Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Rancho weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Rio Rancho: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th 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 Enchanted Hills (13 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Rio Rancho, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rio Rancho ranks joint 254th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Rio Rancho is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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
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 | 10.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 15 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Enchanted Hills in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Albuquerque in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in MarchUnited States · 83 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Las Cruces in MarchUnited States · 325 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Pueblo in MarchUnited States · 383 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 32 mm rain
- El Paso in MarchUnited States · 387 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MarchMexico · 391 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in MarchUnited States · 432 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 Rio Rancho) is explained once on the Rio Rancho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.