Will it rain today in Albuquerque?
Should you take an umbrella in Albuquerque? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.
Rain right now
No rain expected in Albuquerque for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry.
As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…
Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow
Today · Friday 16 October
Dry: no rain in the forecast. (the forecast covers part of the day)
Every 3 hours as a table
| Hours | Rain (mm) | mm/h | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03:00–06:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 06:00–09:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 09:00–12:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 12:00–15:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 15:00–18:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 18:00–21:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 21:00–00:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October
Dry: no rain in the forecast.
Every 3 hours as a table
| Hours | Rain (mm) | mm/h | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–03:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 03:00–06:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 06:00–09:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 09:00–12:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 12:00–15:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 15:00–18:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 18:00–21:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 21:00–00:00 | 0 | 0 | dry |
Times in local time (America/Denver). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.
Rain map around Albuquerque
The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.
How much it rains in Albuquerque, month by month
Albuquerque gets about 258 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is July (51 mm), the driest March (11 mm); a normal October brings 22 mm.
Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.
More for Albuquerque
More with LayEarth Pro
Pro adds alerts for the places you follow, the GPS interference map, winds aloft and turbulence. 7-day free trial, then 9 USD a month.
Questions
- Will it rain today in Albuquerque?
- At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: No rain expected in Albuquerque for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
- How much does it rain in Albuquerque?
- About 258 mm a year on average (2001–2025). July is the wettest month with 51 mm, March the driest with 11 mm.
- What do the rain amounts mean?
- 1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
- How accurate is the forecast?
- It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Albuquerque.
Rain forecast nearby
El Paso · Tucson · Phoenix · Denver · Las Vegas · Salt Lake City
How this page works
The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Albuquerque and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.