Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Rancho weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rio Rancho: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enchanted Hills (13 km away). In February its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Rio Rancho, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rio Rancho ranks joint 263rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Rio Rancho is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Rio Rancho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 4.2 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 10.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 15 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 15 | 2.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 11 | 2.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 31 | 6.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 28 | 6.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 29 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 29 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 19 | 3.8 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Enchanted Hills in FebruaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Albuquerque in FebruaryUnited States · 17 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -0.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Las Cruces in FebruaryUnited States · 325 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Pueblo in FebruaryUnited States · 383 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 13 mm rain
- El Paso in FebruaryUnited States · 387 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in FebruaryMexico · 391 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in FebruaryUnited States · 432 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -8.0°C · 16 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 Rio Rancho) is explained once on the Rio Rancho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.