About this river
Rio Grande is a 13.8 mile river near New Mexico Kayak Instruction, Inc. in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Grande below Cochiti Dam, NM (site 08317400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1971 to 2026
Rio Grande typically runs highest in May, at a median 2,520 cfs, and lowest in October, at 464 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,290 cfs, in 1985.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 656 | 545 to 824 | |
| February | 705 | 579 to 880 | |
| March | 944 | 649 to 1,210 | |
| April | 1,155 | 747 to 2,575 | |
| May | 2,520 | 1,030 to 4,350 | |
| June | 1,490 | 929 to 3,930 | |
| July | 876 | 670 to 1,130 | |
| August | 723 | 550 to 915 | |
| September | 605 | 353 to 820 | |
| October | 464 | 325 to 667 | |
| November | 778 | 483 to 1,130 | |
| December | 793 | 578 to 1,100 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 55 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Grande below Cochiti Dam, NM (site 08317400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Rio Grande, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Cochiti LakeRio Grande - Cochiti LakePublic
- Cochiti Lake - Tetilla PeakRio Grande - Cochiti LakePublic
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