All-time weather records — Clayton, NM

Record high
105.1°F
June 27, 1924
Record low
-20.9°F
January 4, 1959
Wettest day
6.20 in
April 30, 1914

Climate change signal in Clayton

19.4%

of Clayton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (71 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
24
16
1900s
1
3
1910s
26
63
1920s
53
66
1930s
25
22
1940s
17
33
1950s
17
41
1960s
13
35
1970s
16
23
1980s
23
24
1990s
12
10
2000s
44
5
2010s
59
12
2020s
36
13

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 10, 1990 -20.9°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.43 in — Jan 8, 1939
February 82.9°F — Feb 3, 2025 -18.0°F — Feb 11, 1899 4.09 in — Feb 16, 1931
March 93.9°F — Mar 26, 2026 -11.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.20 in — Mar 21, 1918
April 91.9°F — Apr 24, 2012 7.0°F — Apr 4, 1920 6.20 in — Apr 30, 1914
May 99.0°F — May 27, 1896 19.9°F — May 7, 1917 4.67 in — May 16, 1954
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1924 30.9°F — Jun 2, 1919 2.48 in — Jun 17, 1966
July 105.1°F — Jul 30, 1934 39.9°F — Jul 9, 1943 4.03 in — Jul 18, 1899
August 102.0°F — Aug 3, 1944 42.1°F — Aug 23, 1910 4.06 in — Aug 10, 1963
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1985 3.74 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 2000 6.3°F — Oct 30, 2019 3.66 in — Oct 17, 1965
November 86.0°F — Nov 8, 2006 -9.9°F — Nov 27, 1976 1.75 in — Nov 20, 1899
December 91.9°F — Dec 26, 1917 -14.1°F — Dec 21, 1983 1.50 in — Dec 29, 2006

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Clayton.