Rio en Medio weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rio en Medio, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at SANTA FE 2, 24 km from Rio en Medio; records cover 1972–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.8 in325 mm
- Snow a year
- 20 in51 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 5,880
- Cooling degree days
- 437
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rio en Medio in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1986)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1071
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1986)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 850
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2026)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 728
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 32°0°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1996)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 500
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 41°5°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 252
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Rio en Medio in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 50°10°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1994)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Rio en Medio in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 55°13°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1995)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 175
Rio en Medio in August
Highs average 83°29° and lows 54°12°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2025)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Rio en Medio in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 47°8°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1984)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 114
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Rio en Medio in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 35°2°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1980)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 439
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 24°−4°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio en Medio in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2025)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1082
- Cooling degree days
- 0