Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Rancho weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Rio Rancho: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enchanted Hills (13 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Rio Rancho, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rio Rancho ranks joint 164th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Rio Rancho is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Enchanted Hills in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Albuquerque in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in MayUnited States · 83 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Las Cruces in MayUnited States · 325 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Pueblo in MayUnited States · 383 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 44 mm rain
- El Paso in MayUnited States · 387 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MayMexico · 391 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in MayUnited States · 432 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 69 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.