Weather and seasons near Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho is high desert: dry, sunny, with little snow in the valley and a late-summer monsoon.
8 to 11 inValley snow a year, by source
~91°FAverage July high
Inches of snow a year, compared
Syracuse
128 in (NOAA)
Albany, for Malta
59 in (NWS)
Salt Lake City, for Lehi
about 56 (47 to 63)
Columbus
about 28 (22 to 28)
Boise
about 19 (12 to 22)
Manassas
about 17 (11.5 to 22)
Albuquerque, for Rio Rancho
about 10 (8 to 11)
Portland, for Hillsboro
3.6 to 4
Denison, for Sherman
about 2
Normals from different sources and stations, so treat each as a range. Phoenix and Austin were not measured here.
Heat and snow
- July’s average high is near 91°F. Days above 90°F run 64 to 94 a year by source, with about 22 in July and 17 in August.
- Valley snowfall is about 8 to 11 inches a year. The Sandia foothills get far more, roughly 20 to 35 inches, so do not apply that to the valley.
Monsoon
- Precipitation peaks in late summer: about 1.6 inches in July, 1.3 in August and 1.2 in September, often in brief showers.
Not covered: Rio Rancho’s own station. These are Albuquerque figures, and the valley sits near 5,300 feet.