Socorro Municipal Airport

KONM · New Mexico, United States

Climate Socorro Municipal Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Socorro Municipal Airport (KONM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.5 96 99 99 98 94
February 96.6 97 98 99 94 93
March 98.7 98 97 99 98 98
April 99.4 100 100 100 99
May 99.4 100 100 100 100
June 98.2 96 99 96 99
July 94.7 66 100 100 99
August 99.0 99 98 99 99
September 97.9 98 100 99 92
October 98.1 99 97 100 99
November 97.6 95 100 100 98
December 97.4 96 94 98 98
Average 97.7 97.1 95.0 98.8 98.6 97.3

22nd best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.1 99 100 100 98 97
February 98.4 99 99 100 97 95
March 99.7 100 100 100 99 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 98.9 96 100 99 99
July 94.8 66 100 100 99
August 99.5 99 99 100 100
September 99.5 99 100 99 99
October 99.5 99 100 100 99
November 98.8 99 100 100 100
December 98.6 98 96 100 99
Average 98.9 99.4 96.0 99.6 99.3 98.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.4 12 11 12 11 12
February 15.0 16 14 13 15 14
March 19.6 19 18 20 19 20
April 25.0 24 27 24 25
May 29.3 28 32 30 31
June 33.9 33 33 34 35
July 34.2 35 34 32 35
August 32.9 34 31 31 35
September 30.3 31 30 30 30
October 23.4 25 21 24 26
November 17.0 17 15 19 18
December 11.6 12 11 14 10
Average 22.7 15.6 23.5 23.5 23.6 24.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.7 -1 -2 -4 -3 -2
February -1.7 2 -1 -3 -2 -1
March 3.8 5 3 2 3 5
April 7.5 6 9 8 7
May 12.1 12 13 13 13
June 16.5 12 18 18 16
July 17.3 6 19 19 19
August 18.2 19 18 17 19
September 14.7 15 14 16 13
October 7.9 9 8 8 7
November 1.8 3 -1 3 3
December -2.5 0 -1 0 -2
Average 7.3 2.0 6.7 8.0 8.2 8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 4 1 1 0 4
February 3.1 1 3 0 4 6
March 1.7 2 1 2 2 3
April 0.7 0 0 0 1
May 1.0 2 0 1 0
June 2.2 0 4 7 1
July 1.0 0 2 1 1
August 1.5 2 2 2 0
September 1.3 2 1 2 2
October 1.8 1 5 0 2
November 1.2 2 0 0 1
December 2.0 3 4 1 1
Average 1.7 2.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.9 7 8 6 7 8
February 8.0 8 9 9 7 8
March 8.7 9 10 9 9 9
April 8.7 9 10 8 8
May 8.7 8 9 9 9
June 7.1 8 7 7 9
July 5.6 5 5 6 6
August 5.7 6 5 6 6
September 6.4 7 6 6 6
October 6.9 7 6 7 6
November 6.3 6 7 5 7
December 6.5 6 6 6 8
Average 7.2 7.9 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 311° 281° 355° 358° 351°
February 240° 219° 342° 118° 302°
March 192° 217° 255° 219° 189°
April 197° 239° 201° 177°
May 173° 171° 163° 151°
June 181° 132° 124° 164°
July 125° 102° 155° 023°
August 115° 067° 151° 093°
September 141° 148° 137° 033°
October 158° 339° 274° 097°
November 001° 259° 349° 318°
December 356° 333° 341° 350°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.