The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-29
1921 ABOVE NORMAL
IN BOTH TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION
General Climate Survey
for Year Issued by
Weather Office

SANTA FE. Jan % The general
climatic SUMMARY, Tor N'w Mexico for
Ir.I, follows
Inc gpur averaged above the nor
Iuul both ln temperature ana ptv-
,.uNatluu. mot u large excess ui
su,h.r uut p"rvpuruunatelN greater
BOO icwpcru,urr thau precipitation
And 90 tuiriN general excess of tenn
pcrtturc occurred. greatest. however
Iu thu northeast. the northwest and
The central counties. Hv months, an
,so,-- occurred from January to-
March. and from september tu the
clos, ct tho year. while q deficiency
occurred from April to August, in
elusive Tha greatest excess uc-
CURED Joe December ana the greatest
deficiency 10 April
january was the coolest month. ay-
erarinr. however. ga or almost 3
degrees above the normal. while July
was the wurmest, averaging 704
The highest annual mean was G3.4
uf carlsbad. and the highest recorded
t.mfsrufur, no at the same station
ON The 18th OF July. The lowest
annual mean was go 4 at Elizabeth
town and the lowest recorded lem
p%sraturo - below zero, at Dulce
ON the 14th ui January Tcmpera-
turDs hcluw zero were recorded from
Iauuar, to April and len November
aud December.
Tup precipitation ct the tear
1646 inchrs-is O7S inch above the
normal us shown by the monthly de-
parture-. and lhg Inches above the
wear tHgO. \ deficiency occurred
from january go April ana from sep.
temhcr to tie close of the yea hut
the large excess IN Mhy June, July
ana August was sufficient 10 give AN
,Nors- FOR the year of more than
ihrec-guarters OF an inch
An oNccH- occurred from northern
LEA northern rhavcs and the south
eu-l mountain areas uorthwurd and
ln general ovcr tho north half of tho
lrntD. while % deficiency occurred
over most OF Lea. Eddy, southern
thuNpa and from tho tooth msri-idn
over the southwest OF Che state. n
was ercatest In Sierra. Grant and
southern Catruu counties hut large
also ia western Lincoln and ptero.
The greatest amount measured az
ans station during The year was s9.O1
inches at Harvey 3 Upper Ranch. IN
.Nircm, uorwcst san Miguel ma the
least go Tugney Ranch. Ion north
central bona Ana. Two additional
stations had less than d inches and
20 less than no inches, while on the
other hand % stations had more
fLuu -, inches during the wear. The
greatest monthly was 1924
inches at pusumonte Do June. and 10.
cal amounts iu excess Of 5 inches oc.
CURED 90 one or more stations ~
May. june, July and August. The
greatest amount in any "a consecu'
tive hours was 500 inches az Ion on
the ttn of June Thor, was an ave.
rage ct ls days with UUl inch OF
more precipitation
snow occurred 100 every month o
tht Erar Except July August an,
-tp|tmu'r The greatest monthly
tII occurred BOO March -44 inches
.rf .H' total uyoruEc fan Tor th'
F,Hr amounted to- iTt iuchc. Little
occurred lt southern stations. and lr
u,. GOO great depth occurred within
the state. except al the highest noun.
fau stations and over the northern
districts Eut 20 depth in excess o
I.u inches wis reported from me
crest OF tho sIugre de ,r'.tn In Tao
county ana from the southern enc
oI So, san JuH range Boo eastern RI,
Arriha.
THE last killing frost OF spring oc
turr.d quite generally from the 2Gtl
to the 2Ath Of April although % fev
northern stations had frost iu May
% some even in June ln the fal
the first frost appeared "a northern
stations Boo september t-athl. becam
somewhat more general in northeas
counties hv the 1th ur Sth of October
and spread well over tine state frDr
the 1tth 60 the sNfh uf October, al
though q few southern stations di
NOT nave frost until Wen into NJ
Ncmher The state as H whole. thu
HAD % long and successful season
thanks TO the timely and ahundur
rains in May june July ~ Angus
Fruits alone fell Tar short of IN
usual season. due tu the sever fru'
ut the close ~ April.
The sunshine ~ the yea average
practically normtl although niue
pIuudinra- obtained In the months ,
january. May 10 August and beCcu
IrI Eut september. October au
NuHsmhsr were unusually hrigh
|IrIuginE up the average At SAINT