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Daily Weather Data

NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, New Mexico has collected weather data since 1969. The weather station was designated an official National Weather Station climatological observation site in 1978. Weather observations are collected daily at 8:00 a.m. and electronically reported to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The data reported to NOAA are over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

The air temperature readings are derived from thermometers mounted at the weather station. Soil temperature readings are derived from a maximum/minimum thermometer via sensor probe buried 4 inches deep into bare ground. Precipitation data are collected in a standard eight-inch rain gauge. Evaporation measurements are collected from a Class-A metal pan. Wind movement is recorded in miles per day. The data are collected from two separate three-cup anemometers, at different heights. The high wind movement is collected from 2 meters above the soil surface while the low wind movement is collected from an anemometer position 18 inches above the base of the evaporation pan.

2023 total precipitation recorded at NMSU's ASC Farmington official National Weather Observation site January - December 2023 was 5.31 inches. Mean precipitation from 1969 - 2023 was 7.86 inches.

Weather data recorded at NMSU's Agricultural Science Center - Farmington is displayed in html format. Requests for the current monthly weather data report or yearly archived reports in PDF format may be requested via email from Margaret West, Research Scientist, NMSU ASC Farmington.

2024 Daily Weather Data

Weather Recorded December 20, 2024
Air Temperature: Max. 48.8 F Min. 20.9 F (degrees Fahrenheit)
Precipitation: 0.00 inches, Snow Depth: 0.00 inches

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data December 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Sun	01	41	16	19	20	0.00	N/A	37	32	N/A	N/A
Mon	02	44	18	20	21	0.00	N/A	36	32	N/A	N/A
Tue	03	47	22	21	23	0.00	N/A	39	32	N/A	N/A
Wed	04	58	20	22	21	0.00	N/A	42	34	N/A	N/A
Thu	05	50	22	19	24	0.00	N/A	42	33	N/A	N/A
Fri	06	55	22	25	18	0.00	N/A	44	33	N/A	N/A
Sat	07	50	21	21	20	0.00	N/A	43	33	N/A	N/A
Sun	08	46	16	28	25	0.00	N/A	41	34	N/A	N/A
Mon	09	48	20	26	28	0.00	N/A	40	33	N/A	N/A
Tue	10	42	17	143	106	0.00	N/A	39	33	N/A	N/A
Wed	11	36	13	115	90	0.00	N/A	32	31	N/A	N/A
Thu	12	40	19	35	32	0.00	N/A	31	30	N/A	N/A
Fri	13	48	24	46	38	0.00	N/A	32	29	N/A	N/A
Sat	14	46	18	41	37	0.00	N/A	36	32	N/A	N/A
Sun	15	48	26	33	28	0.00	N/A	40	38	N/A	N/A
Mon	16	51	19	30	27	0.00	N/A	42	33	N/A	N/A
Tue	17	52	25	40	26	0.00	N/A	46	32	N/A	N/A
Wed	18	52	20	42	35	0.00	N/A	40	33	N/A	N/A
Thu	19	51	19	18	17	0.00	N/A	39	32	N/A	N/A
Fri	20	49	21	25	21	0.00	N/A	38	31	N/A	N/A
Sat	21						N/A			N/A	N/A
Sun	22						N/A			N/A	N/A
Mon	23						N/A			N/A	N/A
Tue	24						N/A			N/A	N/A
Wed	25						N/A			N/A	N/A
Thu	26						N/A			N/A	N/A
Fri	27						N/A			N/A	N/A
Sat	28						N/A			N/A	N/A
Sun	29						N/A			N/A	N/A
Mon	30						N/A			N/A	N/A
Tue	31
December Precip. Total/Evap. Average
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data November 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Fri	01	59	30	45	36	0.00	N/A	56	41	N/A	N/A
Sat	02	66	34	35	33	0.00	N/A	56	43	N/A	N/A
Sun	03	65	40	65	53	0.00	N/A	58	44	N/A	N/A
Mon	04	50	32	69	42	0.08	N/A	52	43	N/A	N/A
Tue	05	49	25	121	80	0.00	N/A	50	38	N/A	N/A
Wed	06	51	27	64	54	0.03	N/A	50	36	N/A	N/A
Thu	07	38	22	46	32	0.10	N/A	42	36	N/A	N/A
Fri	08	35	28	10	11	0.20	N/A	37	36	N/A	N/A
Sat	09	39	27	19	07	0.00	N/A	42	36	N/A	N/A
Sun	10	49	31	45	31	0.00	N/A	46	36	N/A	N/A
Mon	11	56	32	14	14	0.00	N/A	49	36	N/A	N/A
Tue	12	63	37	62	37	0.00	N/A	52	37	N/A	N/A
Wed	13	54	25	103	78	0.00	N/A	50	37	N/A	N/A
Thu	14	52	29	26	21	0.00	N/A	48	37	N/A	N/A
Fri	15	64	36	51	37	0.00	N/A	50	36	N/A	N/A
Sat	16	67	27	74	69	0.00	N/A	52	39	N/A	N/A
Sun	17	50	21	25	26	0.00	N/A	48	36	N/A	N/A
Mon	18	50	22	40	41	0.00	N/A	47	33	N/A	N/A
Tue	19	50	26	38	37	0.00	N/A	45	36	N/A	N/A
Wed	20	41	17	82	65	0.00	N/A	42	29	N/A	N/A
Thu	21	48	23	42	33	0.00	N/A	25	22	N/A	N/A
Fri	22	55	22	26	28	0.00	N/A	44	33	N/A	N/A
Sat	23	57	25	38	31	0.00	N/A	44	34	N/A	N/A
Sun	24	54	33	33	31	0.00	N/A	47	34	N/A	N/A
Mon	25	N/D	N/D	34	32	0.00	N/A	47	36	N/A	N/A
Tue	26	N/D	N/D	21	24	0.00	N/A	46	37	N/A	N/A
Wed	27	N/D	N/D	76	60	0.05	N/A	45	42	N/A	N/A
Thu	28	43	16	65	51	0.00	N/A	42	35	N/A	N/A
Fri	29	42	16	24	15	0.00	N/A	42	34	N/A	N/A
Sat	30	41	12	10	09	0.00	N/A	38	30	N/A	N/A
November Precip. Total/Evap. Average						0.46	N/A
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data October 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Tue	01	88	51	55	43	0.00	0.254	83	69	81	55
Wed	02	88	53	31	28	0.00	0.300	82	68	82	55
Thu	03	84	45	36	28	0.00	0.298	81	66	79	52
Fri	04	83	35	36	35	0.00	0.193	80	65	77	51
Sat	05	86	48	42	40	0.00	0.241	80	65	77	51
Sun	06	81	44	42	40	0.00	0.241	80	63	79	49
Mon	07	81	48	27	29	0.00	0.252	78	63	76	50
Tue	08	79	45	32	34	0.00	0.273	77	63	76	50
Wed	09	80	46	39	38	0.00	0.250	76	63	75	50
Thu	10	82	50	39	31	0.00	0.268	77	64	76	50
Fri	11	77	27	34	29	0.00	0.350	76	63	76	51
Sat	12	86	48	35	36	0.00	0.034	81	62	75	51
Sun	13	81	48	21	18	0.00	0.298	76	64	75	51
Mon	14	84	54	24	25	0.00	0.376	75	63	74	52
Tue	15	82	48	76	57	0.00	0.294	76	65	75	51
Wed	16	78	52	38	38	Trace	0.163	74	64	74	51
Thu	17	74	48	74	41	0.11	0.083	64	59	65	50
Fri	18	72	48	121	83	0.00	0.255	61	58	65	48
Sat	19	67	39	119	84	0.72	0.000	61	50	58	44
Sun	20	57	41	47	26	0.73	0.278	50	50	57	44
Mon	21	55	33	36	22	0.00	0.081	59	47	62	42
Tue	22	58	37	38	23	0.00	0.104	60	45	65	41
Wed	23	66	42	32	21	0.00	0.105	63	47	69	44
Thu	24	71	42	29	17	0.00	0.023	65	48	71	46
Fri	25	70	42	53	32	0.00	0.201	66	49	68	46
Sat	26	75	44	64	34	0.00	0.190	66	50	69	45
Sun	27	76	42	28	21	0.00	0.185	66	53	70	46
Mon	28	76	45	15	15	0.00	0.143	66	53	68	48
Tue	29	73	48	63	57	0.00	0.124	62	52	63	48
Wed	30	58	33	70	56	0.01	0.185	63	49	63	41
Thu	31	48	25	70	50	0.00	0.238	56	42	54	37
October Precip. Total/Evap. Average						1.57	0.203
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data September 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Sun	01	85	61	47	42	0.00	0.267	89	72	83	59
Mon	02	87	60	91	68	0.00	0.419	91	72	85	58
Tue	03	84	58	35	36	0.00	0.454	91	73	86	59
Wed	04	86	56	32	34	0.00	0.538	91	72	90	59
Thu	05	86	51	51	46	0.00	0.380	91	73	84	58
Fri	06	83	44	99	73	0.00	0.371	88	72	80	57
Sat	07	84	60	50	43	0.00	0.182	90	71	84	57
Sun	08	86	59	51	46	0.00	0.387	90	72	86	59
Mon	09	85	53	42	40	0.00	0.463	92	72	82	57
Tue	10	84	54	42	39	0.00	0.476	89	71	85	57
Wed	11	84	60	51	46	0.00	0.363	88	72	83	58
Thu	12	85	53	52	50	0.00	0.308	87	71	82	55
Fri	13	85	51	67	62	0.00	0.405	80	70	81	55
Sat	14	84	50	36	31	0.00	0.171	86	70	82	55
Sun	15	86	53	34	30	0.02	0.325	86	69	83	55
Mon	16	84	58	114	87	0.08	0.474	83	70	79	58
Tue	17	79	59	178	161	0.02	0.357	73	69	76	58
Wed	18	78	44	82	68	0.19	0.293	77	61	76	51
Thu	19	77	47	31	28	0.00	0.179	82	60	79	50
Fri	20	81	50	38	32	0.00	0.432	83	63	80	54
Sat	21	84	49	49	48	0.00	0.401	85	65	81	54
Sun	22	73	43	84	65	0.00	0.073	77	62	71	51
Mon	23	71	48	25	24	0.00	0.268	78	61	75	53
Tue	24	77	45	25	27	0.00	0.223	81	63	80	53
Wed	25	81	51	27	28	0.00	0.273	82	64	81	53
Thu	26	88	58	42	39	0.00	0.425	82	65	82	55
Fri	27	81	54	39	37	0.00	0.302	83	67	81	56
Sat	28	86	58	44	42	0.00	0.230	83	67	81	55
Sun	29	88	52	69	56	0.00	0.314	84	67	83	57
Mon	30	86	50	30	30	Trace	0.443	82	62	79	57

