Rio Rancho weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rio Rancho, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Jemez Dam, 18 km from Rio Rancho; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 8.9 in225 mm
- Snow a year
- 6 in14 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 17
- First fall freeze
- Oct 24
- Heating degree days
- 4,547
- Cooling degree days
- 1,258
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 9°−13° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rio Rancho in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2003)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 948
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio Rancho in February
Highs average 53°12° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2009)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 728
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio Rancho in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 33°0°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 558
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio Rancho in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 39°4°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1964)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 324
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Rio Rancho in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2006)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 114
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Rio Rancho in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 58°15°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2013)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 280
Rio Rancho in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 64°18°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2003)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 414
Rio Rancho in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 62°17°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1954)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 346
Rio Rancho in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 54°12°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2020)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 143
Rio Rancho in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 41°5°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1955)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 272
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Rio Rancho in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2006)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 646
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rio Rancho in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1958)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 924
- Cooling degree days
- 0