New Mexico Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities

New Mexico city precipitation totals
| City | Avg Annual Precip |
Avg Snow Annual |
Avg # days of Precip |
Avg # thunderstorm days |
Avg # hail days |
| Albuquerque | 9.47 | 11.3 | 61 | 38 | 2 |
| Clayton | 15.13 | 23.2 | 68 | 69 | 7 |
| Roswell | 13.34 | 11.9 | 56 | 38 | 2 |
| State Average - 14.63", 46th wettest in the U.S. | |||||
New Mexico Precipitation Records
Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Newcomb, southwestern New Mexico, 5.96" Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Cloudcroft, southern New Mexico, 28.19" Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Red River, northern New Mexico, 164.9" State precipitation record for 24 hours - Lake Maloya, northern New Mexico,5/19/1955, 11.28" State precipitation record for 1 year - White Tail, southern New Mexico, 1941, 62.45" State snowfall record for 24 hours - Dulce, northern New Mexico, 11/22/1931, 36.0" State snow record for 1 season - Anchor Mine, northern New Mexico, 1911,1912, 483.0"Average annual snowfall in New Mexico ranges from about 3 inches at the Southern Desert and Southeastern Plains stations to well over 100 inches at Northern Mountain stations. Totals can exceed 300 inches in the highest mountains of the north On February 4, 1989, a powerful winter storm produced up to 84 inches at the ski resorts of northern New Mexico in just three daysPrecipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center