The White Sands National Park Service has no chill from their facebook page:
Welcome to another installment of Visitor Reviews as Inspirational Posters!
Although we cannot control the weather, we too have to agree that it gets windy here. Maybe too windy as you said. It can get breezy at White Sands National Park throughout the year, but the month of March poses a particular sense of impending doom for locals who know those 31 days of the year as “windy season” rather than “March”.
So how do you prepare for this type of weather? Check driving conditions before your trip; high winds can result in low visibility in and around the park due to sandstorms created by impending winds. If you check the weather beforehand and find wind speeds to be too high, consider re-scheduling your trip. Hiking in low visibility is not suggested--it is easy to get lost in the dunes on a clear day and even easier to get lost when you cannot see a foot in front of yourself. Wind may seem like a minor weather event; however, it can be dangerous if precautions are not taken to avoid it in the White Sands environment.
To translate for the youngins,’ the wind is not very mindful, not very demure. Preparation is mindful. Preparation is demure.
Wind is not a complete villain though. Without the wind the White Sands dune field would not be here! The dunes are constantly shifting, growing, and travelling forwards. If it were not for the wind, the dunes would not be able to reach an angle of repose, which is when the front of the dune collapses and moves forward.
So yes, it gets windy here. Make sure to prepare before you arrive and check the weather! To learn more about weather conditions at WHSA visit the link below:
