Fort Bayard, New Mexico
Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Bayard is an unincorporated community, in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.[2]
History
In 1888, Kentuckian chaplain Allen Allensworth moved with his regiment to Fort Bayard, becoming a military educator. In 1889, Allensworth published the pamphlet Outline of Course of Study, and The Rules Governing Post Schools of Ft. Bayard, N.M.,[3] which became a military education standard.[4]
Also in 1888, United States Army officer Geoffrey Keyes was born in Fort Bayard; he would become significant for his time in Italy during World War II.
In 1926, Supreme Court judge Harry Stowers was born in Fort Bayard.[5]
Climate
Summarize
Perspective
Fort Bayard has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with hot summers and mild winters
| Climate data for Fort Bayard, New Mexico (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–2011) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 78 (26) |
84 (29) |
85 (29) |
95 (35) |
99 (37) |
106 (41) |
104 (40) |
102 (39) |
100 (38) |
90 (32) |
81 (27) |
73 (23) |
106 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 66.0 (18.9) |
68.8 (20.4) |
74.7 (23.7) |
81.1 (27.3) |
89.2 (31.8) |
96.6 (35.9) |
96.7 (35.9) |
92.2 (33.4) |
88.3 (31.3) |
83.7 (28.7) |
73.5 (23.1) |
66.2 (19.0) |
98.6 (37.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 55.6 (13.1) |
59.1 (15.1) |
66.1 (18.9) |
72.7 (22.6) |
80.1 (26.7) |
90.2 (32.3) |
88.4 (31.3) |
86.9 (30.5) |
83.2 (28.4) |
74.2 (23.4) |
63.5 (17.5) |
55.3 (12.9) |
72.9 (22.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 43.6 (6.4) |
46. (8) |
51.8 (11.0) |
57.8 (14.3) |
65.1 (18.4) |
74.8 (23.8) |
76.0 (24.4) |
74.9 (23.8) |
70.7 (21.5) |
60.6 (15.9) |
50.5 (10.3) |
42.8 (6.0) |
59.6 (15.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 31.6 (−0.2) |
33.6 (0.9) |
37.5 (3.1) |
43.0 (6.1) |
50.2 (10.1) |
59.5 (15.3) |
63.7 (17.6) |
62.8 (17.1) |
58.1 (14.5) |
47.0 (8.3) |
37.4 (3.0) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
46.2 (7.9) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 15.9 (−8.9) |
18.1 (−7.7) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
27.2 (−2.7) |
36.0 (2.2) |
46.2 (7.9) |
54.3 (12.4) |
53.9 (12.2) |
46.0 (7.8) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
19.4 (−7.0) |
14.4 (−9.8) |
12.0 (−11.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −12 (−24) |
−6 (−21) |
7 (−14) |
13 (−11) |
23 (−5) |
30 (−1) |
42 (6) |
38 (3) |
29 (−2) |
19 (−7) |
1 (−17) |
−3 (−19) |
−12 (−24) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.07 (27) |
0.91 (23) |
0.48 (12) |
0.32 (8.1) |
0.57 (14) |
0.84 (21) |
3.91 (99) |
2.93 (74) |
2.10 (53) |
0.99 (25) |
0.85 (22) |
1.22 (31) |
16.19 (411) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.3 (0.76) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
trace | 1.0 (2.5) |
1.6 (4.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 76.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Source: NOAA (snow/snow days 1981–2010)[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Notes
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