Climate averages 1991–2020
Enchanted Hills weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Enchanted Hills: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (13 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Enchanted Hills, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Enchanted Hills ranks 261st of 498 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Enchanted Hills is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Rio Rancho in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Albuquerque in MarchUnited States · 29 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in MarchUnited States · 71 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Las Cruces in MarchUnited States · 337 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Pueblo in MarchUnited States · 369 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 32 mm rain
- El Paso in MarchUnited States · 398 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MarchMexico · 402 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in MarchUnited States · 419 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 42 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.