The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-17
APH|E G0EBESF On
RECORD N STATE
p Precipitation Was Light
and Wind Unfavorable
for Crops

The month Wa cold, rather ar,
ana windy. considering the stale as a
whole. The average Temperature was
the IcurN 90 record for AIIIl. nearly
NtrrNt lower thar nnY nreNlona
ftcefd Iuflnf tho l9sf 40 yeafe There
vas a atneral b mafktd deficiency
Of Temperature. greatest. however. In
b uarth y west ~ccuntifa % me
state. where seVernl stations averaged
degrees below the normal,
H~eHlnulnT roof the lowest feni-
pefafure 81 the month generally oc-
carred on the morning OF the an.
ThtFrafor. while the reueral average
Naf far below the Normal fairly
warm refiod4 orcnrrea from tao eth
~ feuhi I4th 10 18th and 1tfh "a
tlnee ~ ne mouth. The 2eth and
atlh Nert rsnrrAiiy The warmest
days Of the month. although a few
ffaliunH noted she highest on ether
dates and a.au n few the lowest on
other dates than The IN.
The precipitation Of the month
waa terf liNht IN south a. southeast
counties. and. althounh the monniaiH
arena received fair amounts, luclud-
ina heavy SNOW. there was a large
general deficiency Tor the slate. This
wal xItatent over northeast and east
border counties. whore the normal
precipitation for April II fairly heavy.
Periods of precipitation tnot Ccncrnl,
however, were noted from The 1T 10
"a, ioth, iith. i7th 20 i9th and 1bth
10 9Th. yet, withall. many stations
Ia The south and southeast counties
rtceived no precipitation. OF but a
mere trace. while more han a third
- the state received laau than a tenth
Of an inch.
The precipitation Of the several
periods came largely rs snow over
he northern plateau regions and tho
mountain areas. Eivine an average Of
nearly FIVE lnches and ! SEASONAL av-
GRACE 81 2t.I Inches. This u some
what mufe nj three inches above
the normal FAN and adds 10 the
favorable outlook for waifr Tor the
RIO orandc. Chama aud CHA and i'm
proves tbe outlook for The pccoa aud
thf CarpdiaE. At Anchor a depth OF
SO inches occurred during the month;
~ Red River - Inches; az HarVcy's
upper ranch. 50 inches, az Winsrrs 81
Inches; at Tres ricdras 20 inches. a.
Aspen Grove - inches. 81 a An
ton Railroad station 20 inches. aud
Al Oslcr. Colorado. ~ inches.
The cold. dry. windy weather Of
the month was unfaVorable FOR farm
inE operations and frost did much
damage 70 early vegetation and fruit.
Hpflng wheat, oats and barley we're
seNn and much corn nnd prepared.
Wh&7 some COrn and COTTON were
planted toward the close Of the
month Ranges were generally good.
but needing rain In drycr disiricta.
stock continued IN good condition. as
a rule.
Pressure.
The mean sca-icvel atmospheric
pressure az santa Ne was 2s.T5 inch.
g. highest seis on the g7th; lowest,
9s.lb on the 1oth. Al Roavoll the
mean was es.5f inches highest, sG.ss
on the iHh; luW eel 2g.zS on the i0th.
~ the state University the mean was
1e.so inches; hightsi 30.iA ON the
an. lowest, &9.2f IN the 18th. while
az ia Pasp the mean was 2q.7f inch
-, highest. 500 on the 9Th. loNest.
29.az o. thc tsth.
Temperature.
Ihe monthly mea Tor the state.
based upon the records OF IS stations
having . mean altitude Of about o.
600 feet, was fs.7 degrers. or a. de-
freE below the normal as determined
rom b departure OF IS stations
having records tfor 10 years or more.
The month averaged 5.g degrees cold
er Than April. 1919. Thos highest
monthly mean was SOS degrees at
Carlsbad ana the highest recorded
temperature 80 degrees at Artesia on
the 49th. The lowest monthly mean
was sz.z degrees at Red River. and
y lowest recorded temperature q
below EFro al the same station on the
an. The greatest local daily range
% temperature was s. degrees az san
Jon On the sth.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity at
hanta re at 3 a. m. was So per cent,
"a 9 p. n. 80 per cent. ana for the
month - per cent. Al Roswell the
mean Al 3 a. m. was 90 per cent. al
3 o. m 20 per cent, and Tor the
month. ~ per cent Al the AFricul-
tural college the . a. m. readings
averaged IS per cent. the s p. N.
readinga 10 per cent, aud for the
month 70 per cent. Al the State unl-
Fersity The q a. m. observations nv-
csaeed 81 per cent. the . .. m. 20
per cent and Tor the month, ~ per
cent while 40 ~ raao the o d m.
averaged As per rent, the q .. m. rs
per cent, and for the month % per
Precipitation.
The average precipitation for the
state. based upon the records OF i5s
stations, WAS 0,gi inch. or 0.66 inch
below the normal a. determined from
the departures Of iOf uauons having
records for 10 years or more. The
mouiillN Nmnuuh WuH aai
inches az Auciior mine and the great
an On any ~ CONSECUTIVE hours I.b2
a. Nosal on the nth. No pfocipiua-
lion occurred az ~ stations and but
"a traco at ~ Others. The average
for the month wns i.55 inches less
than April 1913, The Hnowfall ~
eraged a. inches. and there was an
average of . oays with precipitation
COL zach be- more.
Wind.
Tho toial Wfnd movement AZ Santa
Zee WAS a.ed7 miles or aH miles per
hour, highest velocity. ~ miles from
d southwest on the 10Th. AZ Ros-
We'll the total movement WIS 7.6f9
miles, or 1919 miles per hour; highest
Nelotlty ~ miles nom the northwest
on the ist. A the Agricultural Cot
legc the total movement vas S.Si6
miles, or 1873 miles per hour, highest
Nelucii3. 81 miles from the southwest
on thu iOth. AZ the State University
the total movement was $500 miles,
or 1i.6 miles per hour: highest yeloc-
ityi 70 miles from the west on the
ION, whiic al III Paao the total
movement was 1i7el miles. or lG.4
miles per hour highest velocity. 81
miles from the west on the l7th The
prevailing direction Tor The TAT was
from the west.
Nunshlue and CIuudIuess.