The heated surface air rises to a greater depth of the atmosphere during these spring months, often to a height between 7, and 10, feet above the surface. The rising air mixes with stronger winds aloft, resulting in stronger and turbulent winds mixing down to the surface. Strong surface pressure gradients can enhance surface winds. High wind events across New Mexico can also occur with strong surface fronts, especially those that race through the eastern plains. Archived wind data can be difficult to obtain.
This study was completed using data from eight airport sites across northern and central New Mexico - the seven sites listed in the figure below, and also Clayton in the northeast corner of the state. Some sites had more available data than others, resulting in more robust statistics.
It is also important to note that there are locations in New Mexico that experience stronger winds, but have no record of observations available. But this is on a very small scale. Wind forms on a much larger scale. Sea breeze, one form of wind, happens because the cool heavy air creates high pressure over the water.
Hotter temperatures over the land cause the air to rise, creating low pressure. Are you curious about the science of weather? Here's your chance. Just Ask 4 It! You can ask any weather question, but be sure to keep it shorter than 15 seconds and you'll have the chance to make it on the news. Full Year.
Spring Summer Fall Winter. Climate in Albuquerque Link. History: Albuquerque weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.
The daily average high red line and low blue line temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures. Average Hourly Temperature in Albuquerque Link. The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands.
The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight. Compare Albuquerque to another city:. Cloud Cover Categories in Albuquerque Link. The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
Daily Chance of Precipitation in Albuquerque Link. The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed both rain and snow fell in the same day.
Average Monthly Rainfall in Albuquerque Link. The average rainfall solid line accumulated over the course of a sliding day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Albuquerque Link.
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible black line. From bottom most yellow to top most gray , the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight civil, nautical, and astronomical , and full night.
The solar day over the course of the year From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight.
The day, twilights civil, nautical, and astronomical , and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.
The time in which the moon is above the horizon light blue area , with new moons dark gray lines and full moons blue lines indicated. Humidity Comfort Levels in Albuquerque Link. The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
Average Wind Speed in Albuquerque Link. The average of mean hourly wind speeds dark gray line , with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. There are usually several weeks in the spring where it will be very windy for maybe days a week or for the better part of the days. Mornings might be calm but it gets windy later in the day. The rest of the year there will likely be a windy day or half-day every week but not like in the spring. This year, all bets are off -- weather patterns seem very confused.
We seem to have gone from spring straight into monsoon season with frequent rain showers and a few serious storms and even flooding in places around the state. Originally Posted by HappyRider. I can remember it being so windy in the spring it blew our patio furniture all over the place, especially our chairs, but I haven't lived very many places where the spring winds don't do something similar. Rich Cabeza. I've never found Albuquerque "too windy. Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum.
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