Clayton, NM: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.3°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest August on record, in 115 years since 1896 (1900 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1902 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 13 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.3°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 115, provisional
Precipitation: 2.35 in; Wettest since 2025; 52nd wettest of 117

A normal August in Clayton, NM (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74°F, between 70°F and 77.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.80 in of precipitation, between 1.16 in and 5.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Clayton, NM since 1896: 79.3°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 70 to 77.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Clayton, NM from 1896 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	79.3	1	94.5	1	64.2	2	2.35	52	0
2025	74.8	27	88.2	33	61.3	20	3.60	22	0
2024	76.6	9	90.5	14	62.8	5	2.22	59	0
2023	76.4	11	90.4	16	62.4	9	1.18	95	0
2022	73.3	52	85.7	71	60.9	31	1.69	78	0
2021	75	24	88.9	27	61.1	25	0.81	104	0
2020	75.5	18	91.6	7	59.5	56	0.63	108	0
2019	75.6	15	90.7	11	60.5	38	3.28	29	0
2018	72.6	66	86.4	63	58.8	71	3.90	18	0
2017	69	108	81.1	112	56.8	99	2.60	42	0
2016	71.7	82	84.3	90	59.1	65	6.50	1	0
2015	74	37	87.1	49	61	29	3.95	15	0
2014	75.3	19	89	25	61.6	14	2.02	68	0
2013	75.1	22	88.6	30	61.5	17	2.80	36	0
2012	75.9	14	90.3	18	61.5	17	0.97	99	0
2011	79.2	2	93.3	2	65.1	1	1.57	81	0
2010	77.9	4	92.5	5	63.4	3	1.29	92	0
2009	74.9	26	89.4	23	60.5	38	1.52	82	0
2008	73.4	47	85.6	72	61.1	25	5.03	10	0
2007	78.3	3	93.2	4	63.4	3	0.57	109	0
2006	72.4	69	83.7	99	61.1	25	4.05	14	0
2005	72.3	72	84.9	80	59.7	51	3.91	17	0
2004	68.8	110	80.8	114	56.7	101	4.08	13	0
2003	75.6	15	89.2	24	62.1	11	1.43	86	0
2002	75.2	21	88.7	29	61.6	14	1.48	83	0
2001	74.1	33	88	38	60.2	43	1.66	79	0
2000	77.1	7	91.5	8	62.8	5	1.31	90	0
1999	73.9	39	86.3	65	61.5	17	2.07	66	0
1998	72.1	77	84.7	82	59.4	59	3.36	26	0
1997	72.5	67	84.6	85	60.4	42	5.24	8	0
1996	70.1	100	81.3	110	59	67	4.30	11	0
1992	69.9	102	82.8	104	56.9	98	3.56	24	0
1991	71.4	88	83.3	102	59.4	59	5.83	3	0
1990	71.2	90	83.8	97	58.6	75	3.65	20	0
1989	71.7	82	84.5	87	58.9	68	2.42	49	0
1988	73.4	47	86.8	55	59.9	49	1.76	77	0
1987	70.9	94	83.1	103	58.6	75	2.64	38	0
1986	71.5	87	84.6	85	58.5	78	5.70	5	0
1985	73.5	43	87.8	43	59.1	65	1.78	75	1
1984	72.3	72	84.7	82	59.8	50	3.95	15	0
1983	76.5	10	91	9	61.9	12	0.28	115	0
1982	72.9	61	84.5	87	61.3	20	2.09	62	0
1981	70.4	98	81.5	109	59.3	62	5.73	4	0
1980	74.1	33	87.7	44	60.5	38	1.25	94	0
1979	70.1	100	83.9	95	56.4	104	1.01	98	0
1978	71.6	86	85.2	76	58	85	1.41	87	0
1977	72.9	61	85.2	76	60.6	36	2.44	47	0
1976	72.4	69	86.2	66	58.5	78	1.04	96	0
1975	73.1	56	87.4	45	58.9	68	2.06	67	0
1974	68.6	113	80.7	115	56.4	104	2.45	46	0
1973	73.5	43	88.5	31	58.5	78	1.31	90	0
1972	69.8	103	81.8	108	57.7	90	3.33	28	0
1971	69.3	105	81.2	111	57.3	96	2.49	44	0
1970	73.4	47	87.2	47	59.6	54	1.97	71	0
1969	73.9	39	86.5	61	61.3	20	5.17	9	0
1968	71.2	90	84.8	81	57.6	91	2.12	61	0
1967	69	108	82	107	56	106	2.25	57	0
1966	68.8	110	81	113	56.6	103	3.21	31	0
1965	70.9	94	84.1	93	57.6	91	3.64	21	0
1964	73.4	47	87	51	59.7	51	2.32	54	0
1963	73	58	85	78	60.9	31	5.60	6	0
