Fort Bayard, New Mexico | |
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  Fort Bayard  Fort Bayard | |
| Coordinates: 32°47′46″N108°09′01″W / 32.79611°N 108.15028°W Coordinates: 32°47′46″N108°09′01″W / 32.79611°N 108.15028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Grant |
| Elevation | 6,119 ft (1,865 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 88036 [1] |
| Area code | 575 |
| GNIS feature ID | 906335 [2] |
Fort Bayard is an unincorporated community, in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. [2]
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, andThe 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]
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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] | |||||||||||||
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