Clayton, NM: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 43.2°F in Clayton, NM, the warmest winter on record, in 112 years since 1897 (winter 1900 excluded: 59 of 90 days missing; winter 1901 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; winter 1902 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; 15 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 43.2°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 112, provisional
Precipitation: 0.91 in; Wettest since 2024; 52nd wettest of 112

The mean temperature of every winter in Clayton, NM since 1897: 43.2°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	43.2	1	58.2	1	28.2	1	0.91	52	0
2025	36.3	46	51	35	21.6	48	0.46	86	0
2024	37.3	22	49.7	57	24.9	9	2.43	6	0
2023	35.7	54	50.2	47	21.3	55	0.66	70	0
2022	37.1	24	52.2	24	22	42	0.44	89	0
2021	33.8	82	46.8	86	20.8	69	0.91	52	0
2020	36.9	31	50.4	44	23.4	23	1.01	45	0
2019	35.7	54	50	48	21.3	55	1.21	31	2
2018	37	27	53.1	15	20.8	69	0.03	112	0
2017	38.4	11	53.4	12	23.7	21	1.59	22	1
2016	38.8	8	52.9	17	24.8	10	1.05	43	0
2015	37.1	24	49.6	58	24.6	12	3.52	1	0
2014	35.6	59	49.9	52	21.3	55	0.27	102	0
2013	36	49	49.1	64	22.8	31	1.15	37	0
2012	35.3	63	47.6	79	23.1	26	1.98	14	0
2011	36.7	36	51.4	31	22.1	40	0.64	73	0
2010	33.1	96	45.4	101	20.8	69	1.60	20	0
2009	39.3	5	54.2	4	24.4	13	0.69	67	0
2008	35.3	63	49.3	61	21.3	55	0.63	75	0
2007	33.2	93	44.9	104	21.5	50	2.95	2	0
2006	38.3	12	53.9	5	22.8	31	0.05	111	0
2005	38.1	14	50.7	38	25.5	5	1.75	17	0
2004	36.9	31	50.5	43	23.3	24	0.40	92	0
2003	36	49	47.8	76	24.1	17	0.82	59	0
2002	36.4	44	50	48	22.7	33	0.22	109	0
2001	33.2	93	44.9	104	21.4	54	1.63	19	0
2000	39.6	4	53.5	10	25.7	4	0.60	79	0
1999	38.7	9	53.2	13	24.2	16	0.28	101	1
1998	35.7	54	47.2	81	24.3	15	1.14	38	0
1997	34.2	77	46.5	89	21.9	43	0.29	99	0
1993									59
1992	38	15	50.4	44	25.5	5	1.46	24	0
1991	34.5	72	48.6	71	20.3	80	0.62	77	1
1990	33.5	87	46.9	84	20.1	84	2.46	5	0
1989	34.4	73	48.7	69	20.1	84	0.55	83	0
1988	33	98	46.6	88	19.5	93	1.06	41	0
1987	35.5	60	47.1	83	23.8	19	2.24	9	0
1986	37.5	19	52	27	23	29	0.37	93	0
1985	33.5	87	46.1	96	20.9	67	0.94	50	0
1984	30.5	110	44.1	109	17	109	0.98	47	0
1983	35.1	67	47.2	81	23	29	1.92	15	0
1982	35.5	60	50.4	44	20.5	75	0.46	86	1
1981	40.1	3	55.1	3	25.1	8	0.34	96	0
1980	36.1	48	50	48	22.2	38	0.63	75	0
1979	29.3	111	41.8	112	16.8	110	1.16	36	0
1978	32.3	105	44.9	104	19.6	89	0.96	49	0
1977	35.2	66	49.8	55	20.6	74	0.27	102	0
1976	38.5	10	53.1	15	23.9	18	0.34	96	0
1975	32.9	101	46.3	92	19.6	89	0.69	67	0
1974	34.6	69	48.9	66	20.4	77	1.17	35	1
1973	33.1	96	45.3	102	20.9	67	0.81	61	0
1972	36.5	39	51.8	29	21.1	62	0.59	80	1
1971	35.5	60	50.7	38	20.3	80	0.46	86	0
1970	35.9	51	50.7	38	21	64	0.82	59	0
1969	36.5	39	51.4	31	21.5	50	0.85	56	0
1968	33.5	87	46.9	84	20.1	84	0.58	81	0
1967	35.3	63	51	35	19.5	93	0.29	99	0
1966	33.3	92	46.5	89	20	88	1.05	43	0
1965	35.8	53	49.9	52	21.8	45	0.83	58	0
1964	31.8	108	45.9	99	17.8	107	0.64	73	0
1963	33.6	85	49.1	64	18	106	0.62	77	1
1962	33.4	91	47.7	77	19.2	102	0.58	81	0
1961	34.3	75	47.6	79	21	64	1.33	28	0
1960	31.9	106	44.3	108	19.6	89	2.22	11	0
1959	34.1	78	48.5	72	19.6	89	1.46	24	1
