Rio Rancho Weather in March
Average highs run from 59°F on March 1 to 68°F on March 31, and lows from 27°F to 33°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.66 in over about 3 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 64°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 0.66 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 91°FMar 21, 2026
- Record low
- 12°FMar 3, 2002
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 26 min to 12 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 45%
- Humidity
- 47%
- Dew point
- 21°F
- Wind
- 10.3 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 59°F | 27°F | 79°F 2026 | 17°F 1998 | 11% | 2% |
| Mar 2 | 59°F | 27°F | 79°F 2026 | 13°F 2002 | 11% | 2% |
| Mar 3 | 60°F | 28°F | 81°F 2026 | 12°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 4 | 60°F | 28°F | 75°F 2009 | 15°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 5 | 60°F | 28°F | 75°F 2016 | 17°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 6 | 61°F | 28°F | 75°F 2006 | 22°F 2003 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 7 | 61°F | 28°F | 74°F 2006 | 19°F 1996 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 8 | 61°F | 29°F | 73°F 1997 | 20°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 9 | 62°F | 29°F | 74°F 2004 | 22°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 10 | 62°F | 29°F | 75°F 1997 | 23°F 2010 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 11 | 62°F | 29°F | 77°F 1997 | 22°F 2000 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 12 | 62°F | 29°F | 77°F 1997 | 21°F 2022 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 13 | 63°F | 30°F | 82°F 2002 | 17°F 2006 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 14 | 63°F | 30°F | 82°F 2002 | 21°F 2006 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 15 | 63°F | 30°F | 80°F 2013 | 24°F 2001 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 16 | 64°F | 30°F | 78°F 1997 | 18°F 2005 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 17 | 64°F | 30°F | 81°F 2007 | 22°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 18 | 64°F | 31°F | 80°F 2007 | 23°F 2002 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 19 | 65°F | 31°F | 90°F 2026 | 20°F 2025 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 20 | 65°F | 31°F | 89°F 2026 | 25°F 2010 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 21 | 65°F | 31°F | 91°F 2026 | 24°F 2006 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 22 | 65°F | 31°F | 86°F 2026 | 29°F 2008 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 23 | 66°F | 32°F | 86°F 2026 | 22°F 2013 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 24 | 66°F | 32°F | 89°F 2026 | 23°F 2013 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 25 | 66°F | 32°F | 91°F 2026 | 23°F 2021 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 26 | 66°F | 32°F | 87°F 2026 | 25°F 1996 | 11% | 1% |
| Mar 27 | 67°F | 32°F | 81°F 2022 | 25°F 1995 | 10% | 1% |
| Mar 28 | 67°F | 33°F | 82°F 2015 | 24°F 2009 | 10% | 1% |
| Mar 29 | 67°F | 33°F | 82°F 2026 | 25°F 2003 | 10% | 1% |
| Mar 30 | 67°F | 33°F | 82°F 2010 | 26°F 2003 | 10% | 1% |
| Mar 31 | 68°F | 33°F | 82°F 2011 | 26°F 2009 | 10% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 7:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00292100 (Corrales), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00296754, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.