WETTESTSINCE
New Mexico · precipitation record 1891–2026

Albuquerque, NM

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
3.11in
year to date · normal 3.9"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.02in
33rd wettest of 134 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.35in
22nd driest of 135 yrs
31% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
1.76in
47th driest of 135 yrs
78% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
3.11in
38th driest of 135 yrs
80% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

2.08in
on Sep 28, 1893 · in 136 years

Dry Streak

3days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 109 days (to May 19, 1902)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 9 days

Year to Date vs Normal

80%
3.11" of a normal 3.9" · wettest 9.69" (1941) · driest 0.58" (2011)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 134-year record (1892–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 8.41" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1194115.88in
2191915.03in
3190513.89in
4194013.36in
5198813.11in

Driest Years on Record

119173.29in
219564.06in
319224.09in
419504.1in
519094.43in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~1.26") and driest in Jan (~0.29"). Wettest calendar month ever: Nov 1905, 4.7".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Albuquerque — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

1.10in
set in 1939

Rain on Jul 28

32%
of 134 years had measurable rain
1892: 0.00″1893: 0.02″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.04″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.24″1907: 0.43″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.02″1917: 0.05″1918: 0.03″1919: 0.06″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.18″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.02″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.01″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.14″1928: 0.30″1929: 0.24″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.01″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.02″1937: 0.01″1938: 0.00″1939: 1.10″1940: 0.08″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.23″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.08″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.32″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.08″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.12″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.10″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.18″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.07″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.45″1988: 0.32″1989: 0.01″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.01″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.03″1994: 0.19″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.26″1998: 0.20″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.16″2006: 0.23″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.05″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.02″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.20″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.07″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.16″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.02″0″1″2″1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Albuquerque's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Albuquerque, NM — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Albuquerque's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Albuquerque, NM — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:13 AM
Sunset7:12 PM
Solar noon12:13 PM
Daylight13h 59m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.04°N, 106.61°W

Nearby Stations

Roswell, NM169 mi SEAlamosa, CO170 mi NClayton, NM217 mi EEl Paso, TX223 mi SWinslow, AZ232 mi WPueblo, CO252 mi NE

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