Clayton, NM: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 36.9°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest January since 2020, tied 32nd warmest of 111 (with 2019 and 2010).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 36.9°F; Warmest since 2020; 32nd warmest of 111
Precipitation: 0.77 in; Wettest since 2024; 12th wettest of 115

The mean temperature of every January in Clayton, NM since 1897: 36.9°F in 2026; the highest is 41.8°F, in 1914.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Clayton, NM from 1897 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	36.9	32	50.2	39	23.6	20	0.77	12	0
2025	29.5	100	43.1	97	15.8	101	0.33	38	0
2024	31	88	42.2	101	19.7	64	0.86	9	0
2023	34.3	60	46.5	72	22.1	40	0.19	57	0
2022	35.5	44	50.1	40	20.8	51	0.19	57	0
2021	35.1	49	48	62	22.2	39	0.30	42	0
2020	37	29	50.4	37	23.6	20	0.23	53	0
2019	36.9	32	50.8	34	23	29	0.40	26	0
2018	37.8	16	54.2	8	21.4	46	trace	98	0
2017	35.6	42	48.9	54	22.3	37	1.13	4	0
2016	37	29	50.6	36	23.4	25	0.28	46	0
2015	36.6	35	48.4	59	24.7	11	1.56	1	0
2014	35.4	46	50.7	35	20	60	0.11	70	0
2013	33.9	66	46.7	69	21.2	49	0.16	66	0
2012	39.7	7	53.5	12	25.9	6	0.05	84	0
2011	34.3	60	50.4	37	18.2	82	0.17	64	0
2010	36.9	32	51.3	28	22.5	34	0.32	41	0
2009	38.8	10	54	10	23.5	22	trace	98	0
2008	34.5	53	48.8	55	20.2	58	0.04	88	0
2007	28.1	104	37.6	109	18.6	78	0.34	36	0
2006	41	5	56.5	4	25.6	8	0.04	88	0
2005	37.2	22	49.4	52	25.1	9	0.96	6	0
2004	36.6	35	50	42	23.1	28	0.07	80	0
2003	39.5	8	52.9	17	26.2	4	trace	98	0
2002	36	39	49.5	51	22.5	34	0.15	67	0
2001	30.7	92	41.4	103	20	60	1.30	3	0
2000	37.6	17	51.7	24	23.5	22	0.35	34	0
1999	37.9	15	51.8	23	24.1	14	0.18	61	0
1998	38.1	14	52.1	21	24.1	14	trace	98	0
1997	32.4	79	44.3	89	20.5	52	0.04	88	0
1992	36.6	35	49.3	53	23.8	18	0.22	54	0
1991	32	82	44.1	90	19.5	67	0.38	30	1
1990	35.5	44	49.7	46	21.4	46	0.70	16	0
1989	37.3	20	52.8	18	21.8	43	0.18	61	0
1988	29.6	99	42.5	100	16.7	94	0.11	70	0
1987	34.2	63	46.3	76	22	41	0.47	21	0
1986	41.5	4	57.8	1	25.1	9	0.02	96	0
1985	29.5	100	41.3	105	17.6	89	0.43	23	0
1984	30.9	90	43.8	91	17.9	86	0.34	36	0
1983	35.4	46	48	62	22.7	31	0.78	11	0
1982	35.6	42	51.3	28	19.4	69	0.04	88	1
1981	38.2	13	52.6	19	23.9	16	0.07	80	0
1980	33.1	71	45.8	81	20.3	55	0.29	44	0
1979	23.3	111	34.7	111	11.8	109	0.74	13	0
1978	27.7	105	39.4	106	16	99	0.27	49	0
1977	29.9	97	44.9	84	15	103	0.20	55	0
1976	34.5	53	49.6	49	19.4	69	0.10	72	0
1975	32.9	74	46.3	76	19.5	67	0.39	29	0
1974	31.6	85	45.3	83	18	85	0.33	38	0
1973	31.6	85	43.1	97	20.1	59	0.42	24	0
1972	34.4	58	51.5	26	17.2	91	0.06	83	0
1971	34.2	63	49.6	49	18.7	75	0.13	68	0
1970	32.3	80	47.7	64	16.9	93	trace	98	0
1969	38.8	10	54.5	7	23.2	27	trace	98	0
1968	34.5	53	48.7	57	20.3	55	0.17	64	0
1967	37.1	28	53	14	21.2	49	0.07	80	0
1966	28.6	103	42	102	15.3	102	0.28	46	0
1965	38.6	12	53	14	24.2	12	0.10	72	0
1964	34.4	58	50	42	18.9	73	trace	98	0
1963	25.5	108	42.6	99	8.3	111	trace	98	0
1962	29.1	102	43.4	95	14.8	105	0.45	22	0
1961	34.5	53	50.1	40	18.9	73	0.04	88	0
1960	30.8	91	43.5	92	18.1	83	1.06	5	0
1959	29.7	98	43.5	92	15.9	100	0.72	14	0
1958	34.3	60	48.7	57	19.9	62	0.26	50	0
1957	32.2	81	46.8	68	17.6	89	0.20	55	0
1956	35.8	41	51.1	31	20.5	52	0.10	72	0
1955	33.4	68	47.6	65	19.1	71	0.03	94	0
1954	37	29	51.7	24	22.4	36	0.30	42	0
1953	41.7	2	57.3	2	26.2	4	0.08	78	0
1952	37.3	20	52	22	22.6	32	0.33	38	0
1951	30.6	94	44.7	86	16.5	95	0.84	10	0
1950	35.3	48	54.1	9	16.5	95	0.04	88	0
1949	26	107	38.1	107	14	106	0.52	20	0
1948	30.5	95	43.3	96	17.7	88	0.69	17	0
1947	32.7	76	46.7	69	18.7	75	0.26	50	0
1946	34.6	52	49.7	46	19.9	62	0.05	84	2
1945	33.4	68	46.5	72	20.3	55	0.93	7	0
1944	33.5	67	44.8	85	22.3	37	0.36	33	0
1943	34.5	53	48.3	60	20.4	54	0.05	84	1
1942	33.4	68	48.1	61	18.7	75	0.03	94	0
1941	35.1	49	46.4	75	23.9	16	0.37	32	0
1940	23.8	110	34.9	110	13.3	107	0.28	46	1
1939	34.9	51	46.3	76	23.5	22	1.49	2	3
1938	36	39	49.9	44	22	41	0.02	96	1
1937	24.6	109	38	108	11.2	110	0.10	72	2
1936	32	82	44.5	87	19	72	0.19	57	2
1935	40.5	6	53.2	13	27.8	1	0.71	15	0
1934	39.1	9	52.6	19	25.8	7	trace	98	2
1933	37.2	22	50.9	33	23.8	18	trace	98	1
1932	30.1	96	43.5	92	17.8	87	0.41	25	3
1931	37.2	22	51.2	30	23	29	0.00	113	2
1930							0.19	57	9
1929	30.7	92	46.5	72	14.9	104	trace	98	0
1928	37.2	22	54.7	6	19.7	64	0.00	113	0
1927	37.6	17	53.8	11	21.3	48	0.18	61	0
1926	33	72	47.3	66	18.6	78	0.05	84	0
1925	31.6	85	47	67	16.4	97	0.10	72	2
1924	32	82	46.1	80	18.4	81	0.13	68	1
1923	41.6	3	56.8	3	26.3	3	0.00	113	0
1922	31	88	45.6	82	16.4	97	0.08	78	0
1921	37.2	22	51.4	27	22.6	32	0.91	8	2
1920	37.2	22	53	14	21.5	44	trace	98	0
1919	32.6	78	46.6	71	18.5	80	trace	98	0
1918	27.2	106	41.4	103	13.1	108	0.60	19	0
1917	32.7	76	48.8	55	17	92	0.35	34	1
1916	34	65	49.9	44	18.1	83	0.67	18	0
1915	32.9	74	46.2	79	19.7	64	0.29	44	0
1914	41.8	1	55.8	5	27.8	1	0.26	50	0
1911							trace	98	31
1910	37.5	19	51	32	24.2	12	0.10	72	1
1909							trace	98	14
1899							0.40	26	6
1898	36.5	38	49.7	46	23.3	26	0.40	26	0
1897	33	72	44.5	87	21.5	44	0.38	30	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1914	41.8
1953	41.7
1923	41.6
1986	41.5
2006	41
1935	40.5
2012	39.7
2003	39.5
1934	39.1
2009	38.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	23.3
1940	23.8
1937	24.6
1963	25.5
1949	26
1918	27.2
1978	27.7
2007	28.1
1966	28.6
1962	29.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	1.56
1939	1.49
2001	1.30
2017	1.13
1960	1.06
2005	0.96
1945	0.93
1921	0.91
2024	0.86
1951	0.84

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	0.00
1928	0.00
1923	0.00
2018	trace
2009	trace
2003	trace
1998	trace
1970	trace
1969	trace
1964	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 1 January 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 9 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.77 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the wettest January since 2024, 12th wettest of 115.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Clayton, NM: 72°F on Thursday 1 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Clayton, NM: a low of -3°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Clayton, NM: 0.72 in on Friday 9 January 2026.