59 



Yearh/ and scasouaJ averages at Santa Fe, N. Afex. 

 lConii)iled from tliii'teon years' observation of tlie U. S. Signal Service.] 



Season. 



Temperature. 



Relative humi- 

 dity. 



Rain -fall or 

 melted snow. 



Number of clear 

 days. 



3 

 a 





Cloudiness (in 

 tenths). ^ 



Wind direction. 



Hourly wind ve- 

 locity. 





46. 9 

 66. 4 

 48.4 

 30.2 



Per ct. 

 36.3 

 42.8 

 46.4 

 53.3 



In. 

 1. 93 

 7. 56 

 3 18 

 1.90 



36.5 

 28.3 

 49.1 

 41.8 



43.6 

 50.3 

 33.5 

 34.4 



11.9 



13.4 

 8.4 

 14.0 



3.9 

 4.5 

 2,9 

 3. 5 



SW. 



E. 

 Yar. 



N. 



8.5 

 6.8 

 6. 3 

 6.8 



Suuiiiier a\ erajie 



Autumn avcM'a<;t> 



48.0 



44.7 



14. 57 



155.7 



161.8 



47.7 



3.7 





7.1 



The following meteorological data are from observations taken at 

 the U, S. Signal Service station^ Santa Fe, E". Mex. The data for 1881 

 do not inchide the month of December for that year. Daring the years 

 1883 and 1884 the station was closed : 



Year. 



Mean Ba- 

 rometer. 



Mean tem- 

 perature. 



Mean hu- 

 midity. 



Direction 

 of wind. 



Raiu-fall. 



1872 



23. 292 



47.9 



41.8 



If. 



9. 89 



1873 



23. 272 



48. 6 



37.0 



N. 



9.73 



1874 



23. 211 



48.0 



48.0 



E. 



19. 83 



1875 



23. 209 



48. 0 



42.0 



SW. 



18.79 



1876 



23. 256 



47.6 



52.9 



E. 



15. 07 



1877 



23. 266 



47.6 



43.3 



E. 



33.15 



1878 



23. 251 



47.5 



42.1 



N. 



19. 55 



1879 



23. 299 



50.2 



39.8 



E. 



11. 44 



1880 



23. 269 



4.5.4 



44.6 



SW. 



9. 89 



1881 



23. 268 



49.7 



51.9 



SW. 



21. 75 



1882 



23. 238 



48.3 



44.8 



E. 



10. 37 



1885 



23. 297 



47.7 



53.4 



N. 



14. 89 



For the subjoined tables I am indebted to the courtesy of General A. 

 W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army. 



Annual and mean annual iemiieraiure {in degrees Fahrenheit) at stations of the Signal 



Service, U. S. Army. 



Stations. 



1873. 



42.5 



Northern Plateau : 



Bois6 City, Idaho 



Lewiston, Idaho 



Northern Slope : 



Assidniboine, Et., Mout 



Benton, Fort, Mout 



Custer, Fort, Mont 



Helena, Mout 



Maginnis, Fort, Mont. J 



Shaw, Fort, Mont 



Dead wood. Oak.. 



Cheyenne, Wyo. 



Middle Slope: 



Denver, Cnlo . 



Pilce'.s Peak, Coh, 



West Las A.ium;i.'^;,C'<)li) . 

 Southern Plateau: 



Santa F6, N. Mox 



41:. 8 



4«. 1 



48.6 



1874. 



43.; 



49. 



18.9 



4^>.0 



1875. 



42. 5 



48. fi 

 IS. '2 



L8.0 



1876. 



44.3 



49. 5 

 19. 0 



47. 5 



1877. 



44.2 



48,8 

 18.4 



47. 



1878. 



52.4 



44.2 



49.5 

 19.4 



47.5 



1879. 



46.5 



50.2 



1880. I1S81. 



48.9 

 49.5 



50.0 

 51.1 



1882. 



48.6 

 51.6 



, 42.7 



40. 3 43. 6 44. 8 



43.0 



40.8 

 42.9 



47.4 

 17.9 



45.3 

 43.8 



42.1 

 (') 



45.2 



43.8 



5 

 9 



45.8 43.9 



1883. 



.50. S 

 20.7 



45.4 (!) 48.3 



50.3 

 18.8 



0) 

 50.3 



39.2 

 43.0 

 (') 



42.7 

 39.5 

 40.6 

 40.5 

 42.4 



48.8 

 18.7 

 49.6 



C) (') 



1884. 



50.0 



49.4 



39.1 

 41.5 

 40.9 

 40.2 

 38.] 

 39.8 

 40.5 

 42.6 



49.5 



18, :i 

 48.7 



a 



50.2 



50.4 



40.3 

 42.6 

 43.6 

 42. 6 

 38.8 

 41.2 

 41.2 

 44.1 



40.3 

 19. 1 

 49. 2 



47.9 



1 Record incomplete. 



2 No record. 