September Precip. Total/Evap. Average						0.31	0.343
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data August 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Thu	01	94	64	35	30	0.00	0.532	97	79	92	64
Fri	02	96	61	66	59	0.00	0.402	97	81	97	66
Sat	03	94	64	71	60	0.00	0.494	100	84	94	67
Sun	04	94	61	65	34	0.00	0.535	99	87	95	66
Mon	05	92	65	31	33	0.00	0.389	99	83	95	68
Tue	06	93	70	52	49	0.00	0.544	98	52	93	68
Wed	07	95	62	61	55	0.14	0.251	99	79	95	66
Thu	08	93	61	67	56	0.00	0.404	97	78	91	67
Fri	09	91	54	49	48	0.21	0.469	98	76	94	66
Sat	10	86	62	57	45	0.15	0.124	92	75	90	67
Sun	11	84	62	40	28	0.10	0.448	91	73	89	68
Mon	12	84	58	68	46	0.00	0.317	94	70	92	66
Tue	13	85	60	85	67	0.00	0.414	96	73	92	65
Wed	14	81	56	55	44	0.04	0.296	86	71	80	64
Thu	15	84	55	51	42	0.02	0.424	94	75	89	63
Fri	16	91	59	31	32	0.00	0.366	95	73	90	63
Sat	17	92	62	58	50	0.00	0.163	97	75	91	65
Sun	18	92	59	72	61	0.03	0.641	97	77	92	65
Mon	19	84	64	73	54	0.00	0.340	89	71	85	67
Tue	20	89	60	35	29	0.00	0.310	94	78	93	67
Wed	21	94	69	57	50	Trace	0.310	95	76	93	67
Thu	22	92	56	51	45	0.11	0.336	97	74	95	64
Fri	23	81	51	60	46	0.52	0.270	87	70	84	65
Sat	24	83	58	63	39	0.59	0.256	90	68	89	63
Sun	25	80	58	79	44	0.03	0.300	79	64	82	65
Mon	26	85	61	78	43	0.00	0.235	86	66	86	63
Tue	27	85	60	51	39	0.00	0.324	91	68	91	63
Wed	28	85	62	59	43	0.00	0.242	92	63	91	63
Thu	29	83	55	67	56	0.00	0.260	88	71	84	60
Fri	30	83	57	57	46	0.00	0.459	91	70	87	59
Sat	31	86	60	79	57	0.00	0.276	92	71	86	59
August Precip. Total/Evap. Average						1.94	0.355
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data July 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Mon	01	90	62	71	50	0.45	0.444	95	72	93	65
Tue	02	82	60	65	35	0.32	0.234	85	70	84	64
Wed	03	86	60	64	38	0.00	0.326	91	69	91	64
Thu	04	88	56	56	41	0.00	0.521	95	71	91	62
Fri	05	88	49	76	58	0.00	0.528	93	71	86	57
Sat	06	88	54	79	59	0.00	0.562	93	70	85	57
Sun	07	88	56	77	61	0.00	0.359	92	71	84	57
Mon	08	91	53	69	56	0.00	0.557	92	71	86	57
Tue	09	88	62	70	51	0.00	0.426	93	72	91	59
Wed	10	90	60	41	35	0.00	0.320	94	74	93	63
Thu	11	92	61	52	43	0.00	0.534	95	76	94	63
Fri	12	94	60	67	52	0.00	0.490	92	77	91	63
Sat	13	94	61	74	57	0.00	0.308	93	78	95	62
Sun	14	96	67	54	42	0.00	0.574	96	78	95	64
Mon	15	96	64	52	42	0.01	0.424	98	80	95	67
Tue	16	94	64	41	36	0.00	0.568	97	82	93	67
Wed	17	91	65	56	42	0.00	0.403	96	82	91	66
Thu	18	93	66	87	64	0.00	0.445	98	81	95	65
Fri	19	90	61	69	60	0.00	0.345	96	83	93	65
Sat	20	92	65	57	51	0.00	0.327	97	82	96	65
Sun	21	88	65	61	59	0.00	0.627	95	82	93	66
Mon	22	86	59	74	59	0.00	0.391	93	80	91	61
Tue	23	87	63	62	52	0.00	0.278	93	79	91	62
Wed	24	90	66	49	42	0.00	0.405	95	79	92	64
Thu	25	94	66	55	49	0.00	0.409	95	81	93	65
Fri	26	95	52	81	63	Trace	0.472	96	81	95	66
Sat	27	89	65	94	73	0.00	0.319	96	80	91	66
Sun	28	91	60	47	40	0.10	0.523	95	78	91	65
Mon	29	90	60	49	43	0.00	0.550	94	79	91	63
Tue	30	91	60	41	35	0.00	0.463	92	79	86	63
Wed	31	91	58	48	39	0.00	0.352	95	79	89	63
July Precip. Total/Evap. Average						0.88	0.407
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data June 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Sat	1	85	54	55	42	0.00	0.290	85	68	86	55
Sun	2	89	52	66	53	0.00	0.408	86	69	84	54
Mon	3	84	51	57	46	0.00	0.618	85	68	86	54
Tue	4	86	56	61	50	0.00	0.334	87	69	85	54
Wed	5	85	54	118	89	0.00	0.502	86	71	82	56
Thu	6	89	50	74	59	0.00	0.510	89	70	87	57
Fri	7	92	51	62	46	0.00	0.363	90	71	89	58
Sat	8	94	58	71	55	0.00	0.364	88	74	85	59
Sun	9	92	56	64	50	0.00	0.510	90	74	89	59
Mon	10	90	66	57	43	0.00	0.498	90	73	90	62
Tue	11	80	55	65	49	0.00	0.290	85	73	80	60
Wed	12	88	60	68	52	0.00	0.583	91	73	90	61
Thu	13	95	59	54	42	0.00	0.427	93	75	90	60
Fri	14	93	53	120	87	0.06	0.547	92	75	91	60
Sat	15	80	53	71	61	0.05	0.189	80	70	75	58
Sun	16	90	57	42	38	0.00	0.361	90	74	89	58
Mon	17	92	56	44	38	0.00	0.472	92	72	89	58
Tue	18	90	60	98	76	0.00	0.476	93	73	87	56
Wed	19	82	53	66	53	0.00	0.508	92	74	84	56
Thu	20	91	65	180	130	0.00	0.427	91	73	86	58
Fri	21	86	60	145	88	0.64	0.578	89	68	86	62
Sat	22	85	60	91	52	0.57	0.287	89	66	85	62
Sun	23	83	62	44	18	0.00	0.340	84	79	86	63
Mon	24	88	61	44	35	0.00	0.378	90	69	92	67
Tue	25	89	63	45	35	0.00	0.372	96	72	93	67
Wed	26	94	69	43	37	0.00	0.388	99	75	96	68
Thu	27	88	67	67	53	Trace	0.338	93	78	87	68
Fri	28	85	58	69	51	0.11	0.440	89	69	86	62
Sat	29	87	64	47	30	0.00	0.224	95	69	91	68
Sun	30	89	65	65	52	0.00	0.420	92	76	89	67
June Precip. Total/ Evap. Average						1.43	0.368
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data May 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Wed	01	74	44	72	61	0.00	0.447	76	56	78	48
Thu	02	73	36	94	19	0.00	0.487	75	58	77	46
Fri	03	67	37	99	78	0.00	0.257	73	57	73	44
Sat	04	74	37	60	55	0.00	0.354	71	56	77	44
Sun	05	76	49	148	107	0.00	0.376	74	59	74	48
Mon	06	71	29	177	144	0.00	0.389	66	55	59	39
Tue	07	59	33	123	90	0.00	0.324	70	54	68	39
Wed	08	69	34	167	118	0.00	0.481	71	54	72	40
Thu	09	58	35	126	91	0.00	0.375	69	55	67	39
Fri	10	66	37	86	61	0.00	0.310	71	54	73	43
Sat	11	71	47	104	76	0.00	0.117	71	56	74	45
Sun	12	69	40	129	98	0.00	0.353	71	59	71	47
Mon	13	73	38	153	108	0.00	0.482	73	58	75	48
Tue	14	76	49	74	52	0.00	0.399	76	54	81	48
Wed	15	77	47	65	47	0.00	0.274	77	61	81	52
Thu	16	74	43	83	58	0.00	0.369	73	61	73	50
Fri	17	73	47	77	60	0.00	0.303	76	60	78	51
Sat	18	79	48	90	75	0.00	0.427	79	62	79	52
Sun	19	81	51	48	45	0.00	0.365	80	64	86	54
Mon	20	78	46	88	74	0.00	0.550	81	65	82	50
Tue	21	77	44	101	84	0.00	0.231	73	62	73	46
Wed	22	78	36	132	94	0.00	0.353	76	60	75	43
Thu	23	75	48	91	61	0.00	0.391	78	59	79	44
Fri	24	77	40	105	80	0.00	0.420	80	62	80	48
Sat	25	78	54	N/D	N/D	0.00	0.354	79	63	N/D	N/D
Sun	26	74	40	161	122	0.00	0.354	81	64	80	49
Mon	27	74	48	107	77	0.00	0.530	79	63	77	50
Tue	28	82	49	61	45	0.00	0.402	88	64	86	52
Wed	29	88	49	70	52	0.00	0.470	85	67	87	54
Thu	30	86	43	69	54	0.00	0.236	83	67	82	52
Fri	31	81	50	84	66	0.00	0.435	84	66	84	53
May Precip. Total/ Evap. Average						0.00	0.376
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data April 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Mon	01	59	29	128	104	0.06	N/A	57	42	N/A	N/A
Tue	02	51	23	120	81	0.00	0.085	56	41	61	38
Wed	03	61	30	91	67	0.00	0.341	63	41	66	38
Thu	04	67	36	69	56	0.00	0.274	67	44	70	39
Fri	05	74	44	123	93	0.00	0.261	68	47	71	41
Sat	06	70	31	194	158	0.00	0.654	67	49	68	39
Sun	07	47	20	147	109	0.00	0.307	58	43	61	37
Mon	08	53	29	83	62	0.00	0.237	61	42	63	39
Tue	09	58	30	46	37	0.00	0.074	56	44	55	37
Wed	10	61	33	110	83	0.00	0.294	64	43	67	37
Thu	11	64	30	136	100	0.00	0.443	65	46	68	39
Fri	12	68	40	78	59	0.00	0.304	65	46	71	39
Sat	13	77	41	69	60	0.00	0.222	69	53	73	42
Sun	14	73	39	36	32	0.00	0.348	73	54	78	45
Mon	15	75	37	87	72	0.00	0.348	72	54	77	41
Tue	16	55	31	80	63	0.00	0.260	65	50	64	39
Wed	17	63	37	108	84	0.00	0.187	67	49	70	39
Thu	18	73	41	81	63	0.00	0.369	70	51	75	43
Fri	19	73	44	70	N/D	0.00	0.344	72	54	75	46
Sat	20	74	39	53	44	0.00	0.137	74	58	77	48
Sun	21	73	40	89	N/D	0.00	0.428	74	55	76	47
Mon	22	72	42	86	64	0.00	0.413	74	57	86	64
Tue	23	76	44	57	47	0.00	0.313	75	57	76	45
Wed	24	80	42	57	48	0.00	0.474	76	60	82	48
Thu	25	78	39	89	69	0.00	0.409	78	61	80	46
Fri	26	67	36	75	55	0.00	0.288	62	56	62	42
Sat	27	62	38	124	99	0.13	0.032	64	52	63	42
Sun	28	55	38	70	53	0.08	0.254	60	51	60	42
Mon	29	62	33	109	17	0.00	0.218	69	50	72	44
Tue	30	70	40	48	41	0.00	0.195	74	51	77	45
April Precip. Total/ Evap. Avg.						0.27	0.279
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data March 2024

Day

Date

Air Temp

Wind Speed

Precipitation

Evaporation

Soil Temp

Water Temp

Max

Min

2.0m

0.25m

Inches

Max

Min

Max

Min

Fri

0.00

N/A

Sat

0.00

N/A

Sun

118

0.00

N/A

Mon

0.00

N/A

Tue

0.00

N/A

Wed

0.00

N/A

Thu

0.00

N/A

Fri

0.00

N/A

Sat

105

0.00

N/A

Sun

0.00

N/A

Mon

0.00

N/A

Tue

0.00

N/A

Wed

0.02

N/A

Thu

0.00

N/A

Fri

0.41

N/A

Sat

145

0.05

N/A

Sun

0.05

N/A

Mon

Trace

N/A

Tue

0.00

N/A

Wed

0.00

N/A

Thu

0.00

N/A

Fri

0.00

N/A

Sat

0.00

N/A

Sun

0.05

N/A

Mon

0.30

N/A

Tue

169

121

0.00

N/A

Wed

Trace

N/A

Thu

121

0.00

N/A

Fri

0.00

N/A

Sat

0.00

N/A

Sun

107

0.00

N/A

March Precipitation Total 0.88 inches

Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day.
The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data February 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Thu	01	60	34	32	31	0.00	N/A	50	35	N/A	N/A
Fri	02	62	38	57	45	0.10	N/A	49	40	N/A	N/A
Sat	03	43	31	82	49	0.05	N/A	43	38	N/A	N/A
Sun	04	45	24	142	95	0.00	N/A	41	34	N/A	N/A
Mon	05	44	26	59	40	0.00	N/A	42	34	N/A	N/A
Tue	06	58	31	64	40	0.00	N/A	45	34	N/A	N/A
Wed	07	57	34	137	109	0.00	N/A	43	40	N/A	N/A
Thu	08	48	28	107	83	0.00	N/A	44	37	N/A	N/A
Fri	09	42	21	66	37	0.08	N/A	41	36	N/A	N/A
Sat	10	40	26	48	33	0.00	N/A	42	35	N/A	N/A
Sun	11	35	20	97	79	0.00	N/A	36	34	N/A	N/A
Mon	12	40	14	79	60	0.00	N/A	41	33	N/A	N/A
Tue	13	43	20	42	32	0.00	N/A	41	33	N/A	N/A
Wed	14	53	25	31	22	0.00	N/A	45	33	N/A	N/A
Thu	15	51	25	62	46	0.00	N/A	47	30	N/A	N/A
Fri	16	57	22	49	36	0.00	N/A	47	35	N/A	N/A
Sat	17	51	23	59	47	0.00	N/A	49	36	N/A	N/A
Sun	18	47	22	93	69	0.00	N/A	46	36	N/A	N/A
Mon	19	54	26	58	42	0.00	N/A	48	36	N/A	N/A
Tue	20	63	35	33	26	0.00	N/A	51	35	N/A	N/A
Wed	21	64	39	66	55	0.00	N/A	55	41	N/A	N/A
Thu	22	60	29	71	64	0.00	N/A	53	41	N/A	N/A
Fri	23	53	19	101	74	0.00	N/A	51	37	N/A	N/A
Sat	24	53	23	52	40	0.00	N/A	51	48	N/A	N/A
Sun	25	54	27	41	31	0.00	N/A	50	37	N/A	N/A
Mon	26	62	39	50	44	0.00	N/A	53	39	N/A	N/A
Tue	27	63	40	139	112	0.00	N/A	52	45	N/A	N/A
Wed	28	55	13	134	104	0.00	N/A	52	37	N/A	N/A
Thu	29	52	21	30	28	0.00	N/A	51	36	N/A	N/A
February Precipitation Total 0.23 inches
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

NMSU ASC Farmington Daily Weather Data January 2024


Day	Date	Air Temp		Wind Speed		Precipitation	Evaporation	Soil Temp		Water Temp
		Max	Min	2.0m	0.25m	Inches	Inches	Max	Min	Max	Min
Mon	01	44	20	39	33	0.00	N/A	33	30	N/A	N/A
Tue	02	46	17	19	18	0.00	N/A	33	31	N/A	N/A
Wed	03	43	15	33	31	0.00	N/A	34	32	N/A	N/A
Thu	04	52	26	36	32	0.38	N/A	34	27	N/A	N/A
Fri	05	34	23	145	97	0.00	N/A	34	33	N/A	N/A
Sat	06	34	17	112	87	0.00	N/A	35	34	N/A	N/A
Sun	07	33	18	72	65	0.02	N/A	33	32	N/A	N/A
Mon	08	31	18	192	149	0.01	N/A	32	31	N/A	N/A
Tue	09	28	07	220	158	0.00	N/A	32	31	N/A	N/A
Wed	10	28	10	34	26	0.00	N/A	30	28	N/A	N/A
Thu	11	36	13	29	24	0.10	N/A	27	24	N/A	N/A
Fri	12	30	01	120	93	0.01	N/A	29	26	N/A	N/A
Sat	13	31	05	15	25	0.00	N/A	25	23	N/A	N/A
Sun	14	42	15	26	23	Trace	N/A	29	24	N/A	N/A
Mon	15	48	21	20	22	0.00	N/A	30	29	N/A	N/A
Tue	16	40	16	23	21	0.00	N/A	30	28	N/A	N/A
Wed	17	38	18	63	49	0.00	N/A	30	27	N/A	N/A
Thu	18	39	23	30	25	0.00	N/A	30	24	N/A	N/A
Fri	19	44	27	50	41	0.00	N/A	30	30	N/A	N/A
Sat	20	48	28	46	31	0.00	N/A	35	32	N/A	N/A
Sun	21	53	35	23	12	0.08	N/A	38	33	N/A	N/A
Mon	22	44	33	01	00	0.03	N/A	40	37	N/A	N/A
Tue	23	51	31	28	02	0.00	N/A	36	34	N/A	N/A
Wed	24	47	32	22	09	0.03	N/A	36	30	N/A	N/A
Thu	25	48	29	24	05	0.01	N/A	44	37	N/A	N/A
Fri	26	40	33	16	09	0.03	N/A	39	36	N/A	N/A
Sat	27	50	21	62	33	0.00	N/A	45	34	N/A	N/A
Sun	28	48	26	29	24	0.00	N/A	43	34	N/A	N/A
Mon	29	50	25	19	20	0.00	N/A	44	34	N/A	N/A
Tue	30	51	27	28	28	0.00	N/A	44	34	N/A	N/A
Wed	31	59	31	36	34	0.00	N/A	47	35	N/A	N/A
January Precipitation Total 0.71 inches
Maximum (2.0 meter) and Minimum (0.25 meter) wind speed is recorded in miles per day. The data is reported to the National Weather Service over a 24 hour period from 8:00 a.m. previous day to 8:00 a.m. present day.

