Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-16
TEMPE RATURE IN
September WAS
AB0VE: NORMAL

Santa Fe, Oct 1.-THE temper
allure in September averaged con.
siderably above the normal. ac-
! cording to report on the general
climatic survey, just issued by the
| United States weather bureau here
1t was, in fact, the warmest Sep
TENDER since 1911, and 81 degrees
above September, 1920 Precipita-
| ton, however, was greatly def
! cient. considering the state as n
I whole, although southern counties
| had fairly generous showers that,
in few instances, exceeded the
normal.
The precipitation was largely To-
cal in character-thunder
with widely different amounts at
nearby stations. They were most
common over the state on the I'D
56th. 11-12th, 18th to 10Th and ed
to 25th. Large areas in the north
west part of the state and smaller
ones in the northeast, however, re-
ceived no precipitation, or but q
mere trace, and the precipitation
of the northern mountain districts
was unusually light.
The temperature OF the month
was rather uniformly high, al
though brief cool periods occurred
on the 20-21st and 29-30th. The
latter probably proving the cold
est day of the month, and the 14th
the warmest. Frost, generally not
damaging, touched the north
west parts of the state on the goth
and 30th. But there was no gem
eral killing frost and only limited
areas were affected. The month
proved favorable for the maturing
of crops, harvest, threshing and
marketing, range and stock. The
crop season now closing has been
one of the most successful which
the state has had in many years,
despite the drouth that gripped the
southwest counties till the month
of July.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the state,
based upon the records of 90 sta
tons having mean altitude of
about 5000 feet, was 66.1 degrees,
or 81 degrees above the normal,
as was determined from the de-
partures of 56Sstations having rec
ords for 10 years or more. The
highest monthly mean was 7T4l
degrees at Carlsbad and the high |
est recorded temperature 101 de- |
grees at Lakewood on the 18th and |
at 4Socorro on the 9Th. The lowest !
mean was $40 degrees at |
and the lowest re-
corded temperature 81 degrees at |
Senorito on the 21st. The greatest !
local daily range of temperature |
was SIS degrees at Taylor on the
22d.
Precipitation.
The average precipitation for
the state. based upon the records
Of 16S stations, was 0S7 inch, or
DIGS inch below the normal. as was
determined from the departures of
lO7 stations having records for 10 /
years or moro. The greatest
amount was GA inches at
Portales, while no precipitation oc-
cured at IL stations and but a
race at score more. The great
est amount in any twenty-four
hours was 2.15 inches
at ~Portales on the 18th. There
was an average of three days with
Dol inch or more precipitation,
while 20 days were clear. eight
partly cloudy and two cloudy. The
direction of the wind
was from the southwest and winds
we're light.
Sunshine.
The state university registered
'21 hours or SO per cent of the
possible amount; Roswell recorded
10 per cent of the possible amount;
Santa Fe 32S hours. Or SO per cent
If the possible amount, and Am
lrillo SO per cent.
Formosa controls opium smok-
ng by license.