Clayton, NM: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 55.8°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest March on record, in 110 years since 1896 (1898 excluded: 10 of 31 days missing; 1900 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 18 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 55.8°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 110, provisional
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 1943; 4th driest of 116

The mean temperature of every March in Clayton, NM since 1896: 55.8°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	55.8	1	73.2	1	38.4	1	trace	108	0
2025	49.1	9	64.4	13	33.8	10	0.41	58	0
2024	45.8	29	59.3	42	32.3	13	0.32	66	0
2023	42.8	59	57.3	62	28.3	59	0.14	86	0
2022	43.4	52	58.6	49	28.3	59	0.29	69	0
2021	44.1	44	58.6	49	29.5	46	2.25	9	0
2020	48.3	14	62.8	21	33.9	9	0.27	71	0
2019	41.3	75	55.4	83	27.1	70	2.33	6	0
2018	46.4	26	63.2	20	29.6	45	0.07	97	0
2017	51.4	3	67.4	5	35.3	3	0.80	35	0
2016	48	16	63.7	17	32.2	15	0.19	79	0
2015	48.4	12	62.2	25	34.5	6	0.41	58	0
2014	46.2	27	62.5	23	29.1	49	0.02	105	1
2013	45.3	33	60.8	33	29.7	43	0.25	74	0
2012	51.3	4	67.3	6	35.4	2	0.27	71	0
2011	48	16	64.4	13	31.6	20	0.07	97	0
2010	45.2	34	58.1	58	32.3	13	3.12	2	0
2009	46.8	25	62.8	21	30.8	28	0.71	41	0
2008	44.6	38	59.4	41	29.9	40	1.73	12	0
2007	49.6	5	64.4	13	34.9	4	1.60	14	0
2006	44	45	58.2	57	29.7	43	0.40	61	0
2005	41.7	68	54.6	90	28.8	53	0.98	26	0
2004	49.3	8	64	16	34.5	6	0.63	44	0
2003	45.4	31	59.6	39	30.7	30	0.89	29	1
2002	41.7	68	58.8	47	24.5	95	0.03	103	0
2001	41.9	65	53.3	98	30.5	32	0.79	36	0
2000	44.3	41	56.7	68	32	18	2.67	4	0
1999	43.5	49	57.1	65	30	38	0.43	56	0
1998	40.3	87	53.5	97	27.1	70	1.51	18	0
1997	46.9	22	63.3	19	30.5	32	0.18	80	0
1992	45.6	30	60.7	34	30.6	31	0.75	38	0
1991	43.8	47	58.3	55	29.3	48	1.15	25	0
1990	43.1	54	55.8	81	30.4	34	0.41	58	0
1989	48.9	10	67.6	3	30.3	35	0.03	103	0
1988	41.4	74	56.8	67	26	83	0.56	47	0
1987	41.3	75	55.1	89	27.5	66	0.86	31	0
1986	49.6	5	64.7	9	34.5	6	0.11	90	0
1985							0.16	82	29
1984	40.1	91	53.8	96	26.5	78	1.36	20	0
1983	42.1	63	54.3	94	29.9	40	0.72	39	0
1982	43.3	53	57.5	60	29.1	49	0.20	77	0
1981	43.9	46	56.3	74	31.5	22	1.27	23	0
1980	40.7	85	55.5	82	25.9	85	0.79	36	0
1979	43.5	49	56.1	77	30.9	26	0.86	31	0
1978	44.6	38	58.9	46	30.3	35	0.09	93	0
1977	42.4	61	57.6	59	27.2	67	0.15	85	0
1976	41.6	70	56.2	75	27	72	0.13	88	0
1975	40.8	84	55.3	86	26.3	80	0.14	86	0
1974	48.7	11	65	8	31.7	19	0.24	75	1
1973	41	78	52.8	101	29.1	49	2.29	8	0
1972	48.3	14	65.2	7	31.5	22	0.44	54	0
1971	42.6	60	60.4	36	24.8	93	0.38	64	0
1970	36.5	104	50.9	104	22	109	0.83	33	0
1969	33.3	108	46	109	20.6	113	1.48	19	0
1968	43	55	57.2	63	28.8	53	0.66	42	0
1967	47.4	21	64.7	9	30	38	0.09	93	0
1966	45.4	31	61.9	26	28.8	53	0.01	107	0
1965	33.7	107	47.6	107	19.7	114	0.28	70	0
1964	38.5	101	54.5	92	22.6	106	0.08	96	0
1963	44.2	43	60.1	38	28.4	58	0.09	93	0
1962	40	93	56.2	75	23.9	99	0.18	80	0
1961	41.8	66	55.4	83	28.2	61	0.55	48	0
1960	41	78	56.7	68	25.3	88	0.32	66	0
1959	40.2	89	56.4	73	24.1	98	1.57	15	0
1958	32.8	110	42.1	111	23.4	103	1.81	11	0
1957	40.1	91	52.5	102	27.8	63	2.30	7	0
