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Closures and Missile Tests
Upcoming Missile Tests: From time to time the missile range that surrounds us performs missile testing that may require the closure of the park or Highway 70. Please follow the link below for up to date information on closures More »
Climate Averages
Average Temperatures and PrecipitationPlanning a visit to White Sands and want to know what to expect from old Mother Nature? Below is a table of average temperatures recorded from 1971 to 2011. Temperatures can, of course, fluctuate to one or the other in extremes, so those are included as well.
Current weather forecast.
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Did You Know?
The wind moves small sand grains by bouncing them along the surface in a process called "saltation." Saltating sand grains create a beautiful pattern of ripples on the dune surface. Larger sand grains are struck by saltating grains and slowly roll forward, a process known as "surface creep."