Clayton, NM: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 77.3°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest summer since 2011, 2nd warmest of 114.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 77.3°F; Warmest since 2011; 2nd warmest of 114
Precipitation: 4.39 in; Driest since 2012; 20th driest of 116

A normal summer in Clayton, NM (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.2°F, between 71.8°F and 76.3°F in eight years of ten and 6.74 in of precipitation, between 4.17 in and 11.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Clayton, NM since 1896: 77.3°F in 2026; the highest is 78.6°F, in 2011.

Normal range, 71.8 to 76.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	77.3	2	92.3	2	62.3	4	4.39	97	0
2025	73.4	39	86.5	60	60.2	18	10.65	16	0
2024	75.9	6	90	7	61.8	5	5.39	79	0
2023	73.6	36	87.2	50	60	25	9.24	24	0
2022	74.5	18	87.8	37	61.3	8	7.56	37	0
2021	74.3	23	88.2	31	60.4	17	4.75	89	0
2020	75.1	10	90.8	6	59.5	35	7.54	38	0
2019	74.1	30	89.3	14	58.8	48	6.37	63	0
2018	73.8	33	88.5	27	59	43	9.63	22	0
2017	72.1	65	86.4	62	57.8	76	7.17	45	0
2016	74.7	12	89.4	12	59.9	29	12.12	6	0
2015	74.2	26	87.4	44	61	12	12.75	4	0
2014	74.5	18	88	34	61	12	6.74	56	0
2013	75.4	8	89.3	14	61.6	7	6.33	65	0
2012	77.1	4	91.8	3	62.4	3	2.77	113	0
2011	78.6	1	93.6	1	63.6	1	5.07	83	0
2010	77.2	3	91.2	5	63.1	2	6.04	71	0
2009	74.7	12	89.2	17	60.2	18	6.38	62	0
2008	74.2	26	88.3	30	60.2	18	8.09	34	0
2007	74.2	26	89	18	59.5	35	3.82	103	0
2006	74.6	15	88	34	61.1	11	9.17	25	0
2005	72.8	48	87.4	44	58.3	62	5.92	73	0
2004	69.7	108	82.5	112	56.9	97	12.54	5	0
2003	73.5	37	87.4	44	59.7	32	6.18	68	0
2002	75.7	7	89.7	9	61.8	5	3.80	106	0
2001	74.7	12	89.3	14	60	25	4.41	96	0
2000	74.3	23	88.4	29	60.2	18	6.39	61	0
1999	72	69	85.4	83	58.5	57	7.18	44	0
1998	73.4	39	87.7	39	59.1	41	6.57	58	0
1997	72	69	85.4	83	58.6	55	9.74	20	0
1996	71.9	72	84.6	98	59.2	38	9.68	21	0
1992	69.5	111	82.7	110	56.4	104	11.32	11	0
1991	71.6	84	84.4	100	58.8	48	9.38	23	0
1990	73	44	87.3	47	58.8	48	6.92	49	0
1989	69.7	108	82.6	111	56.9	97	12.99	3	0
1988	72.6	52	86.3	63	58.9	46	4.86	88	0
1987	71.4	87	84.8	94	57.9	72	5.23	81	0
1986	71.8	75	85	88	58.6	55	11.26	12	0
1985	73	44	87.2	50	58.7	54	3.95	102	1
1984	72.1	65	85.4	83	58.8	48	10.91	14	0
1983	72.6	52	87.1	54	58.1	68	3.79	107	0
1982	70.6	97	83.1	108	58.2	66	11.75	9	0
1981	72.8	48	85.5	82	60.1	22	12.07	7	0
1980	75.2	9	89.7	9	60.8	14	4.16	100	0
1979	70.5	100	84.3	101	56.8	100	7.12	47	0
1978	72.6	52	86.3	63	58.9	46	5.21	82	0
1977	73.8	33	87.5	42	60.1	22	4.63	91	0
1976	71.5	85	85.3	86	57.7	80	5.54	77	0
1975	71.1	93	84.8	94	57.4	88	7.41	39	0
1974	71.2	90	84.9	92	57.5	85	8.14	33	0
1973	71.7	79	86.2	65	57.2	93	4.35	98	0
1972	70.2	104	82.9	109	57.4	88	10.99	13	0
1971	70.8	95	84	103	57.6	83	8.75	28	0
1970	72	69	85.9	70	58.1	68	4.87	87	0
1969	71.8	75	84.9	92	58.8	48	10.61	17	0
1968	71.4	87	85.6	81	57.2	93	6.77	55	0
1967	69.6	110	82.4	113	56.9	97	6.88	50	0
1966	71.5	85	85	88	58	70	10.23	19	0
1965	70.5	100	83.4	106	57.5	85	10.53	18	0
1964	74	31	88.7	21	59.2	38	4.62	92	0
1963	73.5	37	87.2	50	59.7	32	9.00	26	0
1962	71.7	79	86.1	66	57.3	90	6.87	52	0
1961	71.2	90	84.6	98	57.8	76	6.65	57	0
1960	71.9	72	85.9	70	57.9	72	6.88	50	0
1959	72.5	56	86.6	58	58.3	62	5.96	72	0
