Climate averages 1991–2020
Enchanted Hills weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Enchanted Hills: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (13 km away). In January its highs average 7.4°C, about as warm as Enchanted Hills, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Enchanted Hills ranks joint 294th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Enchanted Hills is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 19 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rio Rancho in JanuaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Albuquerque in JanuaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 71 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Las Cruces in JanuaryUnited States · 337 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Pueblo in JanuaryUnited States · 369 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 398 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 402 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 419 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -9.0°C · 15 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.