Weather Data Summary

2024 Weather Data Summary January - November

2023 Weather Data Summary January - December

Corn Growing Degree Days

2024 Corn Growing Degree Days Data Table

Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Date	GDD	Total
Apr		May		Jun		Jul		Aug		Sep		Oct
1	1	1	11	1	19	1	21	1	24	1	23	1	20	118
2	5	2	9	2	17	2	23	2	25	2	21	2	17	117
3	9	3	12	3	21	3	21	3	24	3	21	3	17	124
4	12	4	13	4	19	4	18	4	26	4	18	4	18	124
5	10	5	10	5	18	5	20	5	28	5	16	5	15	118
6	0	6	4	6	19	6	21	6	24	6	22	6	15	105
7	1	7	10	7	22	7	20	7	23	7	22	7	15	113
8	4	8	4	8	21	8	24	8	20	8	19	8	15	107
9	6	9	8	9	26	9	23	9	24	9	19	9	16	121
10	7	10	10	10	17	10	24	10	17	10	22	10	13	110
11	9	11	9	11	23	11	23	11	21	11	19	11	18	122
12	14	12	11	12	23	12	24	12	22	12	18	12	16	127
13	11	13	13	13	20	13	26	13	19	13	17	13	19	125
14	12	14	14	14	17	14	25	14	20	14	19	14	16	122
15	3	15	12	15	22	15	25	15	23	15	21	15	15	120
16	7	16	12	16	21	16	25	16	24	16	19	16	12	119
16	12	17	15	17	23	17	26	17	22	17	14	17	11	120
18	11	18	16	18	17	18	23	18	24	18	13	18	8	114
19	12	19	14	19	25	19	26	19	23	19	16	19	4	119
20	12	20	13	20	23	20	26	20	27	20	17	20	2	120
21	11	21	9	21	22	21	22	21	21	21	12	21	4	102
22	13	22	13	22	22	22	24	22	16	22	11	22	8	107
23	15	23	13	23	24	23	26	23	21	23	13	23	10	122
24	14	24	16	24	24	24	26	24	19	24	16	24	10	125
25	8	25	12	25	27	25	19	25	23	25	22	25	13	124
26	6	26	12	26	26	26	26	26	23	26	17	26	13	123
27	2	27	16	27	21	27	23	27	23	27	22	26	13	121
28	6	28	18	28	25	28	23	28	19	28	24	28	12	127
29	10	29	18	29	25	29	23	29	20	29	18	29	4	119
30	12	30	15	30	24	30	22	30	23	30	18	30	0	115
		31	20			31	25	31	23			31	4	72
Total	254		382		655		722		689		548		372
Accumulative			636		1291		2014		2703		3251		3623

Monthly Total and 5-Year Monthly Average

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Climatology

Plant growth and crop production are intrinsically linked to climate and daily weather conditions. Climate determines the types of plants that can be grown in a particular area and the management techniques required for successful landscapes and agricultural sustainability. Weather affects crop water requirements, timing of planting, cultivation, fertilization and harvest, crop tolerance to disease and pests, total crop yield and product quality. Agricultural and landscape planning begins with a thorough understanding of a locale's climate. To help provide this understanding for the Four Corners region, daily weather observations have been made since 1969 at the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Agricultural Science Center at Farmington (ASCF).

The ASCF is located in northwestern New Mexico (36 degrees 4' N Lat., 108 degrees 2' W Long.) about seven miles southwest of Farmington at an elevation of 5,640 feet above mean sea level. Two weather-data recording stations are located at the ASCF. Weather Station 1 (WS-1) was established at the center in January 1969 and was given an official designation by the National Weather Service (NWS) in 1978. Weather Station 2 (WS-2) was installed approximately 350 yards south of WS-1 in 1985. This is an automated, computer-linked station that is operated and maintained by the New Mexico Climate Center (NMCC) at NMSU in Las Cruces.

Fifty-three Years (1969-2021) of Climatological Data

Fifty-three Years (1969-2021) of Climatological Data
NMSU's Agricultural Science Center - Farmington weather data from the National Weather Service Station 1 (WS-1) and the New Mexico Climate Center Weather Station 2 (WS-2)

Forty-eight Years (1969-2016) of Climatological Data

Forty-eight Years (1969-2016) of Climatological Data
NMSU's Agricultural Science Center - Farmington weather data from the National Weather Service Station 1 (WS-1) and the New Mexico Climate Center Weather Station 2 (WS-2)

Forty-three Years (1969-2011) of Climatological Data

Forty-three Years (1969_2011) of Climatologic Data
NMSU's Agricultural Science Center - Farmington weather data from the National Weather Service Station 1 (WS-1) and the New Mexico Climate Center Weather Station 2 (WS-2)

Weather Annual Data Report - 2023

Fifty-five Years (1969-2023) of Climatological Data: NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington

Margaret M. West, Research Scientist, Associate

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IMPACT

Given the marginal precipitation—averaging just 8 inches per year in the New Mexico Four Corners region—local industries and municipalities rely on surface water from the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata Rivers, which converge in Farmington, NM, and then flow into the Colorado River at Lake Powell in Utah. This water-use is regulated for natural resources, agricultural, industrial, municipal, and residential use. Diligent weather data collection and subsequent monitoring from the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center at Farmington’s National Weather Service Station 1 (WS-1) and the New Mexico Climate Center Station 2 (WS-2) is crucial to inform those interested in global and regional environments and local economic impacts within the region. Weather data are used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA–NRCS) San Juan District, large and small acreage agricultural producers, and municipalities for water demand planning and monitoring flood events, and by private end-users for irrigation scheduling. Additionally, both weather station datasets are used in agricultural research. This varying and ongoing need for weather data demonstrates the importance of long-term weather monitoring for the region.

INTRODUCTION

NMSU’s Agricultural Experiment Station–Agricultural Science Center at Farmington (ASCF) is located 8 miles southwest of Farmington, NM, at 5,640 feet above sea level (36°4’ N by 108° W) on 254 acres of land leased from the Navajo Nation. The daily weather data at ASCF have been recorded since 1969. The National Weather Service (NWS) designated WS-1 as an official climatological observation site in 1978. The WS-1 equipment is enclosed within a 5-foot-high chain link fence and mounted on the bare soil surface. Weather data are manually recorded during a 24-hour period from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.

The New Mexico Climate Center (NMCC) designated WS-2 was established at ASCF in 1985. It is located approximately 383 yards south of WS-1. It is enclosed in a 5-foot-high chain link fence surrounded by turf. The weather equipment is mounted on a tripod within the fenced area, and the turf is maintained at 2–3 inches. (National Weather Service, 2018). The WS-2 data (precipitation, air and soil temperatures, relative humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation) are stored in a Campbell Scientific data logger housed in a weather-resistant box. The data are recorded every 5 minutes over a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight. The data are electronically transmitted to NMCC, located on NMSU’s main campus in Las Cruces, NM. NMCC weather data are accessible for download at https://weather.nmsu.edu. The weather data summarized in this report are available by request from ASCF via phone at 505-960-7757 (Monday–Friday, except during holiday office closures) or via email at farmingt@nmsu.edu.

SUMMARY

The 2023 summary of climatological data shows an average maximum air temperature of 66°F and an average minimum air temperature of 38°F for the year. The extreme maximum air temperature of 97°F occurred in July and the extreme minimum of -4°F occurred in February. The precipitation total for 2023 was 5.31 inches (Table 1), while the long-term precipitation average from 1969 through 2022 was 7.90 inches (Figure 1). The 55-year climatological data from 1969 through 2023 shows the annual precipitation average of 7.86 inches and the average maximum and average minimum air temperatures from January through December. The extreme maximum air temperature was 103°F, which occurred in July of 1989, 1990, 2003, and 2005. The extreme minimum air temperature was -18°F, which occurred in January 1971 (Table 2).

Figure 1. Precipitation and air temperature averages for 2023 and 1969-2022.

FREEZE DATES

In 2023, there were 166 frost-free days (frost temperature ≤32°F) as compared to the 55-year average of 162. There were 174 killing freeze-free days (killing freeze temperature ≤28°F) in 2023 as compared to the 55-year average of 184 killing freeze-free days (Table 3).

PRECIPITATION

Precipitation is collected from an NWS 8-inch standard rain gauge located at WS-1. The 2023 precipitation total from January to December was 5.31 inches, and the 55-year average annual precipitation from 1969 through 2023 was 7.86 inches. The lowest monthly precipitation recorded for 2023 was in July and October at 0.03 inches, and the highest was in March at 1.24 inches (Table 4).

AIR TEMPERATURE

Average

The 2023 highest monthly average air temperature of 77°F occurred in July; the 55-year highest monthly mean air temperature of 76°F also occurred in July (Table 5).

Maximum

The 2023 highest average monthly maximum air temperature of 93°F occurred in July, which was higher than the 55-year mean monthly maximum air temperature of 91°F in the month of July (Table 6). The 2023 extreme maximum air temperature of 99°F occurred in July. The 55-year extreme maximum air temperature was 103°F and was recorded in July of 1989, 1990, 2003, and 2005 (Table 7).

Minimum

The 2023 lowest average monthly minimum air temperature of 23°F occurred in January and December, which was higher than the 55-year average monthly minimum air temperatures of 19°F and 20°F in January and December, respectively (Table 8). The 2023 extreme minimum air temperature of -4°F occurred in February. The 55-year extreme minimum air temperature of -18°F occurred in January of 1971 (Table 9).

Critical Days

There were 144 days from January through December with temperatures equal to or below 32°F in 2023; the 55-year average was 140 days. There was one day with temperatures at or below 0°F during the critical months of January, February, and December in 2023, compared to the 55-year average of 1 day in January and 0 days in February and December (Table 10). In the critical months of May through September in 2023, there were 8 days with temperatures of 95°F or above; in comparison, the 55-year average was 12 days. June and July are critical months for 100°F or above; in 2023, there were a total of 0 days as compared to the 55-year average of 1 day (Table 11).

EVAPORATION

The evaporation rate is measured using a U.S. Weather Bureau no. 252 hook gauge mounted in a NWS Class-A evaporation pan. Evaporation measurements are taken from April 1 through October 31. The 2023 average evaporation for the seven-month data collection period was 0.325 inches as compared to the 49-year average of 0.329 inches (Table 12). The 2023 seven-month total evaporation was 71.42 inches versus the 49-year average of 69.66 inches (Table 13).

WIND RUN

Daily wind speeds are recorded from NWS Nimbus 3-cup anemometers via Nimbus display units. The low wind speed is recorded in miles per day at 6-inch (1980 through March 2019) and 10-inch heights (April 2019 to present) above the evaporation pan rim. The high wind speed is recorded at 79 inches above bare soil. In 2023, April had the highest daily low wind average at 72 miles per day (MPD), while the April monthly average from 1980 through 2023 was 81 MPD (Table 14). The 2023 average daily high wind also occurred in the month of April at 97 MPD as compared to the April average of 141 MPD from 1981–2023 (Table 15).

SOLAR RADIATION

Solar radiation data are collected from the NMCC (WS-2) site. The data are stored in a Campbell Scientific data logger that is housed in a protective shelter. The solar radiation is recorded in megajoules per square meter (MJ/m2). Those units are then converted into Langley (ly) units (used in this publication) by using a multiplication factor of 23.89. June 2023 had the highest record Langley units at 629 as compared to the 47-year average for June at 653 (Table 16).

CORN GROWING DEGREE DAYS

Corn growing degree days (GDD) are expressed as heat units using air temperatures required for plant growth and developmental stages. The air temperature threshold for corn GDD in this report was determined by using an upper air temperature parameter of 86°F and lower temperature of 50°F. The peak corn GDD from May through September 2023 was in July at 725 GDD, while the 55-year average for July was 718 GDD (Table 17).

SOIL TEMPERATURE

Soil maximum and minimum temperatures are collected from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Service soil sensor probe buried 4 inches below the soil surface. This soil equipment is located outside of the WS-1 fenced area. Due to equipment changes since 1977, the soil data (2001–2023) are a continuation of the dataset contained in O’Neill et al. (2018). All prior year soil temperature data are available upon request from ASCF.

Average

The highest average monthly soil temperature from 2001–2023 was in July at 85°F. The extreme maximum average soil temperature was also in July at 99°F. The lowest average minimum soil temperature of 31°F occurred in January. The extreme minimum average soil temperature of 23°F occurred in January (Table 18).

Maximum

The 2023 maximum soil temperature average of 92°F occurred in July. The 23-year (2001–2023) monthly average maximum of 94°F also occurred in July (Table 19). The extreme maximum soil temperature of 106°F occurred in July 2005 (Table 20).

Minimum

The 2023 average minimum soil temperature of 32°F occurred in January. The 23-year (2001–2023) monthly average minimum soil temperature of 29°F also occurred in January (Table 21). The extreme minimum soil temperature of 9°F occurred in January 2013 (Table 22).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to current and prior NMSU ASCF faculty and staff for their contributions of weather data collection and reporting since 1969. Their efforts contribute to the diligent and long-term weather data collection process at ASCF, an official National Weather Service observation site. Thank you to Stanley Engle, Research Assistant, Sr., NMSU Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, for his continuous support of the NMCC weather station at ASCF. A thank you to Raymond Jojola and Troy Marshall, hydro-meteorology technicians, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NWS–Albuquerque, for years of maintenance on the ASCF NWS WS-1 equipment.

CONVERSIONS

This table is provided for conversion of English (U.S.) and metric (SI) units for data in this report.


Table for converstions of English (U.S.) and metric (SI) units
To Convert English to metric, multiply by	English (U.S.) units	Metric (SI) units	To convert metric to English, multiply by
2.540	inches (in.)	centimeters (cm)	0.394
0.305	feet (ft)	meters (m)	3.281
1.609	miles (mi)	kilometers (km)	0.621
0.093	square feet (ft²)	square meters (m²)	10.764
2.590	square miles (mi²)	square kilometers (km²)	0.386
0.405	acres (ac)	hectares (ha)	2.471
28.350	ounces (oz)	grams (g)	0.035
29.574	fluid ounces (fl oz)	milliliters (mL)	0.034
3.785	gallons (gal)	liters (L)	0.264
0.454	pounds(lb)	kilograms (kg)	2.205
907.185	ton (2,000 lb; t)	kilograms (kg)	0.001
0.907	ton (2,000 lb; t)	metric tons (t) or megagrams (Mg)	1.102
1.000	parts per million (ppm)	ppm (mg/kg)	1.000
1.121	pounds/acre (lb/ac)	kilograms/hectare (kg/ha)	0.892
2.240	tons/acre (t/ac)	megagrams/hectare (Mg/ha)	0.446
16.018	pounds per cubic feet (lb/ft³)	kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m³)	0.062
0.070	cubic feet/acre (ft³/ac)	cubic meters/hectare (m³/ha)	14.291
73.078	ounces/acre (oz/ac)	milliliters/hectare (mL/ha)	0.014
62.710	bushels/acre (corn: 56 lb/bu)	kilograms/hectare (kg/ha)	0.016
67.190	bushels/acre (wheat: 60 lb/bu)	kilograms/hectare (kg/ha)	0.015
125.535	Cwt/acre (100 wt)	kilograms/hectare (kg/ha)	0.008
0.042	Langleys (Ly)	Megajoules per square meter (MJ/m²)	23.900
(°F - 32) ÷ 1.8	Fahrenheit (°F)	Celsius (°C)	(°C × 1.8) + 3

Additional English–metric conversions: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c6-80.html

REFERENCES

National Weather Service. 2018. Instruction 10-1302: Requirements and standards for NWS climate observations. Silver Spring, MD: Author. https://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01013002curr.pdf

New Mexico Climate Center. https://weather.nmsu.edu/

New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural Science Center at Farmington. https://farmingtonsc.nmsu.edu/research/weather.html

O’Neill, M.K., D. Smeal, M.M. West, S.C. Allen, and K. Djaman. 2018. Forty-eight years (1969–2016) of climatological data: NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, New Mexico [Bulletin 809]. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station.

