The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-04-14
MARCH COLDER
THAN AVERAGE,
RAINFALL LIGHT
Cold and Dryness Re-
tarded Flowing and
Planting

SANTA FE April 1.-THE tenn
pcraturp Cl the month uf March
averaged considerably below the
normal. and the precipitation
slightly below the general climatic
survey Tor Ncw Mexico Practical
~ all parts of the state showed q
deficiency 81 temperature. Il wus
greatest however. az scattered
stations In the north and east
c0unties A few central and south-
efn stations eve had a small cN-
cess.
The month began with most UNI
usual cold Tor March. especially
from the Rio Grundc valley east
ward. Many station noted the
lowest temperature Of record Tor
the month and also. in many In
stances. the lowest OF record for
the entire winter. Cold weather
continued till the sixth or seventh.
and brief cold periods followed on
the ninth aud tenth and eighteenth
and nineteenth while warm periods
occurred from The fourteenth to the
seventeenth and twentieth to the
close OF the month. The first was
by Tar the coolest day Of the month
aud the twenty-third the wdrmcst.
although uuitr "a number % sta
tions recorded the highest ~ the
month on the sixteenth. and % few
ON othrr dates,
The precipitation Of the month
vas lccal be- character. with
periods on the first and second
eighth. ninth, twelfth. thirteenth.
eighteenth. nineteenth ana twenty
fourth. Southern counties were
largely deficient and In lesser de-
gree northeast counties ard the Rio
Grande valley. while northwest
counties showed q small excess
The cold gave considerable snow.
especially in the storms OF the nfst.
second and eighth and ninth, also
In later storms Ia northern dis
tricts. The stored depth, however.
was small ana melting was active.
The cold and dryness retarded
blowing and planting. hui some
northeast. eas and central dis
;rtcts favored with more moisture
TOOK up active work preparing land
and seeding wheat and oats.
Rangcs In those districts were also
benefited. but generally more
moisture is needed. stock was 90
fair to good conditions. except in
southeast counties. Many fruit
trees were In bloom in southern
valleys az b close Of the month.
Temperature
The monthly mean FOR the state.
based upon the records OF iu2 sta
lions having "a mean aitlturo OF
about 5000 feet. was fl.i degrees
OF rs degrees below the normal
as dctSrminod from thp departure.
of 81 station having records foi
10 years or more, The month wa;
6.3 degrees colder Than March
1891. The highest monthly meat
SaA 81 degrees near AlamogOrdo
and the highest recorded tcfupera
ture 81 degrees near Pearl or th'
twenty-third. The lowest mcai
Temperature was et.9 degrees a
Chsma. and the lowest RECORDED
temperature % degrees below ger,
The greatest local daily range o.
temperature was % degrees az
~ Carlsbad on the eleventh.
Precipitation
The average precipitation FOR th'
state. based upon the records o
lSe stations wns 90 inches, or n
below the normal Us determine,
3@ from the departures uf lWH sta
tlons having records Tor 10 year
II more. March, 1921. had tn
same precipitation The creates
monthly amount was .92 Inches a
Dulcc. while no precipitation Oc
but a trnce at "a half dozen NOR,
Tho greatest amount In n 2
hour was two inches ut Metros
- on the thirteenth. The avcrngI
snowfall Tor tho stats was D..
inches. and o. inch or more pre-
cpitation occurred on three days
while ~ were cloudy, nine paril|
cloudy and flVc cloudy Tho pre-
mailing direction 81 the wind wa
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