Socorro weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Socorro, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Socorro, 2 km from Socorro; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10 in255 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 24
- First fall freeze
- Oct 20
- Heating degree days
- 3,909
- Cooling degree days
- 1,205
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 11°−12° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Socorro in January
Highs average 52°11° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1911)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 845
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Socorro in February
Highs average 59°15° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2006)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 601
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Socorro in March
Highs average 67°20° and lows 34°1°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1907)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 448
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Socorro in April
Highs average 75°24° and lows 41°5°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1989)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 227
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Socorro in May
Highs average 83°28° and lows 49°9°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1910)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 87
Socorro in June
Highs average 91°33° and lows 57°14°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1994)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 276
Socorro in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 63°17°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2023)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 384
Socorro in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 61°16°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2023)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 312
Socorro in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 53°12°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2026)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 129
Socorro in OctoberThis month
Highs average 73°23° and lows 42°5°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1910)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 252
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Socorro in November
Highs average 61°16° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1906)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 585
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Socorro in December
Highs average 51°10° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1917)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0