Climate averages 1991–2020
Enchanted Hills weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Enchanted Hills: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (13 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Enchanted Hills, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Enchanted Hills ranks joint 308th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Enchanted Hills is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Rio Rancho in DecemberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Albuquerque in DecemberUnited States · 29 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in DecemberUnited States · 71 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -6.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Las Cruces in DecemberUnited States · 337 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Pueblo in DecemberUnited States · 369 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -6.9°C · 12 mm rain
- El Paso in DecemberUnited States · 398 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in DecemberMexico · 402 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in DecemberUnited States · 419 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -9.1°C · 13 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.