1958	37	27	51.5	30	22.6	36	0.72	65	0
1957	37.8	17	52.9	17	22.6	36	0.26	106	0
1956	36.5	39	51.9	28	21	64	0.37	93	0
1955	34.4	73	49.3	61	19.4	98	0.44	89	0
1954	37.7	18	52.4	20	23.1	26	0.77	63	0
1953	36.9	31	51.1	33	22.7	33	1.19	34	0
1952	36.4	44	51.1	33	21.6	48	1.20	33	0
1951	35.7	54	51	35	20.4	77	1.55	23	0
1950	36.7	36	53.8	6	19.5	93	0.24	107	0
1949	32.5	104	45.7	100	19.3	100	1.24	30	0
1948	31.9	106	43.6	110	20.2	83	2.83	3	0
1947	35.7	54	49.8	55	21.5	50	0.76	64	0
1946	36.5	39	52.9	17	20.3	80			2
1945	34.9	68	47.9	75	21.9	43	1.80	16	1
1944	33.5	87	44.9	104	22.1	40	1.46	24	0
1943	37.5	19	52.2	24	22.7	33	0.30	98	1
1942	34.6	69	48.8	67	20.5	75	0.65	71	0
1941	36.8	34	48.2	74	25.4	7	1.41	27	0
1940	33	98	45.2	103	20.8	69	2.28	8	2
1939	33.7	84	46	97	21.5	50	2.38	7	3
1938	36.2	47	49.3	61	23.1	26	1.06	41	1
1937	32.6	103	46.2	95	18.9	103	0.36	95	2
1936	33	98	46.4	91	19.5	93	0.41	91	2
1935	38.9	7	52.2	24	25.8	3	0.94	50	2
1934	41.6	2	56.2	2	26.7	2	0.49	84	8
1933	33.9	80	47.7	77	19.5	93	0.65	71	8
1932	36.5	39	49.4	60	23.8	19	0.99	46	5
1931	37.2	23	50	48	24.4	13	0.48	85	4
1930							0.27	102	16
1929	30.8	109	46.3	92	15.4	112	0.81	61	0
1928	33.8	82	49.6	58	17.7	108	0.18	110	2
1927	36.8	34	52.3	21	21.2	60	0.97	48	0
1926	35.9	51	50.6	42	21.1	62	0.27	102	0
1925	34	79	48.7	69	19.3	100	1.21	31	2
1924	33.9	80	46.8	86	21.3	55	2.08	13	1
1923	38.3	12	53.2	13	23.5	22	0.71	66	1
1922	37	27	52.3	21	21.7	46	0.85	56	0
1921	37	27	52.3	21	21.7	46	1.31	29	2
1920	37.1	24	53.5	10	20.7	73	0.24	107	0
1919	32.8	102	46.3	92	19.4	98	2.16	12	1
1918	34.6	69	50.7	38	18.4	105	0.91	52	1
1917	33.6	85	48.8	67	18.6	104	1.07	39	4
1916	37.4	21	53.7	8	21.2	60	0.67	69	3
1915	33.2	93	46	97	20.4	77	2.23	10	0
1914	36.6	38	49.9	52	23.3	24	2.57	4	0
1911							0.91	52	59
1910	34.3	75	48.5	72	20.1	84	1.07	39	2
1909									45
1900									59
1899	29	112	42.3	111	15.5	111			8
1898	37.9	16	53.6	9	22.2	38	1.60	20	0
1897	39.2	6	53.8	6	24.7	11	1.70	18	0
1896									62

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	43.2
1934	41.6
1981	40.1
2000	39.6
2009	39.3
1897	39.2
1935	38.9
2016	38.8
1999	38.7
1976	38.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	29
1979	29.3
1984	30.5
1929	30.8
1964	31.8
1960	31.9
1948	31.9
1978	32.3
1949	32.5
1937	32.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	3.52
2007	2.95
1948	2.83
1914	2.57
1990	2.46
2024	2.43
1939	2.38
1940	2.28
1987	2.24
1915	2.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	0.03
2006	0.05
1928	0.18
2002	0.22
1950	0.24
1920	0.24
1957	0.26
2014	0.27
1977	0.27
1930	0.27
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 11 December 2025
Coldest night: -3°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 9 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.91 in of precipitation in Clayton, NM, the wettest winter since 2024, tied 52nd wettest of 112 (with 2021, 1918 and 1911).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Clayton, NM: 82°F on Thursday 11 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Clayton, NM: a low of -3°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Clayton, NM: 0.72 in on Friday 9 January 2026.