36.448°N, 103.154°W · station CAOthr · 131 years of record
76°F
HOTTEST OCT 20 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Oct 20
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Clayton.
This Day in History
Every year's high 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 hottest on record.
Ranks
#75 / 114
warmest Oct 17 in 114 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 17 ever
93°F
set in 1926
Coolest Oct 17 ever
40°F
set in 1897
Forecast high 66°F — 75th warmest Oct 17 of 114 years · record 93°F (1926) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#54 / 115
warmest Oct 18 in 115 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 18 ever
91°F
set in 2016
Coolest Oct 18 ever
46°F
set in 1925
Forecast high 71°F — 54th warmest Oct 18 of 115 years · record 91°F (2016) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#44 / 115
warmest Oct 19 in 115 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 19 ever
87°F
set in 2003
Coolest Oct 19 ever
42°F
set in 1898
Forecast high 73°F — 44th warmest Oct 19 of 115 years · record 87°F (2003) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#30 / 115
warmest Oct 20 in 115 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 20 ever
89°F
set in 2007
Coolest Oct 20 ever
33°F
set in 1972
Forecast high 76°F — 30th warmest Oct 20 of 115 years · record 89°F (2007) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#28 / 116
warmest Oct 21 in 116 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 21 ever
89°F
set in 1921
Coolest Oct 21 ever
42°F
set in 1935
Forecast high 76°F — 28th warmest Oct 21 of 116 years · record 89°F (1921) · warmest since 2023.
Ranks
#36 / 116
warmest Oct 22 in 116 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 22 ever
85°F
set in 1933
Coolest Oct 22 ever
31°F
set in 1936
Forecast high 74°F — 36th warmest Oct 22 of 116 years · record 85°F (1933) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#41 / 116
warmest Oct 23 in 116 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 23 ever
89°F
set in 2003
Coolest Oct 23 ever
34°F
set in 1935
Forecast high 73°F — 41st warmest Oct 23 of 116 years · record 89°F (2003) · warmest since 2024.
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°FJan 10, 1990
-21°FJan 4, 1959
Feb
83°FFeb 7, 2015
-18°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar
94°FMar 26, 2026
-11°FMar 11, 1948
Apr
92°FApr 24, 2012
7°FApr 4, 1920
May
99°FMay 27, 1896
20°FMay 7, 1917
Jun
105°FJun 27, 1924
31°FJun 2, 1919
Jul
105°FJul 30, 1934
40°FJul 9, 1943
Aug
102°FAug 12, 1936
42°FAug 23, 1910
Sep
99°FSep 3, 1947
26°FSep 29, 1985
Oct
93°FOct 17, 1926
6°FOct 30, 2019
Nov
86°FNov 8, 2006
-10°FNov 27, 1976
Dec
83°FDec 23, 1955
-14°FDec 21, 1983
All-time
105°FJun 27, 1924
-21°FJan 4, 1959
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Clayton so far this year — through Oct 15.
Record Highs in 2026
10 broke
plus 7 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
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
46°FJan 7, 1965
-1°FJan 3, 1959
Feb
52°FFeb 10, 2017
0°FFeb 14, 2021
Mar
57°FMar 25, 2026
13°FMar 2, 1943
Apr
63°FApr 25, 2012
26°FApr 7, 1938
May
67°FMay 30, 2003
34°FMay 2, 1978
Jun
72°FJun 15, 1952
51°FJun 10, 1975
Jul
74°FJul 26, 1917
58°FJul 4, 1972
Aug
73°FAug 1, 1899
53°FAug 23, 1966
Sep
69°FSep 7, 1913
35°FSep 29, 1945
Oct
61°FOct 1, 2019
18°FOct 26, 2020
Nov
54°FNov 9, 2022
10°FNov 27, 1976
Dec
49°FDec 22, 2025
0°FDec 21, 1983
All-time
74°FJul 26, 1917
-1°FJan 3, 1959
Hot Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
31 days
record run, ended Jul 28 2011
So far in 2026
84 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Clayton's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 69°F · forecast is +7° vs normal.
Clayton's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Clayton's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.