White Sands Missile Range Climate Calendar,

Abstract

This is the seventh edition of the White Sands Missile Range Climate Calendar, which was first published in May 1963. Mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures, and extreme temperatures for the period of record (1950-1976) are tabulated in calendar form for A Station, the forecast center located at Headquarters, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Averages of temperatures, relative humidity, wind and cloudiness are included for each month, as well as maximum 24-hour and monthly rainfall. Supplementary tables give monthly, seasonal and annual values of maximum winds, degree days, solar radiation, means and extremes of station pressure, the greatest monthly and single-storm snowfall, and the average six-hourly relative humidities. Also included are the average number of days with the occurrence of precipitation, distant lightning, thunderstorms, and visibility restrictions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048305

Entities

People

  • David J. Novlan

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Climate
  • Climate Change
  • High Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Low Temperature
  • Meteorology
  • New Mexico
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Precipitation
  • Rainfall
  • Stations
  • Storms
  • Thunderstorms
  • Visibility
  • Weather
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology