Clayton, NM: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 45.4°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest December since 1896 (1900 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1902 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 12 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 115.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 45.4°F; Warmest since 1896; 2nd warmest of 115
Precipitation: 0.14 in; Driest since 2024; 43rd driest of 115

A normal December in Clayton, NM (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36°F, between 31.9°F and 38.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.31 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 0.82 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Clayton, NM since 1896: 45.4°F in 2025; the highest is 45.5°F, in 1896.

Normal range, 31.9 to 38.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Clayton, NM from 1896 to 2025, 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
2025	45.4	2	61.2	2	29.7	1	0.14	73	0
2024	42.2	7	56.4	8	28.1	5	trace	105	0
2023	39.8	11	52.2	31	27.3	8	0.99	10	0
2022	35.2	59	50.6	44	19.7	87	0.05	92	0
2021	43.1	4	58.6	4	27.6	7	trace	105	0
2020	36	54	48.9	63	23.2	39	0.27	52	0
2019	38.5	20	52.7	26	24.2	21	0.42	37	0
2018	34.9	63	48.3	68	21.3	69	0.44	35	2
2017	36.4	47	51.6	35	21.3	69	trace	105	0
2016	34.6	72	50.4	46	19.5	88	0.21	61	1
2015	37	39	49.7	55	24.2	21	0.61	24	0
2014	36	54	48.6	64	23.5	33	0.50	31	0
2013	34.6	72	47.5	74	21.7	60	0.09	83	0
2012	37.5	30	51.5	36	23.5	33	0.62	22	0
2011	30.1	107	40.4	114	19.8	84	1.74	3	0
2010	41.2	8	53.6	19	28.8	2	0.32	48	0
2009	31.1	100	44.1	96	18.2	98	0.10	78	0
2008	36.5	45	51	40	21.9	57	0.05	92	0
2007	33.7	80	45.6	91	21.7	60	0.34	46	0
2006	34.7	70	46.4	83	23.1	40	2.54	1	0
2005	36.2	49	50.4	46	22.1	54	trace	105	0
2004	38.1	23	52.3	30	23.8	30	0.31	49	0
2003	38.9	15	52.8	25	24.9	16	0.19	67	0
2002	34	78	43.8	99	24.2	21	0.75	14	0
2001	36.8	42	49.8	53	23.9	28	0.06	90	0
2000	32.9	86	45.7	89	20	80	0.01	104	0
1999	37.3	35	49.9	50	24.6	18	0.17	68	0
1998	34.8	66	48.3	68	21.4	66	0.10	78	0
1997	31.9	95	41.2	110	22.6	46	0.37	44	0
1996	35.9	56	49.8	53	22	55	0.03	98	0
1992	31.8	98	43.4	102	20.2	77	0.45	33	0
1991	36.1	52	47.3	77	25	14	0.92	11	0
1990	29.4	110	44.3	95	14.5	113	0.24	55	0
1989	30	108	43.3	104	16.7	111	0.59	25	0
1988	35.5	58	50.1	48	20.8	74	0.07	88	0
1987	32.7	87	45.4	92	20.1	79	0.80	13	0
1986	34.9	63	47.2	78	22.5	51	0.16	71	0
1985	32.6	88	46.2	85	19	91	0.04	95	0
1984	37.1	38	49	61	25.3	13	0.41	39	0
1983	23.7	115	35.8	115	11.5	116	0.45	33	0
1982	33.6	82	45.7	89	21.5	64	0.56	26	0
1981	37.2	36	51.7	34	22.6	46	0.24	55	0
1980	42.8	5	57.7	6	27.9	6	0.24	55	0
1979	37.8	27	52.7	26	22.9	43	0.30	50	0
1978	29.3	111	41.7	107	17	107	0.39	40	0
1977	38.8	16	53.8	18	23.7	32	0.08	85	0
1976	36.2	49	50.7	42	21.7	60	0.03	98	0
1975	38.6	18	52.4	29	24.9	16	0.06	90	0
1974	32.1	91	45.8	88	18.4	97	0.13	74	0
1973	34.8	66	49	61	20.7	75	0.74	15	0
1972	31.9	95	44	98	19.8	84	0.17	68	0
1971	34.8	66	46.1	86	23.5	33	0.52	29	0
1970	37.7	28	53.6	19	21.9	57	trace	105	0
1969	36.1	52	49.9	50	22.2	53	0.64	20	0
1968	33.5	84	49.2	59	17.8	101	0.20	63	0
1967	30.3	106	41.6	108	19	91	0.33	47	0
1966	32.1	91	46.7	81	17.5	102	0.17	68	0
1965	38.6	18	51.5	36	25.7	12	0.70	16	0
1964	34.8	66	48.3	68	21.4	66	0.23	58	0
1963	31.9	95	46.9	79	16.8	110	0.08	85	0
