Clayton, NM: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 62.9°F in Clayton, NM (1 day missing), the warmest May since 2023, tied 23rd warmest of 114 (with 2013).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 62.9°F; Warmest since 2023; 23rd warmest of 114
Precipitation: 2.82 in; Wettest since 2025; 33rd wettest of 117

The mean temperature of every May in Clayton, NM since 1896: 62.9°F in 2026; the highest is 67°F, in 2018.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	62.9	23	77.4	28	47.8	33	2.82	33	1
2025	59.7	71	72.5	89	46.9	46	3.00	28	0
2024	62.4	30	77.3	30	47.6	35	1.31	76	0
2023	63	21	75.7	45	50.3	4	2.74	36	0
2022	64.1	12	79.9	12	48.2	28	1.18	80	0
2021	59.7	71	72	94	47.4	37	1.74	64	0
2020	64.1	12	79.8	13	48.4	24	0.87	89	0
2019	56.9	105	71.1	99	42.7	106	1.85	60	0
2018	67	1	83	1	51	1	1.65	67	0
2017	58.3	90	73.4	77	43.2	102	2.24	52	0
2016	59.4	79	74.2	63	44.7	79	1.10	83	0
2015	58.3	90	70.3	105	46.3	57	6.81	2	0
2014	63.6	14	78.1	20	49.2	17	1.30	77	0
2013	62.9	23	78.6	16	47.1	44	0.73	96	0
2012	65.7	4	80.5	10	50.9	2	0.13	114	0
2011	61.1	45	77.4	28	44.7	79	0.39	108	0
2010	61.4	41	76.6	40	46.3	57	2.69	38	0
2009	63.2	18	77.1	32	49.3	16	0.68	99	0
2008	62	35	77.9	22	46.1	60	0.48	105	0
2007	60.7	53	74.2	63	47.3	38	3.62	21	0
2006	65.3	8	80.6	9	49.9	7	0.66	100	0
2005	60.4	59	72.5	89	48.2	28	3.37	25	0
2004	65.6	5	81.2	6	50.1	6	0.43	107	0
2003	62.6	27	76.9	34	48.3	26	1.44	73	0
2002	63.2	18	79.3	15	47.2	42	0.06	116	0
2001	60.5	56	74.4	60	46.6	50	2.98	29	0
2000	65.8	3	82.2	2	49.4	10	0.90	87	0
1999	58.9	85	72.6	88	45.2	71	2.47	42	0
1998	65	9	80.5	10	49.4	10	0.37	110	0
1997	59.7	71	72.9	83	46.5	53	1.17	81	0
1992	59.8	68	72.4	93	47.3	38	1.74	64	0
1991	63	21	78	21	48.1	30	2.11	54	0
1990	58.7	87	72.9	83	44.5	82	1.25	78	0
1989	63.3	16	76.9	34	49.7	8	1.49	70	0
1988	59.5	77	73.5	75	45.6	67	3.41	24	0
1987	60.9	48	73.7	73	48.1	30	3.73	18	0
1986	60.2	64	74.4	60	46	63	3.87	16	0
1985	62.2	32	75.1	53	49.4	10	1.72	66	0
1984	61.7	39	76.4	43	47.1	44	0.75	94	0
1983	55.7	113	69.3	110	42.2	107	3.35	26	0
1982	59.2	81	72.9	83	45.6	67	2.32	48	0
1981	59.8	68	73.1	80	46.5	53	1.57	69	0
1980	57.1	104	69.9	108	44.3	87	2.70	37	0
1979	56.8	106	68.7	112	45	74	2.41	45	0
1978	58.3	90	71.5	97	45.1	72	3.63	20	0
1977	62.3	31	75.4	50	49.2	17	1.47	71	0
1976	57.6	99	70.8	102	44.3	87	2.39	47	0
1975	58.7	87	74	67	43.3	101	1.77	62	0
1974	65.4	6	81.5	4	49.4	10	0.27	113	0
1973	57.4	102	70.3	105	44.5	82	0.86	90	0
1972	59.9	66	73.8	70	46	63	2.60	40	0
1971	58.3	90	73.5	75	43.2	102	2.27	50	0
1970	61.9	36	77.1	32	46.8	47	0.69	98	0
1969	61.2	43	74.8	55	47.6	35	4.38	12	0
1968	57.5	100	71.1	99	43.8	94	0.75	94	0
1967	57.9	97	72.9	83	43	105	2.68	39	0
1966	60.8	50	76.7	39	45	74	0.79	93	0
1965	60.4	59	74.5	58	46.3	57	1.75	63	0
1964	62.7	25	78.2	18	47.2	42	0.88	88	0
1963	63.5	15	78.3	17	48.6	21	2.00	57	0
1962	64.9	10	81.7	3	48	32	1.34	75	0
1961	60.7	53	76.9	34	44.4	86	0.57	101	1
1960	61	46	77.5	27	44.5	82	0.49	104	0
1959	60.5	56	74.3	62	46.7	49	2.57	41	0
1958	62.6	27	75.7	45	49.4	10	3.83	17	0
1957	56.5	108	69.1	111	43.9	92	4.07	15	0
1956	64.7	11	80.7	7	48.8	20	2.87	32	0
1955	59.5	77	72.9	83	46	63	5.45	8	0
1954	57.5	100	70.5	103	44.5	82	5.59	7	0
1953	58.3	90	73.1	80	43.5	99	0.92	86	0
1952	59.6	75	74.2	63	45	74	0.72	97	0
1951	60.4	59	74.7	57	46.1	60	4.09	14	0
1950	59.6	75	76.9	34	42.2	107	0.80	92	0
1949	59.8	68	73.6	74	46.1	60	6.77	3	0
1948	60.3	63	74	67	46.6	50	4.37	13	0
1947	59.1	82	72.5	89	45.3	70	5.70	6	1
1946	56.6	107	69.9	108	43.2	102	0.38	109	1
1945	60.9	48	77.9	22	43.9	92	0.35	111	0
1944	60	65	73.3	79	46.6	50	5.07	9	0
1943	56.2	110	71.8	96	40.5	112	1.46	72	0
1942	59.9	66	75.6	47	44.2	89	0.34	112	1
1941	60.5	56	71.5	97	49.4	10	7.49	1	0
1940	61.4	41	75.5	49	47.3	38	1.40	74	0
1939	61.8	37	75.3	51	48.3	26	1.94	59	0
1938	59.7	71	75.6	47	43.8	94	0.81	91	0
1937	62.2	32	75.2	52	49.1	19	4.68	10	0
1936	61.8	37	73.8	70	49.5	9	2.41	45	2
1935	56.3	109	66.7	114	45.1	72	2.43	44	3
1934	65.4	6	80.7	7	50.2	5	0.46	106	1
1933	61.6	40	77.3	30	45.6	67	1.10	83	2
1932	62.6	27	76.9	34	48.5	22	1.04	85	3
1931	58.3	90	72.5	89	44	91	2.30	49	3
1930							2.95	30	22
1929	57.2	103	73.8	70	40.2	113	2.04	56	1
1928	58.8	86	73.9	69	43.6	96	6.53	5	0
1927							0.00	117	5
1926	59.1	82	73.4	77	44.9	77	2.79	34	1
1925	62.1	34	76.5	42	47.7	34	2.45	43	0
1924	56	111	70.3	105	41.5	111	1.17	81	1
1923	60.4	59	74.9	54	45.9	66	1.63	68	0
1922	61.2	43	75.9	44	46.4	55	3.60	22	1
1921	60.8	50	73.1	80	48.5	22	2.94	31	0
1920	59.4	79	74.1	66	44.7	79	2.18	53	0
1919	57.8	98	72	94	43.6	96	2.25	51	0
1918							2.78	35	4
1917	52.5	114	67.2	113	37.8	114	1.96	58	2
1916	61	46	77.8	26	44.2	89	0.54	102	0
1915	56	111	70.4	104	41.6	110	3.29	27	0
1914	58.7	87	70.9	101	46.4	55	6.74	4	2
1913	62.7	25	78.2	18	47.3	38	1.24	79	1
1911	63.1	20	77.9	22	48.4	24	3.66	19	0
1910	60.7	53	76.6	40	44.8	78	1.80	61	0
1909	58.3	90	74.5	58	42	109	3.52	23	0
1899	60.8	50	77.9	22	43.6	96	0.53	103	0
1898	59.1	82	74.8	55	43.5	99	2.07	55	0
1897	63.3	16	79.8	13	46.8	47	4.45	11	0
1896	66	2	81.5	4	50.6	3	0.12	115	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	67
1896	66
2000	65.8
2012	65.7
2004	65.6
1974	65.4
1934	65.4
2006	65.3
1998	65
1962	64.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	52.5
1983	55.7
1924	56
1915	56
1943	56.2
1935	56.3
1957	56.5
1946	56.6
1979	56.8
2019	56.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	7.49
2015	6.81
1949	6.77
1914	6.74
1928	6.53
1947	5.70
1954	5.59
1955	5.45
1944	5.07
1937	4.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	0.00
2002	0.06
1896	0.12
2012	0.13
1974	0.27
1942	0.34
1945	0.35
1998	0.37
1946	0.38
2011	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 7 May 2026, 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 29 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.82 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the wettest May since 2025, 33rd wettest of 117.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Clayton, NM: 93°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Clayton, NM: a low of 31°F on Thursday 7 May 2026 and Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Clayton, NM: 0.68 in on Friday 29 May 2026.