1956	43.5	49	61.2	31	25.8	86	0.16	82	0
1955	41.6	70	58.4	53	24.7	94	0.06	99	0
1954	40.2	89	55.2	88	25.3	88	0.35	65	0
1953	46	28	61.3	30	30.8	28	0.42	57	0
1952	38.4	103	53.2	99	23.5	100	0.46	52	0
1951	39.4	97	56	78	22.8	105	0.49	51	0
1950	40.3	87	58.4	53	22.3	108	0.04	102	0
1949	43	55	58.6	49	27.2	67	0.95	27	2
1948	34.2	106	47.4	108	21	112	1.18	24	0
1947	38.5	101	52	103	25.1	91	0.39	62	0
1946	46.9	22	61.7	28	32.1	17	0.93	28	0
1945	44.8	35	61.6	29	27.9	62	0.32	66	0
1944	39.7	95	55.9	80	23.5	100	0.05	100	0
1943	39.9	94	56.9	66	22.9	104	trace	108	2
1942	40.5	86	54.6	90	26.4	79	1.36	20	0
1941	38.6	100	49.5	105	27.8	63	2.66	5	0
1940	44.7	36	59.1	45	30.3	35	0.44	54	0
1939	43.6	48	58.3	55	28.9	52	0.46	52	0
1938	48	16	62.5	23	33.5	11	0.52	50	0
1937	40.9	82	54.5	92	27.2	67	0.65	43	0
1936	44.7	36	59.5	40	29.8	42	0.00	114	0
1935	46.9	22	61	32	32.7	12	0.05	100	0
1934			61.9	26	29.5	46	trace	108	4
1933					31.5	22	trace	108	5
1932					23.5	100	0.39	62	4
1931					26.6	77	0.61	45	4
1930	40.9	82	56.6	71	25.1	91	0.54	49	0
1929	42	64	58.5	52	25.6	87	1.68	13	0
1928	44.3	41	60.7	34	27.8	63	1.54	16	0
1927	41	78	56.7	68	25.2	90	0.20	77	0
1926	39.5	96	53	100	26	83	1.32	22	0
1925	48.4	12	64.6	11	32.2	15	0.02	105	0
1924	33.3	108	45	110	21.6	110	1.53	17	0
1923	39.1	98	54	95	24.2	97	0.83	33	0
1922	42.2	62	57.4	61	27	72	0.88	30	0
1921	47.7	19	64.5	12	30.9	26	0.12	89	0
1920	41.6	70	58.8	47	24.5	95	0.10	91	0
1919	41.3	75	56.5	72	26.2	81	4.04	1	1
1918	47.5	20	63.6	18	31.5	22	3.05	3	1
1917	38.8	99	56	78	21.5	111	0.57	46	3
1916	49.6	5	67.5	4	31.6	20	0.27	71	2
1915	35.3	105	48.2	106	22.4	107	0.72	39	2
1914	43	55	59.2	43	26.8	74	0.16	82	2
1913	41.6	70	57.2	63	26.1	82	0.10	91	0
1911							trace	108	31
1910	52.5	2	70.3	2	34.6	5	0.00	114	1
1909	41	78	55.3	86	26.8	74	2.05	10	0
1899	41.8	66	55.4	83	28.6	56			2
1898							trace	108	10
1897	43	55	59.2	43	26.7	76	0.00	114	0
1896	44.4	40	60.3	37	28.5	57	0.23	76	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	55.8
1910	52.5
2017	51.4
2012	51.3
2007	49.6
1986	49.6
1916	49.6
2004	49.3
2025	49.1
1989	48.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	32.8
1969	33.3
1924	33.3
1965	33.7
1948	34.2
1915	35.3
1970	36.5
1952	38.4
1964	38.5
1947	38.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	4.04
2010	3.12
1918	3.05
2000	2.67
1941	2.66
2019	2.33
1957	2.30
1973	2.29
2021	2.25
1909	2.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	0.00
1910	0.00
1897	0.00
2026	trace
1943	trace
1934	trace
1933	trace
1911	trace
1898	trace
1966	0.01

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 26 March 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the driest March since 1943 (1993 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1994 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1995 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1 more year excluded for missing days), tied 4th driest of 116 (with 1943, 1934, 1933 and 2 other years).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Clayton, NM: 94°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Clayton, NM: a low of 11°F on Monday 16 March 2026.