Clayton, New Mexico Weather
Clayton, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clayton, Union County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clayton.
About Clayton, New Mexico
Clayton, Union County, is a place where the wide sky seems to press down, a vast dome of blue that stretches to horizons softened by distance. It lies 113.8 miles north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 319°T), and is situated 10.3 miles west-north-west of Texline. The land itself, a mosaic of tawny grasses and stoic mesquite, rolls in broad, unhurried waves, punctuated by the occasional, stubborn rise of a butte or mesa, their sun-baked flanks etched with the stories of wind and rain. Here, the air carries a dry, clean scent, a perfume of sun-warmed earth and distant, unseen water, and in the late afternoon, the light takes on a honeyed quality, gilding the sparse vegetation and deepening the shadows that creep across the plains. This is a landscape that demands patience, a place where one learns to read the subtle shifts in color and texture that signal the changing seasons, where the silence is not an absence but a presence, filled with the whisper of the wind and the distant cry of a hawk. The history of Clayton is deeply entwined with the cattle drives and the relentless push westward, a frontier spirit that still echoes in the easygoing nature of its inhabitants. The local economy, once driven by the vast ranches that defined this region, now finds its footing in agriculture, with hardy crops and livestock thriving under the challenging, yet generous, sun. Travelers often stop in Clayton, drawn by its authentic character and the chance to experience a slice of New Mexico that has remained largely untouched by the relentless march of modernity. The town’s distinctive red brick buildings, some bearing the patina of a century of service, stand as quiet monuments to its past, while the enduring spirit of its people, forged in the crucible of this open country, continues to shape its present.
Live animated radar for Clayton and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Clayton, Union County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.451693°N, 103.184104°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88415 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clayton, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clayton, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Clayton includes coordinates 36.451693°N, 103.184104°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 88415. Telephone area code: 575. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
