The snowfall was exceedingly
light, except at a few of the
high mountain stations, and the
stored depth at the close of 1911
has materially decreased. Fortu
nately, however, the cold weath
er of the first half of the month
solidihed the snow, and in most
of the higher districts melting
has been slow. Over the plains
country and in all of the lower
mountain districts, where "much
snow remained at the close of
December, rapid melting occured
and these districts were generally
bare by the middle of January.
The run-off has been moderate,
nowever, most of the moisture
going into the ground.
There was quite a marked de
ficiency in temperature over the
eastern border counties, and in
the northwest and west, also at
a few scattered stations else
where, but generally the depart
ures from ,the normal temperat
ure were small. While the days
were warm the last half of the
month, low night temperatures
continued, and the average for
the month was practically nor
mal or slightly below. Cold
weather was general at the beg
inning of the month, and contin
ued until the 13th to 15th. Brief
cool periods again occured, from
the 19th to 21st and 28th to 30th,
The 2d and 3d were generally the
coldest days of the month. The
most marked warn period occur
red from the 23d to the 26th, but
fairly high temperatures also
prevailed from the 15th to the
17th. The 26th was generally
the warmest day of the month.
The dryness caused low relat
ive humidity readings; the aver
age for the month at the Agri
cultural College was 35 percent,
at Santa Fe. 56 per cent, at Ft.
