About this river
Rio Grande is a 17.6 mile river near Far Flung Adventures in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Grande near Cerro, NM (site 08263500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1949 to 2026
Rio Grande typically runs highest in May, at a median 545 cfs, and lowest in September, at 101 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,440 cfs, in 1949.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 281 | 222 to 347 | |
| February | 330 | 271 to 409 | |
| March | 426 | 323 to 620 | |
| April | 331 | 167 to 598 | |
| May | 545 | 189 to 1,330 | |
| June | 544 | 173 to 1,530 | |
| July | 188 | 86 to 460 | |
| August | 143 | 74 to 255 | |
| September | 101 | 69 to 172 | |
| October | 122 | 86 to 218 | |
| November | 300 | 135 to 461 | |
| December | 285 | 206 to 363 |
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 77 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Grande near Cerro, NM (site 08263500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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