Climate averages 1991–2020
Enchanted Hills weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Enchanted Hills: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (13 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Enchanted Hills, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Enchanted Hills ranks joint 204th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 191st of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Enchanted Hills is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Enchanted Hills climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.6°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 22 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 19 | 3.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 25 | 4.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 21 | 3.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 59 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 50 | 9.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 39 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 36 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 20 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.9°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Rio Rancho in AugustUnited States · 13 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Albuquerque in AugustUnited States · 29 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AugustUnited States · 71 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Las Cruces in AugustUnited States · 337 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Pueblo in AugustUnited States · 369 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 45 mm rain
- El Paso in AugustUnited States · 398 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in AugustMexico · 402 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in AugustUnited States · 419 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Enchanted Hills) is explained once on the Enchanted Hills year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.