Summary 2023


Table 1. Summary of 2023 Climatological Data at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM
	Average Air Temperatures			Extreme Air Temperatures		Precip-itation	Wind Movement		Evap-oration	Solar Radiation
	Max.	Min.	Mean	Max.	Min.		Miles Per Day (MPD)			Langleys Per Day
Month	(⁰F)	(⁰F)	(⁰F)	(⁰F)	(⁰F)	(in.)	6-10 in.	79 in.	(in.)	(Ly)
Jan	42	23	32	57	10	0.86	80	83		99
Feb	46	20	33	62	-4	0.60	55	72		196
Mar	54	28	41	78	14	1.24	61	84		322
Apr	64	33	49	80	14	0.05	72	97	8.80	524
May	76	45	61	88	35	0.37	44	60	10.05	566
Jun	82	50	66	96	43	0.39	48	65	12.14	629
Jul	93	61	77	97	50	0.03	41	56	14.05	621
Aug	88	60	74	92	54	0.47	51	68	11.42	509
Sep	81	52	67	96	43	0.40	40	46	8.25	433
Oct	71	39	55	79	16	0.03	42	54	6.71	370
Nov	56	29	43	67	13	0.33	33	41		251
Dec	46	23	34	59	9	0.54	41	53		195
Mean	66	38	52	79	25		51	65		393
Total						5.31			71.42

Summary Fifty-five Years (1969-2023)


Table 2. Summary of Fifty-five Years (1969-2023) Average Monthly Climatological Data at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM
		Average Air Temperature		Extreme Air Temperature
Month	Precipitation (in.)	Maximum (⁰F)	Minimum (⁰F)	Maximum (⁰F)	Year(s) Recorded	Minimum (⁰F)	Year(s) Recorded
Jan	0.51	41	19	66	2000	-18	1971
Feb	0.49	48	24	70	1986	-14	1989
Mar	0.64	57	30	82	2004	3	2002
Apr	0.55	66	36	86	1992	14	2023
May	0.54	76	45	97	2000	23	1975
Jun	0.28	87	54	101	2016	32	1999
Jul	0.83	91	61	103	1989,1990, 2003, 2005	43	1969, 2020
Aug	0.97	88	59	99	1969, 1970, 1983, 2002	41	1980
Sep	1.05	81	52	97	1995	28	1971, 1999
Oct	0.90	68	40	88	2010, 2015	5	2019
Nov	0.62	54	28	75	1999, 2001, 2020	1	1976
Dec	0.50	43	20	67	1999	-16	1990
Total	7.86

Freeze Dates


Table 3. Freeze Dates and Number of Consecutive Freeze-free Days at NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
	Less than or equal to 32ºF			Less than or equal to 28ºF
	Last Spring Frost	First Fall Frost	Frost-free Period	Last Spring Killing Freeze	First Fall Killing Freeze	Killing Freeze-free Period
Year	date	date	days	date	date	days
1969	27-Apr	5-Oct	161	26-Apr	6-Oct	163
1970	2-May	8-Oct	159	1-May	9-Oct	161
1971	9-May	18-Sep	132	27-Apr	18-Sep	144
1972	2-May	30-Oct	181	27-Apr	31-Oct	187
1973	2-May	11-Oct	162	2-May	27-Oct	178
1974	21-May	30-Oct	162	20-May	4-Nov	168
1975	8-May	14-Oct	159	7-May	14-Oct	160
1976	27-Apr	7-Oct	164	27-Apr	19-Oct	175
1977	21-Apr	31-Oct	193	5-Apr	2-Nov	211
1978	6-May	26-Oct	173	6-May	13-Nov	191
1979	12-May	21-Oct	162	20-Apr	22-Oct	185
1980	26-May	16-Oct	143	25-May	17-Oct	145
1981	9-May	16-Oct	160	5-Apr	17-Oct	194
1982	6-May	6-Oct	153	21-Apr	10-Oct	172
1983	19-May	21-Sep	125	17-May	9-Nov	176
1984	8-May	15-Oct	160	8-May	16-Oct	161
1985	14-May	30-Sep	139	1-Apr	1-Nov	214
1986	27-Apr	12-Oct	168	27-Apr	13-Oct	169
1987	21-Apr	19-Oct	181	21-Apr	11-Nov	204
1988	7-May	12-Nov	189	11-Apr	16-Nov	219
1989	30-Apr	18-Oct	171	21-Mar	27-Oct	219
1990	10-Apr	9-Oct	181	31-Mar	21-Oct	204
1991	5-May	28-Oct	176	29-Apr	29-Oct	182
1992	21-Apr	8-Oct	170	19-Mar	8-Oct	203
1993	9-May	19-Oct	163	20-Apr	27-Oct	190
1994	30-Apr	17-Oct	170	8-Apr	31-Oct	206
1995	25-Apr	6-Oct	164	18-Apr	6-Oct	171
1996	30-Apr	19-Sep	142	29-Apr	18-Oct	172
1997	2-May	13-Oct	163	2-May	13-Oct	163
1998	15-May	6-Oct	144	19-Apr	6-Oct	170
1999	5-Jun	28-Sep	115	16-Apr	29-Sep	166
2000	12-May	14-Oct	154	3-Apr	2-Nov	212
2001	23-Apr	11-Oct	170	13-Apr	11-Oct	180
2002	22-Apr	4-Oct	165	22-Apr	4-Nov	196
2003	11-May	27-Oct	168	8-Apr	27-Oct	201
2004	1-May	23-Oct	174	29-Mar	30-Oct	214
2005	22-Apr	31-Oct	192	21-Apr	15-Nov	207
2006	20-Apr	23-Sep	155	19-Apr	22-Oct	183
2007	7-May	7-Oct	153	19-Apr	7-Oct	171
2008	3-May	12-Oct	162	2-May	12-Oct	163
2009	27-Apr	22-Sep	147	16-Apr	2-Oct	168
2010	12-May	26-Oct	166	12-May	26-Oct	166
2011	3-May	8-Oct	157	2-May	28-Oct	178
2012	16-Apr	25-Oct	192	16-Apr	25-Oct	192
2013	3-May	5-Oct	154	3-May	17-Oct	166
2014	13-May	3-Nov	172	1-May	4-Nov	186
2015	10-May	28-Oct	170	17-Apr	6-Nov	202
2016	26-Apr	20-Oct	176	3-Apr	18-Nov	227
2017	19-May	25-Sep	130	10-Apr	15-Oct	189
2018	19-Apr	15-Oct	178	18-Apr	15-Oct	179
2019	21-May	11-Oct	143	12-Apr	11-Oct	182
2020	17-Apr	29-Sep	162	29-Mar	26-Oct	181
2021	24-May	13-Oct	142	19-Apr	15-Oct	180
2022	5-May	24-Oct	171	25-Apr	25-Oct	182
2023	29-Apr	13-Oct	166	21-Apr	13-Oct	174
Mean	4-May	13-Oct	162	20-Apr	21-Oct	184

Precipitation


Table 4. Average Monthly Precipitation in Inches at the Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
1969	0.85	0.31	0.21	0.30	1.13	1.00	0.69	0.47	2.07	2.88	0.38	0.29	10.58
1970	0.06	0.03	0.49	0.60	0.11	0.81	0.68	0.02	2.48	0.48	0.46	0.20	6.42
1971	0.18	0.09	0.05	0.11	0.41	0.00	0.31	1.72	1.06	1.15	0.77	0.16	6.01
1972	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.18	0.04	1.34	0.57	3.53	0.19	0.93	6.86
1973	0.28	0.17	1.82	1.54	0.65	0.95	0.27	0.61	1.49	0.35	0.30	0.37	8.80
1974	1.10	0.13	0.01	0.20	0.02	0.09	1.48	0.12	0.37	2.39	0.48	0.38	6.77
1975	0.11	0.61	1.52	0.78	0.35	0.13	0.84	0.24	0.80	0.14	0.22	0.20	5.94
1976	0.06	0.16	0.00	0.10	0.41	0.09	0.62	0.80	1.31	0.01	0.01	0.00	3.57
1977	0.42	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.29	0.04	1.01	1.41	0.38	0.30	0.62	0.63	5.11
1978	0.90	0.64	1.27	0.71	0.96	0.00	0.07	0.18	1.55	1.46	2.24	0.59	10.57
1979	0.88	0.19	0.46	0.28	0.58	0.43	1.40	0.49	0.08	1.37	0.97	0.73	7.86
1980	1.45	0.70	0.63	0.25	0.25	0.07	0.08	0.89	1.05	0.84	0.02	0.00	6.23
1981	0.00	0.30	1.76	0.21	1.05	0.16	1.34	0.35	0.69	0.89	0.36	0.03	7.14
1982	0.32	0.77	1.18	0.67	0.82	0.00	1.27	2.78	1.50	0.16	0.92	0.76	11.15
1983	0.94	0.69	1.84	0.31	0.13	0.35	1.67	0.72	0.53	0.52	0.91	0.67	9.28
1984	0.00	0.12	0.54	1.00	0.00	0.67	0.62	1.64	0.45	1.13	0.23	0.87	7.27
1985	0.39	0.13	1.74	1.76	0.29	0.01	1.38	0.43	1.31	1.21	0.52	0.22	9.39
1986	0.11	0.77	0.51	0.97	0.13	0.81	4.10	0.93	2.18	0.65	2.73	0.76	14.65
1987	0.10	1.75	0.66	0.00	0.68	0.02	0.28	1.17	0.27	1.07	1.65	0.59	8.24
1988	0.63	0.82	0.02	0.72	1.11	0.33	0.58	2.34	0.27	0.22	0.78	0.19	8.01
1989	1.19	0.56	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.24	1.62	0.14	0.51	0.00	0.00	5.32
1990	0.53	0.53	0.74	0.85	1.07	0.07	1.35	1.32	1.97	1.12	0.78	0.59	9.92
1991	0.59	0.26	0.67	0.01	0.27	0.69	0.35	0.58	1.38	0.38	2.07	1.01	8.26
1992	0.15	0.18	0.74	0.25	1.75	0.05	0.98	1.25	0.85	0.42	0.31	0.63	7.56
1993	2.05	0.82	0.93	0.28	0.38	0.04	0.03	2.06	0.84	1.25	0.47	0.15	9.30
1994	0.09	0.48	0.24	0.57	1.32	0.07	0.20	0.66	1.37	1.18	0.96	0.64	7.78
1995	0.57	0.14	1.45	1.28	0.90	0.03	0.23	1.88	2.04	0.10	0.14	0.39	9.15
1996	0.09	0.43	0.28	0.17	0.00	0.64	0.24	1.07	0.63	2.21	0.72	0.22	6.70
1997	1.03	0.48	0.03	2.88	0.82	0.62	1.28	1.12	2.68	0.43	0.67	0.80	12.84
1998	0.12	0.61	0.65	0.73	0.03	0.02	1.38	1.48	0.68	2.07	1.27	0.06	9.10
1999	0.14	0.05	0.13	1.21	1.26	0.44	2.51	2.99	0.25	0.01	0.06	0.12	9.17
2000	0.62	0.25	2.05	0.21	0.03	0.12	0.80	1.22	0.50	2.16	0.78	0.22	8.96
2001	0.44	0.80	1.37	0.67	0.87	0.03	0.82	1.01	0.26	0.24	0.48	0.55	7.54
2002	0.04	0.04	0.17	0.37	0.00	0.00	0.42	0.32	3.26	1.75	0.72	0.60	7.69
2003	0.08	1.29	0.49	0.02	0.01	0.15	0.11	1.24	0.87	0.72	1.03	0.31	6.32
2004	0.34	0.90	0.00	2.50	0.00	0.14	0.38	0.16	2.53	0.60	0.82	0.37	8.74
2005	1.09	1.81	0.36	0.85	0.55	0.11	0.52	1.84	0.48	0.92	0.06	0.10	8.69
2006	0.39	0.05	0.71	0.58	0.09	0.24	1.90	0.79	1.38	1.90	0.06	0.73	8.82
2007	0.42	0.59	1.13	0.35	1.73	0.10	0.68	0.81	0.74	0.11	0.21	0.99	7.86
2008	1.21	0.74	0.14	0.03	0.25	0.13	0.63	0.53	0.28	0.76	0.61	0.96	6.27
2009	0.36	0.44	0.21	0.28	0.78	0.47	0.15	0.27	0.09	0.68	0.32	0.42	4.47
2010	1.34	0.95	0.82	0.26	0.10	0.10	0.65	2.50	0.84	1.32	0.12	0.78	9.78
2011	0.03	0.18	0.34	1.09	0.86	0.01	0.65	0.05	1.02	1.86	0.55	0.30	6.94
2012	0.10	0.40	0.20	0.01	0.08	0.01	1.07	0.15	0.67	0.08	0.24	0.69	3.70
2013	0.88	0.07	0.14	0.49	0.26	0.00	0.54	1.34	3.29	0.66	0.91	0.14	8.72
2014	0.00	0.41	0.88	0.13	0.26	0.00	0.47	1.07	1.55	0.15	0.31	0.88	6.11
2015	1.22	0.93	0.31	0.61	1.70	1.80	0.91	1.14	0.51	1.10	0.89	0.65	11.77
2016	0.46	0.34	0.01	0.80	0.93	0.00	0.47	1.37	1.05	0.28	1.50	0.97	8.18
2017	0.71	0.91	0.29	1.63	1.14	0.02	2.51	0.11	1.57	0.08	0.14	0.00	9.11
2018	0.25	0.09	0.09	0.20	0.32	0.80	0.60	0.21	0.14	0.81	0.06	1.40	4.97
2019	0.56	0.99	1.32	0.31	1.93	0.29	0.31	0.07	0.53	0.16	0.75	0.87	8.09
2020	0.58	0.21	0.65	0.01	0.03	0.15	1.24	0.02	0.46	0.29	0.16	0.19	3.99
2021	0.50	0.44	0.93	0.08	0.07	0.29	0.35	0.68	0.77	0.85	0.11	0.92	5.99
2022	0.06	0.37	0.50	0.15	0.00	1.10	1.81	1.08	1.35	1.47	0.47	0.76	9.12
2023	0.86	0.60	1.24	0.05	0.37	0.39	0.03	0.47	0.40	0.03	0.33	0.54	5.31
Mean	0.51	0.49	0.64	0.55	0.54	0.28	0.83	0.97	1.05	0.90	0.62	0.50	7.86