1962	38	24	53.3	22	22.6	46	0.12	76	1
1961	32	94	45.1	93	19	91	0.10	78	0
1960	32.4	90	43.1	105	21.6	63	1.10	8	0
1959	37	39	50	49	23.9	28	0.68	19	0
1958	36.4	47	51.5	36	21.3	69	0.64	20	0
1957	40.3	10	56.4	8	24.1	25	0.00	114	0
1956	38.4	21	54.3	14	22.6	46	trace	105	0
1955	39.6	12	55.5	10	23.8	30	0.15	72	0
1954	38	24	53	24	23.1	40	0.04	95	0
1953	32.5	89	46.1	86	18.9	94	0.38	42	0
1952	34.6	72	47.9	73	21.2	72	0.25	53	0
1951	34.4	75	49.9	50	18.8	95	0.10	78	0
1950	38	24	54	17	22	55	0.20	63	0
1949	33.7	80	49.3	57	18.2	98	0.20	63	0
1948	37.4	32	52.1	32	22.7	44	0.02	103	0
1947	33.4	85	44.1	96	22.7	44	1.07	9	0
1946	40.7	9	55.3	11	26.1	10	0.05	92	0
1945	35.7	57	54.5	13	16.9	108			0
1944	34.3	76	46.9	79	21.4	66	0.51	30	1
1943	30.8	105	40.7	112	20.9	73	0.70	16	0
1942	37.4	32	51.3	39	23.5	33	0.25	53	0
1941	37.7	28	51.9	33	23.5	33	0.04	95	0
1940	37	39	48.2	71	25.8	11	0.46	32	0
1939	39.1	14	53.1	23	25	14	1.44	5	0
1938	36.8	42	49.2	59	24.4	20	0.44	35	0
1937	35.1	60	47.5	74	22.6	46	0.39	40	0
1936	36.8	42	50.6	44	23.1	40	0.21	61	0
1935	34.9	63	46.5	82	23.4	38	0.22	59	0
1934	37.4	32	50.8	41	24	26	0.03	98	0
1933	44.7	3	60.5	3	28.8	2	trace	105	3
1932					16.9	108	0.62	22	5
1931	36.5	45	48.6	64	24.6	18	0.36	45	2
1930	35	62	48.1	72	21.9	57	0.10	78	0
1929	38.4	21	57.4	7	19.9	82	0.08	85	1
1928	34.7	70	49.7	55	19.8	84	0.54	27	0
1927	29.2	112	43.7	100	14.2	114	trace	105	2
1926	33.6	82	48.4	67	18.7	96	0.54	27	0
1925	33.8	79	47.5	74	20	80	0.20	63	0
1924	29.2	112	43.4	102	15	112	0.38	42	0
1923	31.1	100	41.6	108	20.5	76	1.48	4	0
1922	39.2	13	54.7	12	24	26	0.12	76	1
1921	42.5	6	58	5	27.1	9	0.07	88	0
1920	35.1	60	50.7	42	19.5	88	0.09	83	0
1919	36.2	49	54.1	16	18.2	98	0.03	98	0
1918	32.1	91	44.4	94	19.9	82	1.36	6	0
1917	37.2	36	54.2	15	20.2	77	0.03	98	1
1916	31.6	99	46.3	84	17.2	105	0.13	74	1
1915	37.5	30	52.7	26	22.3	52	0.00	114	3
1914	29.1	114	40.9	111	17.3	104	0.42	37	0
1913	31	102	40.5	113	21.5	64	2.06	2	0
1910	38.8	16	53.4	21	24.2	21	trace	105	0
1909	29.9	109	42.4	106	17.1	106	0.70	16	1
1899	30.9	103	48.6	64	13.1	115	0.30	50	0
1898	30.9	103	43.7	100	17.5	102	0.85	12	2
1897	34.2	77	49.3	57	19.1	90	1.15	7	0
1896	45.5	1	62.8	1	28.2	4	0.22	59	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1896	45.5
2025	45.4
1933	44.7
2021	43.1
1980	42.8
1921	42.5
2024	42.2
2010	41.2
1946	40.7
1957	40.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	23.7
1914	29.1
1927	29.2
1924	29.2
1978	29.3
1990	29.4
1909	29.9
1989	30
2011	30.1
1967	30.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2006	2.54
1913	2.06
2011	1.74
1923	1.48
1939	1.44
1918	1.36
1897	1.15
1960	1.10
1947	1.07
2023	0.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	0.00
1915	0.00
2024	trace
2021	trace
2017	trace
2005	trace
1970	trace
1956	trace
1933	trace
1927	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 11 December 2025
Coldest night: 16°F; 29 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.13 in; 3 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 0.14 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the driest December since 2024, 43rd driest of 115.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Clayton, NM: 82°F on Thursday 11 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Clayton, NM: a low of 16°F on Monday 29 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Clayton, NM: 0.13 in on Wednesday 3 December 2025.