station. Fifteen stations
reported no precipitation and fully
as many more but n mere trace. The
average snowfall was 90 inch, and
there was an average of 9 DAYS with