Accession Number:

ADA048305

Title:

White Sands Missile Range Climate Calendar,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE N MEX ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Novlan,David J.

Report Date:

1977-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

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

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL DATA
• *WEATHER STATIONS
• WIND
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• SEASONAL VARIATIONS
• SNOW
• CLIMATE
• GUIDED MISSILE RANGES
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• HUMIDITY
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Guided Missile Launching and Basing Support

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE