All-time weather records — Rio Rancho, NM

Record high
109.9°F
June 15, 2021
Record low
-9.9°F
February 4, 2011
Wettest day
2.22 in
July 9, 2006

Climate change signal in Rio Rancho

74%

of Rio Rancho's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (271 of 366 records since 2015).

48.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (176 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2000s
16
59
2010s
176
216
2020s
174
91

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2008, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2005-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 31, 2014 3.0°F — Jan 16, 2013 0.54 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 77.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -9.9°F — Feb 4, 2011 0.52 in — Feb 11, 2020
March 91.9°F — Mar 20, 2026 19.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 0.58 in — Mar 15, 2005
April 90.0°F — Apr 13, 2025 23.0°F — Apr 5, 2023 0.98 in — Apr 27, 2015
May 97.0°F — May 16, 2022 30.0°F — May 2, 2011 0.48 in — May 2, 2007
June 109.9°F — Jun 15, 2021 5.0°F — Jun 24, 2019 1.39 in — Jun 30, 2024
July 109.0°F — Jul 13, 2020 52.0°F — Jul 27, 2013 2.22 in — Jul 9, 2006
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 2024 52.0°F — Aug 26, 2009 1.59 in — Aug 6, 2006
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 2019 37.9°F — Sep 29, 2013 1.55 in — Sep 14, 2013
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 2024 18.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.50 in — Oct 5, 2008
November 81.0°F — Nov 10, 2008 17.1°F — Nov 13, 2012 0.77 in — Nov 7, 2024
December 70.0°F — Dec 1, 2021 1.0°F — Dec 7, 2011 1.41 in — Dec 17, 2010

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