1958	72.2	63	85.9	70	58.5	57	6.45	60	0
1957	72.2	63	86.5	60	57.8	76	5.34	80	0
1956	72.9	47	87.5	42	58.3	62	8.24	31	0
1955	71.2	90	85	88	57.3	90	2.77	113	0
1954	74.3	23	88.7	21	59.9	29	4.55	94	0
1953	74.2	26	88.5	27	59.9	29	5.51	78	0
1952	74.9	11	89.8	8	60	25	4.97	85	0
1951	71.3	89	84.8	94	57.7	80	7.13	46	0
1950	70	105	84.1	102	56	106	13.57	2	0
1949	70.8	95	84	103	57.6	83	8.67	30	0
1948	72.3	59	86.1	66	58.4	60	7.31	42	1
1947									14
1946	73.3	41	87.7	39	58.8	48	4.47	95	4
1945	71.1	93	85.9	70	56.2	105	6.31	66	1
1944	71.8	75	85.9	70	57.8	76	8.24	31	3
1943									32
1942	70.4	102	83.8	105	57	96	7.07	48	2
1941	69.9	107	82.3	114	57.5	85	10.82	15	1
1940	72.5	56	86.6	58	58.3	62	3.81	104	0
1939	72.8	48	87.3	47	58.2	66	4.28	99	0
1938	73	44	87	57	59.1	41	6.21	67	0
1937	74.5	18	88.9	19	60.1	22	2.74	115	0
1936	74.6	15	88.8	20	60.5	16	1.72	116	1
1935	73.1	42	86.1	66	60	25	3.02	111	2
1934	76.2	5	91.3	4	61.2	10	3.97	101	0
1933	74.5	18	87.8	37	61.3	8	4.64	90	4
1932	72.6	52	85.9	70	59.2	38	5.07	83	0
1931	73.1	42	87.3	47	59	43	3.81	104	2
1930							3.64	109	35
1929	70.6	97	88	34	53.2	113	5.78	75	0
1928	69.5	111	85.8	78	53.2	113	7.74	36	2
1927	69.3	113	85	88	53.5	112	11.65	10	1
1926	71.7	79	88.2	31	55.1	109	8.72	29	0
1925	71.8	75	87.1	54	56.6	103	7.36	41	1
1924	72.7	51	88.7	21	56.7	102	4.91	86	1
1923	71.7	79	85.7	79	57.7	80	7.98	35	1
1922	74.5	18	89.6	11	59.5	35	3.62	110	0
1921	70.6	97	83.2	107	58	70	15.30	1	0
1920	70	105	85.9	70	54.1	110	2.82	112	1
1919	70.3	103	84.8	94	55.8	107	6.05	70	0
1918	72.3	59	87.7	39	56.8	100	6.78	54	2
1917	72.1	65	88.7	21	55.6	108	6.82	53	2
1916	72.3	59	87.2	50	57.2	93	7.29	43	9
1915	68	114	81.8	115	54.1	110	7.38	40	0
1914	71.9	72	85.9	70	57.9	72	3.77	108	0
1913	71.7	79	86.1	66	57.3	90	6.54	59	4
1911			88.7	21			8.84	27	40
1910	73.9	32	89.4	12	58.4	60	6.34	64	0
1909	73.7	35	88.2	31	59	43	6.10	69	1
1899	72.1	65	85.7	79	58.5	57	11.86	8	0
1898	72.3	59	85.1	87	59.6	34	5.65	76	1
1897	72.5	56	87.1	54	57.9	72	5.84	74	0
1896	74.6	15	88.7	21	60.6	15	4.59	93	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2011	78.6
2026	77.3
2010	77.2
2012	77.1
1934	76.2
2024	75.9
2002	75.7
2013	75.4
1980	75.2
2020	75.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	68
1927	69.3
1992	69.5
1928	69.5
1967	69.6
2004	69.7
1989	69.7
1941	69.9
1950	70
1920	70

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1921	15.30
1950	13.57
1989	12.99
2015	12.75
2004	12.54
2016	12.12
1981	12.07
1899	11.86
1982	11.75
1927	11.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	1.72
1937	2.74
2012	2.77
1955	2.77
1920	2.82
1935	3.02
1922	3.62
1930	3.64
1914	3.77
1983	3.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 103°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 15 June 2026, 14 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.32 in; 16 August 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 4.39 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the driest summer since 2012, 20th driest of 116.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Clayton, NM: 103°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Clayton, NM: a low of 51°F on Monday 15 June 2026 and Sunday 14 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Clayton, NM: 1.32 in on Sunday 16 August 2026.