Air Temperature


*Table 5. Average Monthly Air Temperature in ⁰F at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023**
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1969	34	35	37	52	63	67	76	76	69	50	40	34
1970	31	40	39	44	60	68	76	76	64	50	42	33
1971	30	34	43	50	58	71	77	74	64	52	40	30
1972	30	38	48	53	60	70	78	74	66	54	36	26
1973	22	35	39	45	59	68	75	75	63	55	44	30
1974	24	28	48	48	63	74	75	74	65	55	40	28
1975	26	34	40	46	56	66	74	72	64	54	38	30
1976	28	41	40	52	60	70	77	74	66	51	40	32
1977	25	37	39	54	59	74	76	75	68	56	43	36
1978	33	34	46	52	56	69	76	71	65	56	42	24
1979	24	32	40	50	58	67	74	72	69	56	35	32
1980	33	39	40	48	57	71	76	73	65	52	41	37
1981	30	37	41	55	59	71	74	72	65	51	44	34
1982	30	31	42	49	57	67	73	72	65	50	40	32
1983	31	36	42	45	56	66	74	75	68	54	41	34
1984	28	34	41	47	64	69	76	74	66	47	42	35
1985	30	32	41	53	61	71	76	74	62	54	40	31
1986	40	39	47	51	60	70	72	74	62	52	40	33
1987	29	36	39	53	59	70	73	71	65	56	39	29
1988	24	36	41	51	59	72	76	74	64	58	41	31
1989	27	35	49	57	63	70	78	72	69	55	41	31
1990	29	36	46	54	59	75	76	73	69	54	42	24
1991	25	37	41	49	59	68	75	74	66	56	38	29
1992	28	39	45	56	62	68	72	73	66	56	35	26
1993	35	38	44	51	61	69	74	71	64	52	38	32
1994	33	35	46	52	61	73	77	76	66	53	38	35
1995	33	44	44	48	57	67	74	76	67	53	44	35
1996	32	41	43	51	64	71	76	73	61	52	40	32
1997	29	36	46	47	61	70	74	73	68	52	41	31
1998	34	35	42	48	61	67	77	74	70	54	42	32
1999	35	39	48	49	58	68	74	71	63	54	45	30
2000	34	40	42	53	63	71	75	75	68	54	35	34
2001	31	37	45	54	63	71	77	74	70	57	45	31
2002	32	34	42	57	63	75	78	74	66	53	40	32
2003	38	36	44	51	63	71	81	77	66	59	41	34
2004	30	34	50	53	64	72	75	73	65	54	41	33
2005	38	40	43	52	62	69	79	73	68	56	43	32
2006	34	37	43	55	65	74	78	73	62	52	44	31
2007	28	37	47	52	61	72	78	76	68	55	44	30
2008	24	33	42	50	58	70	75	74	66	54	44	31
2009	32	38	45	49	64	68	77	73	67	50	43	27
2010	26	33	41	51	57	72	76	72	67	56	39	38
2011	24	32	45	50	56	71	77	76	65	53	40	30
2012	32	35	45	55	63	74	76	75	67	55	44	32
2013	24	32	44	50	60	73	77	73	67	50	41	28
2014	32	39	44	50	59	71	77	72	69	56	42	34
2015	33	40	47	51	57	72	74	74	68	59	41	30
2016	29	38	46	51	59	76	76	72	65	58	45	34
2017	33	42	49	50	58	73	77	73	67	55	48	35
2018	35	39	44	55	64	74	80	76	69	53	37	32
2019	30	33	47	55	55	67	74	75	68	48	40	32
2020	30	34	43	50	62	70	74	76	65	54	44	27
2021	30	35	41	52	61	73	77	73	66	52	44	34
2022	32	34	42	52	61	71	76	74	70	53	36	34
2023	32	33	39	49	61	66	77	74	67	55	43	34
Mean	30	36	43	51	60	70	76	74	66	54	41	32
*The average temperature represents the sum of the average daily temperature ([maximum + minimum]/2) in each month.


*Table 6. Average Monthly Maximum Air Temperature in ⁰F at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023**
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1969	42	46	50	69	78	81	91	90	83	62	51	45
1970	42	54	52	60	78	84	91	91	78	63	55	44
1971	43	48	59	66	74	87	93	87	80	65	51	39
1972	43	54	66	70	78	86	93	87	80	63	46	37
1973	32	42	50	59	74	84	90	90	79	70	57	42
1974	34	40	62	64	80	91	89	88	80	66	52	39
1975	37	44	52	60	71	85	89	88	79	70	53	42
1976	41	54	56	68	76	87	92	88	79	65	53	45
1977	34	51	53	69	74	90	90	89	81	71	54	47
1978	41	44	58	65	70	85	90	86	78	70	51	33
1979	31	42	52	65	72	84	90	86	84	71	46	43
1980	41	50	53	64	72	89	93	88	80	66	55	51
1981	49	51	53	70	74	88	90	88	80	65	58	46
1982	41	41	54	63	72	84	89	85	78	65	51	41
1983	40	46	53	59	72	82	90	89	83	68	52	43
1984	41	48	56	61	80	84	91	87	80	60	55	45
1985	41	44	55	67	75	88	91	89	76	67	51	43
1986	49	51	61	64	75	84	86	89	75	65	50	44
1987	40	47	52	68	74	87	90	86	80	71	51	40
1988	35	47	57	65	75	87	92	87	80	73	53	43
1989	38	45	63	73	79	86	93	87	84	69	56	45
1990	41	47	58	67	73	90	90	87	82	68	54	36
1991	35	49	53	65	75	84	90	88	80	71	49	37
1992	38	50	58	71	76	84	86	87	81	72	48	36
1992	38	50	58	71	76	84	86	87	81	72	48	36
1993	44	48	59	67	76	86	91	85	79	66	50	43
1994	46	46	61	66	76	90	93	91	81	66	50	46
1995	42	58	58	61	71	83	91	90	81	69	59	47
1996	45	54	58	68	82	87	91	89	76	66	53	43
1997	39	48	63	61	77	86	90	87	82	67	54	42
1998	45	46	57	62	78	85	92	90	86	68	56	45
1999	50	54	64	63	73	86	89	84	80	73	63	44
2000	47	53	56	68	82	89	93	91	84	66	46	45
2001	41	48	57	68	79	89	92	88	85	72	59	43
2002	45	49	57	72	79	93	94	90	80	66	53	43
2003	51	48	56	67	79	88	97	91	82	74	52	46
2004	41	45	65	66	80	89	91	88	79	67	51	44
2005	48	49	56	67	78	86	96	88	83	69	57	45
2006	46	52	56	70	82	91	92	86	75	64	57	42
2007	38	48	61	66	74	88	93	90	82	69	59	39
2008	34	43	58	66	74	85	90	88	80	69	56	40
2009	42	51	59	64	78	81	92	88	80	63	55	37
2010	35	42	54	65	73	88	90	85	82	69	52	47
2011	35	44	59	64	71	87	92	90	79	66	51	40
2012	45	46	60	70	79	90	90	89	81	70	58	42
2013	35	43	59	65	75	90	90	87	79	64	52	38
2014	46	52	58	65	74	87	92	86	83	69	55	43
2015	42	52	61	66	70	86	87	88	83	71	53	41
2016	38	52	61	65	73	92	91	84	79	72	56	43
2017	41	52	64	65	73	91	92	87	81	70	62	49
2018	47	52	58	70	80	90	93	90	84	65	51	42
2019	39	44	58	68	68	84	90	89	82	65	55	43
2020	40	46	55	65	80	87	89	92	82	72	59	42
2021	43	48	54	68	78	89	91	88	82	66	59	46
2022	46	48	57	67	77	86	89	86	84	67	50	46
2023	42	46	51	64	76	82	93	88	81	71	56	46
Mean	41	48	57	66	76	87	91	88	81	68	54	43
*The average monthly maximum temperature represents the sum of the maximum daily temperatures in each month divided by the number of days in that month.


Table 7. Extreme Maximum Air Temperature in ⁰F at the Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1969	57	61	74	82	89	96	96	99	95	78	63	56
1970	56	65	65	72	86	98	98	99	90	76	64	61
1971	60	64	77	77	84	97	101	91	90	67	70	57
1972	61	66	76	78	86	94	100	98	89	82	57	52
1973	47	61	63	76	85	98	99	97	88	81	73	65
1974	45	60	72	75	93	99	95	94	93	83	64	56
1975	61	58	65	77	85	96	95	95	89	84	73	57
1976	54	68	71	77	86	96	100	93	94	78	70	55
1977	46	65	69	81	91	98	97	98	93	82	74	63
1978	53	59	79	77	88	95	95	94	90	83	67	47
1979	46	60	62	78	82	96	97	96	94	83	60	54
1980	55	64	67	81	86	99	97	97	88	84	73	63
1981	60	67	71	82	84	100	97	96	85	78	68	56
1982	60	64	64	75	75	93	97	95	91	79	64	53
1983	53	68	68	83	89	92	96	99	93	74	70	50
1984	51	60	68	79	93	94	95	93	89	75	68	54
1985	50	60	70	79	85	95	100	95	93	75	68	51
1986	64	70	75	79	85	94	96	96	88	75	63	55
1987	56	61	69	80	82	93	98	93	89	83	66	58
1988	49	62	77	78	87	99	96	93	93	83	70	56
1989	50	67	81	85	90	98	103	92	91	85	67	53
1990	56	64	74	80	86	100	103	94	93	79	69	55
1991	44	58	67	79	85	94	97	93	91	82	67	46
1992	52	58	67	86	85	92	95	95	89	83	61	49
1993	54	61	72	81	86	96	96	96	88	84	61	56
1994	58	63	74	81	90	100	98	97	89	80	70	55
1995	53	68	74	77	82	92	101	97	97	83	68	64
1996	56	65	71	82	90	93	96	96	90	83	66	57
1997	58	60	75	76	88	93	98	92	91	84	68	54
1998	56	62	77	80	87	99	100	95	90	85	67	60
1999	62	65	75	78	85	94	99	91	89	85	75	67
2000	66	66	70	85	97	94	97	97	93	83	57	55
2001	51	62	70	81	90	96	99	94	93	86	75	59
2002	59	63	74	81	95	98	100	99	90	77	63	55
2003	57	59	74	78	95	96	103	98	92	87	67	62
2004	51	62	82	78	89	96	99	97	91	78	67	60
2005	57	57	68	80	94	98	103	95	89	83	74	59
2006	57	62	71	85	92	99	100	92	87	83	69	54
2007	56	64	76	81	85	95	98	96	89	80	71	53
2008	51	54	70	79	89	93	94	97	87	81	74	53
2009	53	69	73	78	88	92	96	96	88	77	72	49
2010	44	50	75	78	90	98	98	94	89	88	71	59
2011	50	63	72	79	87	96	97	95	89	81	68	57
2012	53	59	73	85	87	98	97	95	90	83	70	60
2013	54	58	74	80	87	99	97	93	91	77	68	55
2014	60	66	69	78	91	94	97	92	91	77	74	59
2015	58	66	76	78	81	98	97	94	88	88	71	57
2016	55	66	73	82	85	101	97	94	88	79	70	56
2017	52	64	80	80	86	100	99	93	95	84	73	63
2018	62	62	73	80	89	96	98	96	90	81	60	56
2019	51	58	73	80	82	92	96	95	94	81	68	53
2020	52	56	65	81	91	94	96	96	94	81	75	55
2021	56	60	70	79	87	100	101	93	93	78	74	57
2022	57	62	78	80	88	96	97	92	96	79	67	59
2023	57	61	70	80	83	92	99	93	92	85	74	59
Mean	55	62	72	80	87	96	98	95	91	81	68	56
Maximum	66	70	82	86	97	101	103	99	97	88	75	67
Year(s) Recorded	2000	1986	2004	1992	2000	2016	1989 1990 2003 2005	1969 1970 1983 2002	1995	2010 2015	1999 2001 2020	1999


*Table 8. Average Monthly Minimum Air Temperature in ⁰F at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023**
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1969	25	24	24	35	48	51	61	62	55	39	30	22
1970	20	27	26	29	43	53	62	62	49	36	30	22
1971	16	20	26	33	42	54	61	60	48	38	28	21
1972	18	22	31	36	43	55	62	60	53	45	27	15
1973	12	26	29	32	44	52	60	60	48	40	31	19
1974	14	17	33	33	46	57	61	59	50	44	28	17
1975	14	23	28	31	40	48	60	57	50	39	24	19
1976	16	28	25	36	45	53	62	59	54	37	26	17
1977	15	22	25	39	44	59	62	61	55	42	31	26
1978	25	25	33	38	43	53	61	57	52	43	33	15
1979	16	22	28	34	44	50	58	57	53	40	25	20
1980	26	28	27	33	41	52	59	58	50	35	27	24
1981	20	23	29	39	44	54	58	56	50	37	30	22
1982	18	21	30	34	43	51	58	60	52	35	29	22
1983	21	26	31	31	41	51	58	61	52	41	29	24
1984	16	20	27	33	48	53	61	60	52	36	30	25
1985	20	19	32	38	46	54	61	59	48	41	29	19
1986	23	26	33	39	44	55	59	60	50	40	29	22
1987	18	25	26	39	45	53	57	57	49	40	28	19
1988	13	24	25	36	44	56	61	60	48	43	29	19
1989	16	24	34	40	47	54	63	58	54	40	26	16
1990	18	25	35	41	45	59	63	60	56	40	30	11
1991	16	25	30	34	44	53	59	59	51	40	27	21
1992	18	27	32	40	48	52	57	58	50	40	22	16
1993	26	28	30	36	45	52	57	58	48	38	25	20
1994	19	24	31	38	46	56	60	61	50	39	27	24
1995	24	29	31	35	43	50	58	61	52	37	29	23
1996	19	28	29	34	47	54	60	58	47	38	28	21
1997	19	24	28	32	46	54	59	59	54	37	28	20
1998	22	25	28	33	45	48	62	59	54	40	29	19
1999	21	24	31	34	43	50	59	57	46	36	28	15
2000	22	28	29	37	44	54	58	58	52	42	25	23
2001	21	26	32	40	47	54	63	59	54	42	32	19
2002	19	18	26	41	46	57	61	58	51	39	27	22
2003	25	24	31	35	47	53	64	62	50	44	29	22
2004	19	22	35	39	47	55	59	58	51	41	30	21
2005	28	31	30	37	47	52	62	59	54	43	29	19
2006	21	21	31	39	48	57	64	60	48	40	31	20
2007	17	26	32	38	48	56	62	62	53	40	28	20
2008	13	24	27	34	42	54	61	60	51	40	32	22
2009	22	25	31	34	49	54	62	58	53	36	30	16
2010	17	24	28	37	42	55	62	59	53	43	26	28
2011	14	19	31	36	42	55	61	62	52	39	29	20
2012	19	23	30	39	47	58	62	61	53	40	30	21
2013	13	20	29	36	45	56	63	60	55	36	29	17
2014	18	26	30	35	45	54	63	59	56	43	28	25
2015	24	27	34	36	45	57	60	60	54	46	28	19
2016	19	24	30	38	44	60	61	59	51	44	34	24
2017	24	31	34	36	44	56	63	60	52	39	33	21
2018	23	25	29	40	47	58	66	62	54	41	24	22
2019	21	23	35	41	42	51	59	60	53	31	24	21
2020	20	21	31	35	44	53	59	60	48	35	29	13
2021	17	21	27	36	44	57	63	57	51	39	29	22
2022	17	19	28	37	45	56	63	61	57	39	23	21
2023	23	20	27	33	45	50	61	60	52	39	29	23
Mean	19	24	30	36	45	54	61	59	52	40	28	20
*The average monthly minimum air temperature represents the sum of the minimum daily temperatures in each month divided by the number of days in that month.


