Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Rancho weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Rio Rancho: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enchanted Hills (13 km away). In January its highs average 7.1°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 286th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Rio Rancho is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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
Rio Rancho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 4.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Enchanted Hills in JanuaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Albuquerque in JanuaryUnited States · 17 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Las Cruces in JanuaryUnited States · 325 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Pueblo in JanuaryUnited States · 383 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 387 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 391 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 432 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 Rio Rancho) is explained once on the Rio Rancho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.