What is the hottest month in Clayton?

July is the warmest month in Clayton, with an average high of 90.0°F.

What is the coldest month in Clayton?

January is the coldest month in Clayton, with an average low of 21.4°F.

What month does Clayton get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Clayton, with about 3.08 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Clayton in?

Clayton is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Clayton changed recently?

19.4% of Clayton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Clayton, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CLAYTON MUNI AIR PK, NM US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Clayton has an annual average temperature of 54.3°F with about 16.1 inches of precipitation per year and 22.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.08 in) and February the driest (0.30 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing

40.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,647

HDD/yr

Cooling need

783

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Clayton

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

71 of 366 (19.4%) of Clayton's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		24
1900s		1
1910s		26
1920s		53
1930s		25
1940s		17
1950s		17
1960s		13
1970s		16
1980s		23
1990s		12
2000s		44
2010s		59
2020s		36

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	49.5°F	21.4°F	35.5°F	0.33 in	3.7 in	3
February	52.0°F	23.0°F	37.5°F	0.30 in	2.7 in	3
March	60.0°F	29.8°F	44.9°F	0.91 in	3.4 in	5
April	67.3°F	36.8°F	52.0°F	1.12 in	1.3 in	6
May	76.4°F	46.6°F	61.5°F	1.85 in	0.5 in	7
June	86.4°F	56.1°F	71.2°F	1.97 in	—	7
July	90.0°F	60.8°F	75.4°F	2.81 in	—	10
August	86.6°F	59.7°F	73.1°F	3.08 in	—	9
September	80.3°F	52.5°F	66.4°F	1.75 in	—	6
October	69.1°F	40.3°F	54.7°F	1.13 in	1.2 in	4
November	57.7°F	29.7°F	43.7°F	0.45 in	2.7 in	3
December	48.6°F	22.0°F	35.3°F	0.42 in	6.8 in	4