Table 9. Extreme Minimum Air Temperature in ⁰F at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1969	09	12	13	27	37	44	43	52	46	26	14	07
1970	00	15	11	20	27	39	53	54	34	21	18	14
1971	-18	05	06	17	31	38	54	54	28	18	17	04
1972	02	02	14	24	30	47	56	54	37	22	15	02
1973	01	10	20	18	28	41	52	49	37	26	14	09
1974	-11	01	20	18	28	38	53	52	33	30	14	01
1975	-2	9	9	19	23	38	55	49	40	20	07	06
1976	-4	12	11	23	34	38	54	52	42	22	01	09
1977	-2	13	12	21	33	51	57	54	46	32	20	10
1978	12	00	20	26	31	45	51	46	32	31	18	-9
1979	-8	05	17	16	29	36	51	51	42	23	06	09
1980	14	18	13	18	27	36	53	41	37	17	12	11
1981	10	11	21	19	32	36	44	49	42	21	13	04
1982	-1	-3	19	22	30	38	47	54	38	21	17	06
1983	09	20	22	20	27	36	61	55	30	35	11	10
1984	02	11	14	18	27	40	53	54	39	23	15	13
1985	06	-1	13	28	29	39	53	51	31	31	08	08
1986	08	08	19	23	33	42	53	52	40	28	16	08
1987	02	08	09	24	35	43	50	47	40	32	14	01
1988	-2	16	09	21	30	38	54	54	33	36	12	01
1989	04	-14	14	29	36	41	55	48	36	15	09	03
1990	00	04	19	30	39	47	55	52	45	26	16	-16
1991	-3	12	17	24	30	39	53	54	39	20	11	03
1992	10	17	20	30	40	41	47	48	37	28	07	-2
1993	10	18	18	24	32	39	49	52	38	17	08	08
1994	07	04	12	26	35	46	50	57	39	26	08	11
1995	12	21	18	24	34	38	45	55	36	24	13	09
1996	06	12	16	20	39	41	54	52	29	16	19	03
1997	-1	13	13	19	26	46	51	53	43	19	17	08
1998	12	15	13	25	31	40	59	52	46	27	16	03
1999	11	07	21	20	30	32	50	49	28	19	09	03
2000	01	14	17	28	29	44	52	52	33	32	10	11
2001	10	08	21	24	34	36	57	52	36	28	13	08
2002	03	06	03	27	35	48	56	50	39	30	19	08
2003	17	08	22	24	29	46	53	57	41	28	12	07
2004	08	06	21	32	32	44	52	51	35	26	08	04
2005	19	18	20	20	34	37	56	53	42	30	16	-2
2006	10	11	17	27	35	48	56	49	31	24	04	05
2007	04	03	09	24	32	38	56	56	33	19	14	02
2008	-7	04	17	21	27	40	54	53	41	22	13	07
2009	15	12	21	19	43	44	56	48	31	22	12	01
2010	05	12	18	21	26	44	49	53	44	24	06	03
2011	-5	-6	19	21	26	46	51	57	44	27	19	04
2012	07	16	13	25	37	45	57	55	45	24	16	05
2013	-6	11	13	21	28	40	57	52	33	27	15	03
2014	08	14	18	25	27	46	58	48	41	35	12	03
2015	09	15	16	24	32	49	54	56	48	31	15	06
2016	08	08	20	25	35	50	54	49	37	31	12	11
2017	05	15	17	23	32	44	57	52	30	27	15	08
2018	13	11	12	22	36	47	57	53	41	25	12	05
2019	-7	10	24	27	32	38	48	49	42	05	10	07
2020	06	00	21	21	33	40	43	52	32	17	14	05
2021	06	13	11	18	32	49	56	51	37	26	16	10
2022	06	03	15	20	29	38	58	53	44	22	09	01
2023	10	-4	18	14	35	43	50	54	43	16	13	9
Mean	4	9	16	23	32	42	53	52	38	25	13	5
Minimum	-18	-14	03	14	23	32	43	41	28	05	01	-16
Year(s) Recorded	1971	1989	2002	2023	1975	1999	1969 2020	1980	1971 1999	2019	1976	1990


Table 10. Number of Days 32.0⁰F or Below and 0⁰F in Critical Months at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
	No. of Days 32°F or Below											No. of Days 0°F or Below
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Jan	Feb	Dec	Total
1969	22	26	25	7	0	0	0	7	22	29	138	0	0	0	0
1970	29	25	26	23	2	0	0	12	23	30	170	1	0	0	1
1971	29	27	22	13	1	0	2	8	26	27	155	4	0	0	4
1972	31	27	19	10	2	0	0	2	24	31	146	0	0	0	0
1973	31	26	25	17	1	0	0	5	16	28	149	0	0	0	0
1974	30	28	14	14	2	0	0	2	24	30	144	2	0	0	0
1975	29	27	24	15	3	0	0	6	25	30	159	2	0	0	2
1976	31	22	24	8	0	0	0	10	22	31	148	2	0	0	2
1977	31	28	26	8	0	0	0	1	20	30	144	3	0	0	3
1978	28	21	12	6	2	0	0	1	14	29	111	0	1	5	6
1979	29	27	25	11	3	0	0	5	24	31	155	3	1	0	4
1980	23	21	25	15	2	0	0	12	18	28	144	0	0	0	0
1981	29	26	24	3	1	0	0	11	19	31	144	0	0	0	0
1982	29	25	18	12	1	0	0	12	22	29	148	1	2	0	3
1983	31	25	18	15	6	0	1	0	18	26	140	0	0	0	0
1984	31	29	24	15	1	0	0	12	18	29	159	0	0	0	0
1985	31	25	16	5	1	0	1	2	19	30	130	0	1	0	1
1986	28	21	20	6	0	0	0	6	18	29	128	0	0	0	0
1987	28	25	24	10	0	0	0	3	22	31	143	0	0	0	0
1988	31	25	27	9	2	0	0	0	16	29	139	2	0	0	2
1989	31	24	13	5	0	0	0	6	27	31	137	0	2	0	2
1990	30	21	14	3	0	0	0	6	19	28	121	2	0	7	9
1991	31	22	20	11	2	0	0	4	23	31	144	2	0	0	2
1992	31	23	15	3	0	0	0	2	28	29	131	0	0	1	1
1993	28	22	24	11	3	0	0	9	25	31	153	0	0	0	0
1994	30	24	14	8	0	0	0	4	22	28	130	0	0	0	0
1995	28	18	15	15	0	0	0	7	23	28	134	0	0	0	0
1996	31	23	21	11	0	0	2	9	24	28	149	0	0	0	0
1997	29	27	23	16	1	0	0	11	22	31	160	1	0	0	1
1998	31	23	20	17	1	0	0	4	22	30	148	0	0	0	0
1999	30	26	19	12	4	1	2	8	24	30	156	0	0	0	0
2000	25	24	5		1	0	0	1	24	29	132	0	0	0	0
2001	31	23	13	6	0	0	0	2	13	29	117	0	0	0	0
2002	31	28	23	2	0	0	0	4	25	31	144	0	0	0	0
2003	30	22	21	9	3	0	0	2	18	29	134	0	0	0	0
2004	31	25	11	1	1	0	0	6	20	30	125	0	0	0	0
2005	27	17	21	8	0	0	0	1	19	30	123	0	0	1	1
2006	29	27	20	3	0	0	1	10	17	30	137	0	0	0	0
2007	31	22	14	4	1	0	0	5	23	28	128	0	0	0	0
2008	29	29	23	12	2	0	0	6	20	28	149	3	0	0	3
2009	30	25	20	14	0	0	1	10	17	31	148	0	0	0	0
2010	31	28	25	9	5	0	0	5	24	20	147	0	0	0	0
2011	31	25	18	9	3	0	0	6	23	31	146	2	3	0	5
2012	31	29	20	6	0	0	0	5	17	28	136	0	0	0	0
2013	27	28	18	9	2	0	0	11	22	31	148	2	0	0	2
2014	30	26	20	12	2	0	0	0	22	26	138	0	0	0	0
2015	30	25	13	8	1	0	0	2	21	31	131	0	0	0	0
2016	30	26	21	6	0	0	0	1	10	28	122	0	0	0	0
2017	28	16	8	10	1	0	2	3	9	28	105	0	0	0	0
2018	30	23	20	6	0	0	0	4	4	31	118	0	0	0	0
2019	31	26	8	4	1	0	0	17	4	30	121	2	0	0	2
2020	31	27	17	6	0	0	2	6	17	31	137	0	0	0	0
2021	31	27	25	9	2	0	0	9	18	27	148	0	0	0	0
2022	31	26	22	9	2	0	0	7	25	27	149	0	0	0	0
2023	29	25	26	13	0	0	0	7	18	26	144	0	1	0	1
Mean	30	25	20	9	1	0	0	6	20	29	140	1	0	0	1
Total	1626	1357	1087	514	68	1	14	317	1099	1603	7682	34	11	14	59



Table 11. Number of Days 95.0⁰F or Above and Number of Days 100.0⁰F or Above in Critical Months at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023
Number of Days 95⁰ F or above							Number of Days 100⁰ F or above
Year	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Total	Jun	Jul	Total
1969	0	1	3	5	1	10	0	0	0
1970	0	5	13	5	0	23	0	0	0
1971	0	5	11	0	0	16	0	2	2
1972	0	0	13	4	0	17	0	1	1
1973	0	5	6	6	0	17	0	0	0
1974	0	17	1	0	0	18	0	0	0
1975	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0
1976	0	3	11	0	0	14	0	1	1
1977	0	3	6	3	0	12	0	0	0
1978	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
1979	0	1	9	3	0	13	0	0	0
1980	0	6	11	5	0	22	0	0	0
1981	0	5	5	1	0	11	0	0	0
1982	0	0	4	1	0	5	0	0	0
1983	0	0	3	1	0	4	0	0	0
1984	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0
1985	0	3	12	1	0	16	0	0	0
1986	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0
1987	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
1988	0	5	7	0	0	12	0	0	0
1989	0	2	16	0	0	18	0	5	5
1990	0	8	3	0	0	11	2	1	3
1991	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0
1992	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0
1993	0	4	3	2	0	9	0	0	0
1994	0	6	11	5	0	22	1	0	1
1995	0	0	12	6	1	19	0	3	3
1996	0	0	6	4	0	10	0	0	0
1997	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0
1998	0	3	16	1	0	20	0	2	2
1999	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
2000	1	0	5	7	0	13	0	0	0
2001	0	3	10	0	0	13	0	0	0
2002	1	14	16	5	0	36	0	1	1
2003	1	2	26	7	0	36	0	9	9
2004	0	3	6	2	0	11	0	0	0
2005	0	2	22	1	0	25	0	7	7
2006	0	11	11	0	0	22	0	1	1
2007	0	3	12	3	0	18	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2009	0	0	7	1	0	8	0	0	0
2010	0	1	6	0	0	7	0	0	0
2011	0	3	4	2	0	9	0	0	0
2012	0	5	2	1	0	8	0	0	0
2013	0	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	0
2014	0	0	8	0	0	8	0	0	0
2015	0	7	2	0	0	9	0	0	0
2016	0	11	6	0	0	17	1	0	1
2017	0	5	6	0	0	11	1	0	1
2018	0	6	11	5	0	22	0	0	0
2019	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
2021	0	8	9	0	0	17	1	2	3
2022	0	1	4	0	3	8	0	0	0
2023	0	0	8	0	0	8	0	0	0
Mean	0	3	7	2	0	12	0	1	1
Total	3	174	386	101	9	673	6	35	41

Evaporation



Table 12. Average Daily Evaporation in Inches at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1975-2023
Year	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Mean
1975	0.206	0.299	0.401	0.396	0.403	0.270	0.242	0.317
1976	0.309	0.380	0.515	0.444	0.423	0.302	0.190	0.366
1977	0.304	0.396	0.498	0.423	0.394	0.317	0.213	0.364
1978	0.310	0.311	0.427	0.469	0.422	0.321	0.257	0.360
1979	0.278	0.278	0.362	0.354	0.342	0.317	0.229	0.309
1980	0.258	0.322	0.489	0.452	0.406	0.272	0.280	0.354
1981	0.254	0.297	0.470	0.388	0.363	0.255	0.165	0.313
1982	0.245	0.323	0.427	0.392	0.314	0.193	0.260	0.308
1983		0.328	0.384	0.404	0.357	0.291	0.203	0.328
1984	0.245	0.391	0.389	0.379	0.334	0.261	0.106	0.301
1985	0.212	0.282	0.409	0.409	0.374	0.233	0.141	0.294
1986	0.245	0.317	0.366	0.366	0.366	0.225		0.314
1987		0.277	0.383	0.393	0.335	0.274	0.101	0.294
1988		0.373	0.369	0.421	0.314	0.285	0.198	0.327
1989		0.393	0.418	0.446	0.356	0.312		0.385
1990	0.255	0.373	0.516	0.411	0.366	0.294	0.186	0.343
1991	0.299	0.377	0.366	0.411	0.358	0.284		0.349
1992	0.277	0.280	0.405	0.383	0.348	0.272	0.211	0.311
1993	0.322	0.339	0.465	0.477	0.328	0.304	0.180	0.345
1994	0.278	0.383	0.501	0.504	0.402	0.309	0.246	0.375
1995	0.249	0.315	0.424	0.445	0.375	0.324	0.241	0.339
1996	0.303	0.435	0.424	0.451	0.358	0.236	0.182	0.341
1998	0.242	0.367	0.471	0.420	0.366	0.334	0.189	0.341
1999	0.277	0.347	0.437	0.379	0.280	0.274	0.240	0.319
2000	0.320	0.426	0.470	0.425	0.366	0.295	0.157	0.351
2001	0.281	0.378	0.465	0.405	0.352	0.361	0.235	0.354
2002	0.307	0.428	0.493	0.455	0.396	0.261	0.149	0.356
2003	0.274	0.374	0.493	0.504	0.397	0.311	0.212	0.366
2004	0.248	0.403	0.480	0.442	0.365	0.276	0.159	0.339
2005	0.272	0.362	0.420	0.490	0.338	0.277	0.162	0.332
2006	0.323	0.415	0.488	0.408	0.341	0.251	0.163	0.341
2007	0.266	0.315	0.447	0.416	0.360	0.289	0.211	0.329
2008	0.311	0.367	0.460	0.381	0.367	0.296	0.208	0.341
2009	0.277	0.285	0.336	0.430	0.362	0.261	0.169	0.303
2010	0.278	0.351	0.413	0.395	0.306	0.286	0.182	0.316
2011	0.300	0.344	0.482	0.424	0.377	0.252	0.171	0.336
2012	0.293	0.396	0.482	0.381	0.366	0.296	0.241	0.351
2013	0.300	0.349	0.462	0.387	0.318	0.265	0.177	0.323
2014	0.252	0.335	0.455	0.421	0.296	0.218	0.185	0.309
2015	0.247	0.210	0.295	0.302	0.343	0.255	0.141	0.256
2016	0.234	0.291	0.499	0.408	0.234	0.223	0.184	0.296
2017	0.187	0.286	0.469	0.333	0.297	0.207	0.225	0.286
2018	0.346	0.382	0.421	0.397	0.374	0.298	0.126	0.335
2019	0.244	0.184	0.382	0.401	0.367	0.277	0.214	0.296
2020	0.306	0.396	0.448	0.361	0.409	0.308	0.234	0.352
2021	0.348	0.378	0.412	0.401	0.332	0.251	0.157	0.325
2022	0.304	0.431	0.371	0.355	0.327	0.237	0.120	0.306
2023	0.292	0.312	0.392	0.452	0.353	0.262	0.216	0.325
Mean	0.276	0.345	0.434	0.412	0.354	0.276	0.192	0.329
Years	45	49	49	49	49	49	46	49
Blank cells represent three or more days of missing data.



