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Clayton, NM

36.448°N, 103.154°W · station CAOthr · 131 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Clayton.
63°WED9/266°THU9/366°FRI9/466°SAT9/566°SUN9/665°MON9/764°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Clayton — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#105 / 114
coldest Sep 2 in 114 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

43°F
set in 1934

Mildest Sep 2 ever

69°F
set in 1924
Forecast low 63°F — 105th coldest Sep 2 of 114 years · record 43°F (1934) · coldest since 2025.
1897: 60°F1898: 60°F1909: 59°F1910: 54°F1911: 55°F1913: 58°F1914: 53°F1915: 48°F1917: 50°F1918: 56°F1919: 58°F1920: 54°F1921: 61°F1922: 61°F1923: 53°F1924: 69°F1925: 55°F1926: 56°F1927: 61°F1928: 49°F1929: 57°F1930: 57°F1931: 52°F1932: 51°F1933: 61°F1934: 43°F1935: 50°F1936: 60°F1937: 60°F1938: 59°F1939: 60°F1940: 59°F1941: 59°F1942: 54°F1943: 57°F1944: 52°F1945: 61°F1946: 57°F1947: 61°F1948: 62°F1949: 51°F1950: 53°F1951: 59°F1952: 48°F1953: 57°F1954: 61°F1955: 51°F1956: 47°F1957: 57°F1958: 61°F1959: 47°F1960: 62°F1961: 53°F1962: 58°F1963: 57°F1964: 62°F1965: 53°F1966: 55°F1967: 52°F1968: 48°F1969: 56°F1970: 59°F1971: 58°F1972: 47°F1973: 56°F1974: 45°F1975: 64°F1976: 52°F1977: 61°F1978: 58°F1979: 58°F1980: 55°F1981: 56°F1982: 62°F1983: 62°F1984: 58°F1985: 63°F1986: 55°F1987: 60°F1988: 54°F1989: 57°F1990: 61°F1991: 56°F1992: 55°F1996: 58°F1997: 63°F1998: 60°F1999: 57°F2000: 61°F2001: 57°F2002: 63°F2003: 53°F2004: 52°F2005: 55°F2006: 50°F2007: 60°F2008: 64°F2009: 61°F2010: 53°F2011: 63°F2012: 58°F2013: 62°F2014: 61°F2015: 64°F2016: 54°F2017: 61°F2018: 53°F2019: 63°F2020: 56°F2021: 63°F2022: 59°F2023: 57°F2024: 50°F2025: 54°F63° forecast40455055606570191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 263°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record43°F
This-date rank#105 of 114
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-21°F (1959)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1896–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°FJan 10, 1990-21°FJan 4, 1959
Feb83°FFeb 7, 2015-18°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar94°FMar 26, 2026-11°FMar 11, 1948
Apr92°FApr 24, 20127°FApr 4, 1920
May99°FMay 27, 189620°FMay 7, 1917
Jun105°FJun 27, 192431°FJun 2, 1919
Jul105°FJul 30, 193440°FJul 9, 1943
Aug102°FAug 12, 193642°FAug 23, 1910
Sep99°FSep 3, 194726°FSep 29, 1985
Oct93°FOct 17, 19266°FOct 30, 2019
Nov86°FNov 8, 2006-10°FNov 27, 1976
Dec83°FDec 23, 1955-14°FDec 21, 1983
All-time105°FJun 27, 1924-21°FJan 4, 1959

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Clayton so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

10 broke
plus 6 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

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

74°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 26, 1917

Coldest high ever

-1°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 3, 1959
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan46°FJan 7, 1965-1°FJan 3, 1959
Feb52°FFeb 10, 20170°FFeb 14, 2021
Mar57°FMar 25, 202613°FMar 2, 1943
Apr63°FApr 25, 201226°FApr 7, 1938
May67°FMay 30, 200334°FMay 2, 1978
Jun72°FJun 15, 195251°FJun 10, 1975
Jul74°FJul 26, 191758°FJul 4, 1972
Aug73°FAug 1, 189953°FAug 23, 1966
Sep69°FSep 7, 191335°FSep 29, 1945
Oct61°FOct 1, 201918°FOct 26, 2020
Nov54°FNov 9, 202210°FNov 27, 1976
Dec49°FDec 22, 20250°FDec 21, 1983
All-time74°FJul 26, 1917-1°FJan 3, 1959

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Clayton's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is +5° vs normal.
Jan: 50°FJan: 23°FFeb: 52°FFeb: 24°FMar: 60°FMar: 31°FApr: 68°FApr: 38°FMay: 77°FMay: 47°FJun: 87°FJun: 57°FJul: 90°FJul: 62°FAug: 87°FAug: 60°FSep: 81°FSep: 54°FOct: 69°FOct: 41°FNov: 58°FNov: 30°FDec: 48°FDec: 23°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:24 AM
Sunset6:21 PM
Solar noon11:52 AM
Daylight12h 57m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

36.45°N, 103.15°W

Nearby Stations

Borger, TX111 mi SEAmarillo, TX116 mi SEPueblo, CO147 mi NWAlamosa, CO164 mi WColorado Springs, CO183 mi NWDodge City, KS197 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Clayton, NM — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Clayton, NM — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1896

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.
Clayton, NM daily low heat map 1896–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Clayton — counted through Sep 2 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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