About this river
Rio Grande is a 25.0 mile river near Walking on Water Adventures in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Grande at Albuquerque, NM (site 08330000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Rio Grande typically runs highest in May, at a median 2,450 cfs, and lowest in October, at 353 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,650 cfs, in 1985.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 667 | 527 to 925 | |
| February | 713 | 560 to 905 | |
| March | 797 | 559 to 1,230 | |
| April | 1,170 | 572 to 2,640 | |
| May | 2,450 | 791 to 4,310 | |
| June | 1,165 | 662 to 3,650 | |
| July | 588 | 414 to 894 | |
| August | 489 | 333 to 734 | |
| September | 388 | 174 to 618 | |
| October | 353 | 159 to 550 | |
| November | 764 | 487 to 1,160 | |
| December | 820 | 594 to 1,120 |
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 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Grande at Albuquerque, NM (site 08330000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Embed this gauge on your site
Paste this snippet anywhere, an outfitter page, a club site, a trip report, to show Rio Grande's live streamflow, water level and 7-day trend. It reads the USGS gauge directly, updates itself, and links back here.
See every free widget you can put on your site, including live conditions and a 7 day forecast.