Table 13. Total Monthly Evaporation in Inches at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1975-2023
Year	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Total
1975	6.18	9.27	12.03	12.28	12.49	8.10	7.50	67.85
1976	9.27	11.78	15.45	13.76	13.11	9.06	5.89	78.32
1977	9.12	12.28	14.94	13.11	12.21	9.51	6.60	77.77
1978	9.30	9.64	12.81	14.54	13.08	9.63	7.97	76.97
1979	8.34	8.62	10.86	10.97	10.60	9.51	7.10	66.00
1980	7.74	9.98	14.67	14.01	12.59	8.16	8.68	75.83
1981	7.62	9.21	14.10	12.03	11.25	7.65	5.12	66.98
1982	7.35	10.01	12.81	12.14	9.73	7.28	8.06	67.38
1983		8.85	11.51	12.51	11.06	8.72	6.35	59.00
1984	6.37	12.15	11.66	11.74	10.43	7.84	3.29	63.48
1985	6.35	8.74	12.27	12.68	11.61	6.99	4.44	63.08
1986	7.36	9.82	10.97	11.34	11.34	6.75		57.58
1987		6.64	11.47	12.19	10.39	8.23	3.12	52.04
1988		11.55	11.06	13.05	9.74	8.55	6.16	60.11
1989		12.18	12.54	13.83	11.04	9.37		58.96
1990	7.65	11.56	15.48	12.74	11.35	8.82	5.77	73.37
1991	8.68	11.68	10.99	12.77	11.11	8.53		63.76
1992	7.76	8.67	12.15	11.89	10.80	8.19	6.53	65.99
1993	9.66	10.52	13.94	14.78	10.17	9.11	5.57	73.75
1994	8.35	11.90	15.04	15.63	12.46	9.28	7.38	80.04
1995	7.48	9.78	12.72	13.81	11.63	9.74	7.48	72.64
1996	9.10	13.50	12.72	13.99	11.10	7.08	5.66	73.15
1997	7.37	9.33	11.84	12.36	9.59	7.78	5.80	64.07
1998	7.27	11.37	14.12	13.03	11.36	10.03	5.85	73.03
1999	8.31	10.75	13.12	11.75	8.68	8.21	7.45	68.27
2000	9.62	13.20	14.11	13.16	11.36	8.86	4.87	75.18
2001	8.45	11.35	13.92	11.75	10.93	10.59	7.29	74.28
2002	9.21	13.29	14.79	14.09	12.28	7.82	4.63	76.11
2003	8.22	11.58	14.80	15.63	12.32	9.33	6.58	78.46
2004	7.43	12.49	14.27	13.69	11.32	8.28	4.93	72.41
2005	8.17	11.21	12.59	15.20	10.47	8.30	5.03	70.97
2006	8.72	12.85	14.65	12.65	10.58	7.52	5.05	72.02
2007	7.97	9.78	13.41	12.90	11.15	8.68	6.54	70.43
2008	9.33	11.38	13.80	11.84	11.39	8.89	6.45	73.08
2009	8.33	8.86	10.08	13.34	11.24	7.83	5.26	64.94
2010	8.35	10.88	12.40	12.25	9.49	8.58	5.64	67.59
2011	9.02	10.68	14.46	13.15	11.71	7.57	5.32	71.91
2012	8.78	12.29	14.45	11.80	11.35	8.88	7.48	75.03
2013	9.02	10.82	13.86	12.00	9.86	7.96	5.50	69.02
2014	7.68	10.64	13.64	13.52	10.24	8.09	5.69	69.50
2015	8.02	7.87	10.64	10.08	11.49	8.17	5.38	61.65
2016	7.83	9.94	14.98	13.12	8.40	7.74	5.80	67.81
2017	7.24	10.00	14.10	12.83	9.30	7.78	7.05	68.29
2018	10.57	12.18	13.42	12.91	11.79	9.08	4.72	74.67
2019	7.63	7.63	11.74	12.75	11.45	8.83	6.80	66.83
2020	9.19	12.32	13.13	12.44	12.71	9.69	7.55	77.02
2021	10.51	11.78	12.64	12.77	10.98	8.31	5.71	72.69
2022	9.27	13.36	12.22	12.82	11.22	8.45	5.19	72.54
2023	8.80	10.05	12.14	14.05	11.42	8.25	6.71	71.42
Mean	8.31	10.74	13.09	12.93	11.09	8.48	6.06	69.66
Years	45	49	49	49	49	49	46	49
Blank cells represent three or more days of missing data.

Wind Run



*Table 14. Wind Run Monthly Average in Miles Per Day (MPD) at 6-in. and 10-in. Anemometer Heights Above the Evaporation Pan Rim at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1980-2023**
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1980	64	66	100	97	80	57	44	41	27	30	23	14
1981	50	80	94	85	71	64	58	60	20	55	56	52
1982	69	36	63	89	78	42	59	75	77	86	77	89
1983	82	101	107	101	108	98	76	70	62	73	94	98
1984	63	101	104	114	78	94	66	61	70	71	99	67
1985	49	87	128	98	76	66	70	76	70	72	148	55
1986	53	61	72	95	78	64	52	66	60	45	50	45
1987	60	41	50	50	31	22	25	19	21	48	71	79
1988	76	73	99	88	99	81	75	71	75	64	82	82
1989	84	75	96	86	69	73	78	72	73	68	68	59
1990	78	97	90	91	91	84	82	82	76	72	71	83
1991	61	73	106	98	99	75	79	67	72	57	59	47
1992	64	66	80	76	72	74	66	70	62	58	68	66
1993	103	86	105	107	91	81	71	75	74	65	82	79
1994	81	96	83	94	71	61	72	72	63	58	84	59
1995	76	65	83	81	80	61	63	59	52	64	58	49
1996	92	79	88	93	72	73	72	60	44	51	53	71
1997	43	79	78	73	70	62	55	48	50	48	39	35
1998	59	75	83	81	66	72	70	66	62	78	66	59
1999	76	74	83	109	95	70	63	63	61	65	73	78
2000	83	88	93	93	85	80	66	64	62	63	60	57
2001	65	74	72	91	83	77	64	67	74	74	65	75
2002	74	90	104	83	59	64	69	55	62	50	56	49
2003	36	58	60	68	70	70	56	60	56	50	56	62
2004	36	56	61	65	53	54	54	46	48	44	52	29
2005	52	54	72	71	50	50	49	43	44	44	46	39
2006	52	51	61	66	57	61	53	47	43	44	37	48
2007	40	53	47	62	50			41	51	62	38	54
2008	48	69	81	92	82	65	50	35	31	60	65	69
2009	41	57	77	80	52	44	48	43	47	54	49	66
2010	33	59	79	82
2011						74	60	57	58	61	72	51
2012	65	78	84	84	73	62	50	52	46	63	60	64
2013	58	82	94	103	77	65	62	49	54	65	61	64
2014	76	69	90
2015			47	51	46	38	42	39	29	35	43	44
2016	26	47	61	44	41	36	36	29	25	22	28	21
2017	26	25		36	32	25	24	16	22	37	25	28
2018	32	33	42	66	35	38	28	24	16	30	17	13
2019	20			67	57	54	46	46	50	67	49	38
2020	50	65	56	74	65	72	54	52	50	47	51	42
2021	51	55	62	73	63	57	58	42	31	50	36	40
2022	37	45	76	75	70	60	46	43	33	35	55	43
2023	51	55	60	72	44	48	41	51	40	42	33	41
Mean (MPD)	58	68	80	81	69	63	57	54	51	55	59	55
Mean (MPH)**	2.4	2.8	3.3	3.4	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.3
Blank cells represent three or more days of missing data.
*Low wind anenometer height at 6 in. above the evaporation pan (1980-March 2019) was changed due to installation of a new anemometer to a 10 in. height beginning April 2019.
**Mean miles per hour (MPH) = mean miles per day (MPD)/24 hours



Table 15. Wind Run Miles Per Day (MPD) Measured at 79-in. Anemometer Height Above the Evaporation Pan Rim at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1981-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981	112	124	141	124	102	81	62	82	71	81	76	58
1982	88	63	97	127	100	122	103	91	99	95	86	99
1983	111	139	147	154	141	120	116	102	113	107	130	136
1984	64	115	93	136	88	96	52	46	49	44	136	110
1985	95	127	183	155	142	136	136	133	125	127	72	117
1986	113	129	145	179	154	139	128	134	128	118	116	99
1987	139	131	143	158	139	126	122	119	132	108	123	117
1988	121	122	163	148	166	138	132	126	120	91	98	98
1989	97	133	151	147	132	123	126	120	125	115	112	104
1990	125	152	146	170	165	154	141	136	127	135	127	130
1991	101	120	190	191	167	138	140	119	129	111	109	85
1992	117	119	137	142	133	137	118	118	111	110	113	106
1993	164	139	153	171	144	86	57	80	103	87	92
1994	130	156	144	166	135	130	136	127	120	119	154	115
1995	137	129	147	176	185	137	128	118	115	137	129	100
1996	171	145	161	182	149	140	127	119	112	134	119	147
1997	106	149	146	153	137	113	112	101	105	115	118	110
1998	100	133	145	144	112	120	111	100	105	131	111	106
1999	143	142	145	186	196	92	85	100	107	98	93	126
2000	132	141	149	158	144	135	108	104	108	110	113	109
2001	116	127	173	147	141	128	106	108	121	125	110	132
2002	117	144	163	134	126	115	114	96	108	90	110	107
2003	98	134	143	139	134	128	106	107	113	103	116	129
2004	93	121	135	134	120	114	112	99	100	102	119	87
2005	107	111	146	153	117	116	111	94	98	98	119	113
2006	131	140	139	143	126	127	106	95	103	104	122	106
2007	96	131	121	147	122	129	109	89	96	117	103	128
2008	106	125	142	165	144	128	101	95	94	108	121	133
2009	100	119	144	157	108	96	96	88	94	106	87	145
2010	73	100	130	154	125	63	94	78	79	89	108	90
2011	78	113	130	159	127	107	82	78	79	85	102	74
2012	99	110	114	116	99	89	72	76	73	90	79	94
2013	83	106	122	137	98	73	81	71	76	88	84	82
2014	97	82	99	118	78	74	80	61	52	58	74	65
2015	57	67	76	90	68	56	61	57	38	49	66	56
2016	41	73	104	89	71	71	62	59	45	63	63	53
2017	58	59	89	84	81	77	65	58	61	63	40	38
2018	50	77	99	129	80	68	78	67	54	69	62	71
2019	68	77	85	102	69	74	46	46	50	67	66	42
2020	57	81	68	96	81	86	63	54	58	48	62	61
2021	72	71	79	101	82	72	70	59	39	68	46	45
2022	47	66	105	105	101	82	60	56	45	53	68	55
2023	69	72	77	97	60	65	56	68	46	54	41	53
Mean (MPD)	100	114	131	141	121	107	97	92	91	95	98	96
Mean (MPH)*	4.1	4.8	5.4	5.9	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.0
Blank cells represent three or more days of missing data.
*Mean miles per hour (MPH) = mean miles per day (MPD)/24 hours

