Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia climate — normals and trends
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia (United States) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 175 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia averages 36 frost days, 126 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 48 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 27 June 1994) and the coldest -21.0 °C (on 29 January 1948).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Socorro Mission Number 1 ColoniaTexas
- coords
- 31.64°, -106.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.0°C
Average daily high
24.6°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
175mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
39%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
126 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
36 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.9 cm
Average feels-like high
22.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
78 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.4 °C
27 June 1994
Coldest day
-21.0 °C
29 January 1948
Wettest day
55 mm
22 September 1974
Windiest day
62.4 km/h
17 January 1996
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
30 December 2010
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
27 June 1994
Coldest feels-like
-25.5 °C
29 January 1948
Snowiest day
8.1 cm
2 February 1956
Sunniest day
13.9 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 21.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 22.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 26.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 30.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 35.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 31 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 50 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 35.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 27.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 21.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 18.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The hottest day measured in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1994, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The coldest day measured in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1948, at -21.0 °C.
Does it snow in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
Yes. Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia gets on average 4.9 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia warmed?
Yes: Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The wettest day measured in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1974, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The windiest day measured in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1996, with winds reaching 62.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The warmest month in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia receives on average 175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, with 8.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
Yes: Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia?
In Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 27 June 1994, and the lowest was -25.5 °C on 29 January 1948.
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