New Mexico · THREADEX · 1896–2026
Clayton, NM
36.448°N, 103.154°W · station CAOthr · 131 years of record
60°F
COLDEST JUL 15 SINCE 2016
forecast low · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Clayton.
This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks
#33 / 116
coldest Jul 15 in 116 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 15 ever
49°F
set in 1999
Mildest Jul 15 ever
68°F
set in 2011
Coldest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 15 at Clayton. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 15 | 60°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2016 |
| This-date record | 49°F |
| This-date rank | #33 of 116 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -21°F (1959) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1896–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Clayton in each calendar month, and for the whole 1896–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 80°F1990 | -21°F1959 |
| Feb | 83°F2015 | -18°F1899 |
| Mar | 94°F2026 | -11°F1948 |
| Apr | 92°F2012 | 7°F1920 |
| May | 99°F1896 | 20°F1917 |
| Jun | 105°F1924 | 31°F1919 |
| Jul | 105°F1934 | 40°F1943 |
| Aug | 102°F1936 | 42°F1910 |
| Sep | 99°F1947 | 26°F1985 |
| Oct | 93°F1926 | 6°F2019 |
| Nov | 86°F2006 | -10°F1976 |
| Dec | 83°F1955 | -14°F1983 |
| All-time | 105°F1924 | -21°F1959 |
Records set or tied at Clayton so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
8 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (94°F)
Record Lows in 2026
1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
85 days
record run, ended Feb 15 1959
So far in 2026
49 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Clayton's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is -2° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:45 AM |
| Sunset | 7:12 PM |
| Solar noon | 11:58 AM |
| Daylight | 14h 27m · losing 6 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Clayton's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Clayton's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Clayton, coloured by temperature — 131 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Clayton — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
49 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 114th most in 131 years. Normal for this point: 73. Record: 103 in 1920.
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