Solar Radiation



Table 16. Average Solar Radiation in Langleys (Ly per day) at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1977-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Mean
1977	204	305	386	552	438	530	501	464	396	360			4136	414
1978	157	168	334	459	490	586	641	491	401	292	185	166	4370	364
1979	166	261	302	423	445	527	489	477	459	267	165	155	4136	345
1980	141	192	300	429	459	529	595	501	436	342	280	145	4349	362
1981	190	296	292	473	499	607	550	489	422	314	248	200	4580	382
1982	129	207	369	536	594	707	651	565	470	393	227	208	5056	421
1983	188	294	345	518	654	734	793	725	583	332	230	176	5572	464
1984	250	345	486	540	688	494	736	744	595	317	226	188	5609	467
1985	242			499	618	816	843	801	557	410	256	184	5226	523
1986	243	304	505	584	837	736	1028	1223	918	513	282	205	7378	615
1987	229	289	506	566	551	665	638	542	483	352	246	197	5264	439
1988	220	305	474	496	626	623	621	555	486	470	251	216	5343	445
1989	224	280	419	550	628	633	619	570	498	361	277	219	5278	440
1990	222	282	316	479	593	662	620	541	462	361	234	203	4975	415
1991	212	309	356	554	651	556	613	537	450	340	249	146	4973	414
1992	189	268	358	509	530	616	560	501	451	324	238	167	4711	393
1993	160	230	374	514	532	599	614	464	456	331	240	187	4701	392
1994	223	262	371	439	482	564	555	496	411	300	225	178	4506	376
1995	189	288	358	438	481	552	520	459	373	324	212	157	4351	363
1996	240	309	463	580	651	609	676	604	458	357	250	226	5423	452
1997	215	314	516	513	613	657	640	567	491	390	267	220	5403	450
1998	236	260	443	563	661	725	604	565	506	331	266	244	5404	450
1999	263	363	458	527	624	702	584	515	505	438	320	241	5540	462
2000	251	305	399	581	689	696	673	579	479	325	255	213	5445	454
2001	241	322	424	508	672	766	633	580	541	396	286	248	5617	468
2002	251	383	492	593	710	742	663	601	479	372	294	219	5799	483
2003	249	315	452	596	640	719	692	604	510	401	200	203	5581	465
2004	186	264	418	451	656	703	646	531	468	346	214	201	5084	424
2005	206	272	402	526	624	639	664	539	442	347	277	232	5170	431
2006	258	362	375	539	644	616	533	472	426	308	249	188	4970	414
2007	228	284	396	539	562	676	535	455	407	406	310	220	5018	418
2008	287	341	514	617	673	729	641	587	504	405	286	223	5807	484
2009	262	352	431	541	608	589	637	581	473	358	276	200	5308	442
2010	232	293	451	553	677	695	624	547	501	375	286	175	5409	451
2011	264	354	465	562	668	712	652	570	465	374	260	202	5548	462
2012	260	333	458	544	656	706	601	551	491	415	303	244	5562	464
2013	269	360	468	571	636	688	599	547	464	425	260	221	5508	459
2014	265	313		523	614	698		539	474	376		204	4006	445
2015	218	326	474	572	517	602	575	556	481	362	289	206	5178	432
2016	240	354	458	524	618	694	658	551	489	408	258	216	5469	456
2017	194	292	442	532	608	721	639	557	479	412	271	254	5401	450
2018	277	322	438	556	650	698	644	560	504	314	300	210	5473	456
2019	245	295	410	515	551	650	639	580	486	423	280	208	5281	440
2020	238	343	394	581	668	666	594	575	480	400	272	224	5436	453
2021	246	344	416	559	608	630	582	518	448	362	281	197	5190	432
2022	272	261	414	543	610	603	570	520	440	347	271	194	5046	420
2023	205	196	322	524	566	629	621	509	433	370	251	195	4822	402
Mean	225	298	414	530	606	653	631	566	481	367	258	203	5232	436
Blank cells represent 3 or more days of missing data.
2010 - 2016 NMSU data (not including missing values) on the aWhere Inc. weather database (http://awhere.com) as y = 3.025 + 0.816x (n=2018, R2 = 0.695) where y = NMSU values and x = aWhere values. (2015 May and June), (2016 August, September, October)

Corn Growing Degree Days (GDD)


*Table 17. Total Monthly Corn Growing Degree Days (GDD) at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 1969-2023**
Year	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Total May-Sep	Total to 1st Frost (32 ºF)	Date of 1st Frost
1969	434	510	729	744	570	2987	3017	5-Oct
1970	434	555	744	744	420	2897	2949	8-Oct
1971	372	600	729	713	450	2864	2684	18-Sep
1972	434	615	744	713	495	3001	3201	30-Oct
1973	372	640	713	713	435	2873	2990	11-Oct
1974	465	645	729	698	450	2987	3227	30-Oct
1975	326	525	713	667	435	2666	2806	14-Oct
1976	403	585	744	698	495	2925	2978	7-Oct
1977	372	675	744	729	540	3060	3386	31-Oct
1978	310	570	729	667	450	2726	2576	20-Sep
1979	341	510	682	667	555	2755	2986	22-Oct
1980	341	570	698	682	450	2741	2869	16-Oct
1981	372	600	682	651	450	2755	2875	16-Oct
1982	341	525	682	698	450	2696	2741	6-Oct
1983	341	495	682	729	525	2772	2615	21-Sep
1984	465	555	729	713	480	2942	3017	15-Oct
1985	397	600	710	692	416	2815	2926	30-Sep
1986	377	574	661	693	395	2700	2790	12-Oct
1987	366	592	674	646	473	2751	2873	19-Oct
1988	396	607	722	697	476	2898	2981	12-Nov
1989	468	565	731	670	540	2974	3131	18-Oct
1990	378	635	729	673	532	2947	3029	9-Oct
1991	409	557	704	701	471	2842	3153	28-Oct
1992	385	536	630	639	484	2674	2763	8-Oct
1993	416	538	652	615	454	2675	2854	19-Oct
1994	426	628	729	746	495	3024	3169	17-Oct
1995	330	516	676	729	494	2745	2782	6-Oct
1996	477	612	730	695	410	2924	2785	19-Sep
1997	441	563	685	670	568	2927	3081	13-Oct
1998	417	499	746	716	560	2938	2984	6-Oct
1999	364	554	710	655	451	2734	2702	28-Sep
2000	479	640	665	663	536	2983	3117	14-Oct
2001	465	591	751	691	578	3076	3214	11-Oct
2002	446	625	739	674	486	2973	3004	4-Oct
2003	453	586	763	730	485	3017	3329	27-Oct
2004	456	588	688	667	452	2851	3057	23-Oct
2005	428	555	745	683	542	2953	3228	31-Oct
2006	477	631	743	674	395	2920	2826	23-Sep
2007	388	581	711	720	509	2909	2981	7-Oct
2008	370	570	720	691	501	2852	2980	12-Oct
2009	450	515	738	660	515	2878	2753	22-Sep
2010	373	584	728	662	519	2866	3139	26-Oct
2011	352	584	729	722	476	2863	2929	8-Oct
2012	459	650	729	722	514	3074	3343	25-Oct
2013	396	627	758	690	528	2999	3051	5-Oct
2014	390	596	757	658	565	2966	3288	3-Nov
2015	316	597	695	699	549	2856	3176	28-Oct
2016	343	689	710	648	488	2878	3092	20-Oct
2017	363	627	760	695	522	2967	2919	25-Sep
2018	475	641	801	738	573	3229	3357	15-Oct
2019	276	529	691	704	534	2733	2862	11-Oct
2020	477	580	692	714	489	2951	2929	29-Sep
2021	433	630	754	664	483	2964	3084	13-Oct
2022	436	608	753	718	575	3090	3326	24-Oct
2023	415	503	725	697	500	2840	2977	13-Oct
Mean	402	583	718	692	494	2889	2998	12-Oct
Mean Accum- mulation	402	985	1703	2395	2889
*Temperature parameters used for calculating corn (GDD) units are 86°F and 50°F.

Soil Temperature


Table 18. Average Monthly Soil Temperature in ⁰F at 4 in. Below the Bare Soil Surface at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 2001-2023
Month	Maximum Average	Minimum Average	Average*	Extreme Maximum Average	Extreme Minimum Average
Jan	33	29	31	39	23
Feb	39	34	37	49	28
Mar	53	41	47	64	33
Apr	65	49	57	76	40
May	76	60	68	85	49
Jun	87	71	79	94	63
Jul	94	76	85	99	69
Aug	91	74	83	97	68
Sep	82	66	74	92	56
Oct	65	52	58	78	41
Nov	48	39	44	60	30
Dec	35	32	33	44	24
Mean	64	52	58	73	44
*[(maximum + minimum)/2]



Table 19. Average Maximum Soil Temperature in ⁰F at 4 in. Below the Bare Soil Surface at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 2001-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	30	37	51	65	78	88	93	90	84	67	52	34
2002	32	38	52	70	79	91	96	91	80	63	46	35
2003	38	41	52	66	76	87	96	95	81	69	46	36
2004	31	36	60	66	81	86	92	93	81	64	47	32
2005	39	44	55	69	82	89	101	93	82	63	48	36
2006	37	44	54	72	83	94	96	92	79	62	51	33
2007	30	40	57	68	80	92	101	99	88	67	47	33
2008	30	35	53	64	75	88	97	93	84	66	49	35
2009	32	40	54	63	79	84	98	93	85	62	46	29
2010	28	38	50	63	73	85	92	86	77	66	46	40
2011	30	36	53	62	69	84	90	90	77	61	45	33
2012	32	32	53	67	78	88	92	90	82	65	49	36
2013	28	35	48	64	76	88	94	87	80	60	47	31
2014	31	42	53	62	73	84	90	87	81	65	48	39
2015	34	45	56	66	72	86	89	89	83	68	47	35
2016	31	40	55	65	76	89	93	89	80	69	51	35
2017	36	45	56	64	74	73	89	89	83	65	56	39
2018	38	46	55	68	80	91	96	93	86	65	48	38
2019	34	36	54	65	70	85	91	89	81	62	46	35
2020	32	40	54	67	77	85	90	91	81	66	50	33
2021	33	42	51	67	77	89	96	92	85	65	52	37
2022	35	39	51	66	76	88	95	93	86	66	43	36
2023	35	37	49	60	74	82	92	91	83	69	52	39
Mean	33	39	53	65	76	87	94	91	82	65	48	35
*The average monthly maximum soil temperature represents the sum of the maximum daily temperatures in each month divided by the number of days in that month.



Table 20. Soil Extreme Maximum Temperature in ⁰F at 4 in. Below the Bare Soil Surface at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 2001-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	32	47	63	78	86	93	100	96	90	83	62	47
2002	39	48	67	75	90	95	99	97	90	75	56	45
2003	45	49	63	74	90	91	100	99	95	79	59	45
2004	35	50	73	79	85	90	101	98	94	78	57	42
2005	45	50	64	79	93	99	106	103	89	76	59	46
2006	46	56	64	81	91	99	103	98	92	78	60	42
2007	34	52	68	82	88	102	105	102	100	79	63	45
2008	32	47	63	72	87	99	100	100	93	82	63	46
2009	44	53	65	74	86	94	101	99	94	76	58	40
2010	33	43	60	71	87	90	97	91	82	80	57	44
2011	38	45	64	71	78	87	98	97	86	75	55	42
2012	38	48	66	77	82	94	96	93	90	76	57	48
2013	40	40	62	74	82	95	97	95	94	70	55	40
2014	40	50	61	77	84	88	93	92	90	78	63	48
2015	44	52	70	75	82	96	97	95	89	82	60	42
2016	33	51	60	75	83	95	98	98	92	76	65	43
2017	44	53	67	75	84	94	98	96	93	75	79	52
2018	46	52	64	77	85	97	100	98	92	85	57	43
2019	40	49	68	78	81	93	95	97	91	75	53	43
2020	39	47	60	77	84	90	96	95	89	74	60	38
2021	40	48	61	75	84	96	100	99	94	77	61	47
2022	40	46	63	75	84	94	100	99	95	81	58	46
2023	41	44	65	79	81	87	97	95	91	79	61	46
Mean	39	49	64	76	85	94	99	97	92	78	60	44
Maxi- mum	46	56	73	82	93	102	106	103	100	85	79	52
Year(s) Recorded	2006 2018	2006	2004	2007	2005	2007	2005	2005	2007	2018	2017	2017



Table 21. Average Minimum Soil Temperature in ⁰F at 4 in. Below the Bare Soil Surface at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 2001-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	29	33	41	49	60	70	76	73	69	55	43	29
2002	29	31	36	52	61	72	77	73	63	48	36	32
2003	32	34	39	49	60	70	78	76	63	54	38	31
2004	28	30	43	48	61	71	75	74	62	48	36	27
2005	34	35	38	47	58	68	75	71	67	50	39	26
2006	29	32	37	48	61	70	74	72	58	46	37	28
2007	26	33	40	47	58	70	78	76	65	50	41	29
2008	28	31	38	46	57	68	74	73	66	49	38	32
2009	31	34	41	46	61	69	81	75	71	52	38	26
2010	26	33	37	49	58	73	79	73	66	55	38	36
2011	29	29	43	52	59	73	81	82	69	52	38	30
2012	30	30	42	56	65	76	78	79	70	54	41	32
2013	21	33	40	50	62	74	80	74	66	49	39	28
2014	29	34	42	50	60	71	80	75	69	54	40	35
2015	30	36	45	51	56	68	73	74	67	56	37	32
2016	28	33	42	49	58	75	77	73	65	54	42	32
2017	34	37	44	48	56	73	78	74	67	49	42	32
2018	31	34	40	52	62	71	77	74	68	52	34	30
2019	31	33	42	51	54	67	77	77	69	52	39	32
2020	29	34	42	51	64	72	76	78	66	53	40	27
2021	28	34	39	50	62	74	78	73	67	49	41	32
2022	31	33	39	49	61	70	75	74	69	50	35	31
2023	32	33	40	47	61	68	78	76	68	57	43	33
Mean	29	33	40	49	60	71	77	75	66	52	39	30

*The average monthly minimum soil temperature represents the sum of the minimum daily temperatures in each

month divided by the number of days in that month.



Table 22. Soil Extreme Minimum Temperature in ⁰F at 4 in. Below the Bare Soil Surface at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, NM, 2001-2023
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	24	25	35	41	46	62	69	66	63	46	27	24
2002	23	25	28	41	51	69	72	66	51	39	32	30
2003	27	30	33	40	50	65	73	70	54	45	26	24
2004	22	24	32	41	49	63	69	69	48	37	26	16
2005	31	31	35	35	44	60	69	64	56	44	27	12
2006	24	28	31	39	52	63	63	67	42	35	31	21
2007	19	28	30	36	44	61	71	64	50	40	30	19
2008	16	29	33	37	48	58	65	70	58	40	31	29
2009	29	29	31	35	51	64	73	71	62	35	32	16
2010	20	31	29	38	42	66	73	61	59	38	30	26
2011	25	18	34	35	47	68	77	78	61	41	34	26
2012	24	31	32	46	58	69	68	71	60	38	32	19
2013	9	31	31	32	55	65	70	60	50	37	29	20
2014	25	25	35	44	48	61	76	64	59	48	30	29
2015	23	30	34	44	50	58	67	69	60	46	33	26
2016	22	26	38	41	44	66	62	65	51	48	29	29
2017	29	30	31	36	45	64	70	69	51	44	34	29
2018	26	31	31	44	49	64	60	68	62	44	23	23
2019	23	29	36	43	45	58	70	72	58	34	32	27
2020	22	31	35	44	59	64	64	74	53	37	29	22
2021	23	31	32	40	57	66	66	68	61	42	30	26
2022	26	27	32	39	50	62	65	70	58	37	31	23
Mean	23	28	33	40	49	63	69	68	56	41	30	24
Mini- mum	9	18	28	32	42	58	60	60	42	34	23	12
Year(s) Recorded	2013	2011	2002	2013	2010	2008 2015 2019	2018	2013	2006	2019	2018	2005

Margaret M. West, is a Research Scientist, Associate at NMSU’s Agricultural Science Center at Farmington (ASCF). Her research focuses on agronomy statewide variety trials, weather monitoring and dissemination of data for the New Mexico Climate Center and National Weather Service-ABQ sites located at ASCF.

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SUMMARY

FREEZE DATES

PRECIPITATION

AIR TEMPERATURE

Average

Maximum

Minimum

Critical Days

EVAPORATION

WIND RUN

SOLAR RADIATION

CORN GROWING DEGREE DAYS

SOIL TEMPERATURE

Average

Maximum

Minimum

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONVERSIONS

REFERENCES

Summary 2023

Summary Fifty-five Years (1969-2023)

Freeze Dates

Precipitation

Air Temperature

Evaporation

Wind Run

Solar Radiation

Corn Growing Degree Days (GDD)

Soil Temperature

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