1962	75	24	90.5	14	59.4	59	0.54	110	0
1961	71.7	82	84.5	87	58.9	68	2.59	43	0
1960	73.3	52	87.9	42	58.8	71	1.38	88	0
1959	73.1	56	86	69	60.2	43	3.88	19	0
1958	74.5	29	88.2	33	60.8	33	0.83	103	0
1957	72.4	69	85.3	75	59.5	56	3.34	27	0
1956	72.3	72	86.5	61	58	85	3.01	34	0
1955	73.2	54	86.7	58	59.7	51	1.46	84	0
1954	73.7	41	87.2	47	60.1	46	2.32	54	0
1953	71.4	88	84.7	82	58	85	2.73	37	0
1952	75.3	19	89.5	22	61.2	23	3.41	25	0
1951	73	58	86.8	55	59.3	62	2.24	58	0
1950	69.2	107	83.8	97	54.6	110	1.29	92	0
1949	71.7	82	85.9	70	57.5	94	1.04	96	0
1948	73.5	43	87.4	45	59.5	56	2.36	51	1
1947	74.4	30	88	38	60.7	35	0.97	99	1
1946							3.57	23	4
1945	74.1	33	88	38	60.2	43	2.47	45	0
1944	73.2	54	86.9	53	59.6	54	5.45	7	0
1942	70.6	97	83.9	95	57.3	96	2.44	47	0
1941	71.9	79	85	78	58.8	71	3.26	30	1
1940	71.2	90	84.3	90	58.1	83	2.09	62	0
1939	72.3	72	87	51	57.5	94	1.37	89	0
1938	76.3	12	90.9	10	61.6	14	0.50	112	0
1937	77.5	5	92.3	6	62.6	8	0.30	114	0
1936	76.7	8	90.7	11	62.7	7	0.18	116	0
1935	73.6	42	86.2	66	60.8	33	0.75	105	2
1934	76.3	12	90.3	18	62.4	9	1.77	76	0
1933	72.5	67	84.3	90	60.6	36	2.17	60	1
1932	73.4	47	86.7	58	60	48	0.75	105	0
1931	71.2	90	84.1	93	58.4	82	2.61	41	1
1930	74.1	33	88.2	33	60.1	46	0.66	107	1
1929	70.9	94	88	38	53.9	112	2.09	62	0
1928	69.7	104	86.4	63	53	115	2.09	62	0
1927	67.9	115	82.5	105	53.3	114	5.85	2	0
1926	72.7	63	90.6	13	54.9	108	3.10	32	0
1925	69.3	105	83.7	99	54.9	108	1.85	73	0
1924	74	37	89.9	21	58	85	2.33	53	0
1923	72.1	77	85.4	73	58.6	75	2.89	35	1
1922	77.5	5	93.3	2	61.7	13	0.53	111	0
1921	72.7	63	86.2	66	59.2	64	1.45	85	0
1920	68.7	112	83.4	101	54	111	0.91	101	0
1919	72.2	76	86.9	53	57.6	91	2.64	38	0
1918	71.9	79	87.1	49	56.7	101	2.64	38	0
1917	70.4	98	85.4	73	55.3	107	4.23	12	2
1916							2.42	49	6
1915	68.1	114	82.3	106	53.9	112	1.98	69	0
1914	71.8	81	86.8	55	56.8	99	0.85	102	0
1913	74.4	30	90.4	16	58.5	78	1.86	72	3
1911	73.5	43	88.9	27	58.1	83	3.03	33	0
1910	73	58	88.1	36	58	85	1.98	69	0
1909	74.3	32	88.1	36	60.5	38	1.58	80	0
1899	74.8	27	88.5	31	61.2	23	0.00	117	0
1898	75.1	22	89	25	61.1	25	2.30	56	0
1897	72.7	63	86.7	58	58.8	71	1.79	74	0
1896	75.6	15	90.2	20	61	29	0.45	113	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	79.3
2011	79.2
2007	78.3
2010	77.9
1937	77.5
1922	77.5
2000	77.1
1936	76.7
2024	76.6
1983	76.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	67.9
1915	68.1
1974	68.6
1920	68.7
2004	68.8
1966	68.8
2017	69
1967	69
1950	69.2
1971	69.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	6.50
1927	5.85
1991	5.83
1981	5.73
1986	5.70
1963	5.60
1944	5.45
1997	5.24
1969	5.17
2008	5.03

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	0.00
1936	0.18
1983	0.28
1937	0.30
1896	0.45
1938	0.50
1922	0.53
1962	0.54
2007	0.57
2020	0.63

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 3 August 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 5 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.32 in; 16 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 2.35 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the wettest August since 2025, 52nd wettest of 117.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Clayton, NM: 101°F on Monday 3 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Clayton, NM: a low of 56°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Clayton, NM: 1.32 in on Sunday 16 August 2026.