Clay Springs, Arizona
# Clay Springs, Arizona

Clay Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Clay Springs is 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Show Low. Clay Springs has a post office with ZIP code 85923.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 401 people, 124 households, and 91 families residing in the CDP.

## Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Clay Springs has a cool-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps. Winters are very cold at night and cool to cold during the day, with on average 3.7 nights below 0 °F or −17.8 °C and 171.1 nights below 32 °F or 0 °C. April to June warms up and is generally the driest part of the year before monsoon storms hit between July and mid-September. Typically 17 days will hit 90 °F or 32.2 °C, but minima are generally not above 68 °F or 20 °C due to the altitude.

Climate data for Clay Springs, Arizona (1971-1987) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68 (20) | 72 (22) | 74 (23) | 82 (28) | 90 (32) | 100 (38) | 97 (36) | 95 (35) | 90 (32) | 89 (32) | 78 (26) | 68 (20) | 100 (38) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 45.3 (7.4) | 50.0 (10.0) | 54.9 (12.7) | 64.2 (17.9) | 72.2 (22.3) | 83.7 (28.7) | 86.3 (30.2) | 83.4 (28.6) | 77.2 (25.1) | 67.3 (19.6) | 55.2 (12.9) | 47.7 (8.7) | 65.6 (18.7) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 18.7 (−7.4) | 20.8 (−6.2) | 26.4 (−3.1) | 30.5 (−0.8) | 37.1 (2.8) | 47.3 (8.5) | 54.5 (12.5) | 54.1 (12.3) | 46.1 (7.8) | 35.4 (1.9) | 25.7 (−3.5) | 19.1 (−7.2) | 34.6 (1.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −17 (−27) | −15 (−26) | −2 (−19) | 11 (−12) | 13 (−11) | 28 (−2) | 34 (1) | 40 (4) | 26 (−3) | 10 (−12) | −21 (−29) | −22 (−30) | −22 (−30) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.33 (34) | 1.35 (34) | 1.91 (49) | 0.58 (15) | 0.94 (24) | 0.31 (7.9) | 2.30 (58) | 2.33 (59) | 2.07 (53) | 1.61 (41) | 1.65 (42) | 1.47 (37) | 17.85 (453.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 67 |
| Source: Western Regional Climate Center ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

Mountain Valley Shuttle stops in Clay Springs on its Phoenix-Show Low route.

