Station Coverage

How many stations had a full year of daily maximum, minimum and rain data in each year from 1763 to 2025, by continent, and why early years are thin.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

The most stations with a full year of maximum temperature data was 11,331, in 1981.
The most stations with a full year of minimum temperature data was 11,129, in 1981.
The most stations with a full year of precipitation data was 26,347, in 1970.
1 stations had a full year of daily maximum temperature in 1763, against 6,680 in 2025.
Daily maximum temperature reached 100 stations with a full year in 1877 and 1,000 stations in 1895.
A station counts for a year when it reports 329 or more complete days of the element in that year.

Why Early Years Are Thin and Why It Matters

A station counts for a year in a chart below when it reports 329 or more complete days of that element in the year. The number of such stations was small in the early decades of the archive and grew as national networks expanded and more records were digitised. Coverage is also uneven between continents: a continent with few stations has little weight in any world count.

That matters for every number on this site. A count of records depends on how many stations were reporting, so a year with more stations has more chances to set a record. Ratios and the comparison with chance reduce that effect but do not remove it, and a trend in the early decades rests on a handful of stations in a few regions. Read early years as a description of the stations that reported, not of the whole world.

Daily maximum temperature

Stations with a full year, by continent

Number of stations with 329 or more complete days of maximum temperature in each year from 1763 to 2025, stacked by continent. The most was 11,331 in 1981.

Stations with a full year of maximum temperature data by year and continent
Year	Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Other	Total
1763	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1764	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1765	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1766	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1767	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1768	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1769	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1770	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1771	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1772	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1773	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1774	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1775	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1776	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1777	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1778	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1779	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1780	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1781	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1782	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1783	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1784	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1785	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1786	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1787	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1788	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1789	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1790	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1791	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1792	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1793	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1794	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1795	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1796	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1797	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1798	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1799	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1800	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1801	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1802	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1803	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1804	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1805	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1806	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1807	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1808	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1809	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1810	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1811	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1812	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1813	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1814	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1815	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1816	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1817	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1818	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1819	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1820	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1821	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1822	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1823	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1824	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1825	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1826	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1827	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1828	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1829	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1830	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1831	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1832	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1833	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1834	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1835	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1836	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1837	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1838	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1839	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1840	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1841	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	7
1842	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	7
1843	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	6
1844	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	9
1845	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1846	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1847	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1848	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1849	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1850	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1851	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1852	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1853	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1854	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	10
1855	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1856	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	12
1857	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	13
1858	0	0	9	3	2	0	0	14
1859	0	0	8	3	4	0	0	15
1860	0	0	9	3	3	0	0	15
1861	0	0	10	4	3	0	0	17
1862	0	0	8	4	3	0	0	15
1863	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	14
1864	0	0	13	2	2	0	0	17
1865	0	0	12	2	3	0	0	17
1866	0	0	13	3	3	0	0	19
1867	0	0	14	4	3	0	0	21
1868	0	0	13	3	3	0	0	19
1869	0	1	13	9	3	0	0	26
1870	0	2	12	10	3	0	0	27
1871	0	2	12	13	4	0	0	31
1872	0	2	12	21	4	0	0	39
1873	0	2	12	33	4	0	0	51
1874	0	1	16	44	4	0	0	65
1875	0	2	19	57	5	0	0	83
1876	0	2	20	62	6	0	0	90
1877	0	2	24	70	5	0	0	101
1878	1	1	24	82	6	0	0	114
1879	1	1	30	87	9	0	0	128
1880	3	2	37	88	8	0	0	138
1881	2	2	42	85	7	0	0	138
1882	4	3	63	94	7	0	0	171
1883	3	4	66	91	10	0	0	174
1884	5	3	70	102	10	0	0	190
1885	5	2	71	111	9	0	0	198
1886	6	3	71	122	11	0	0	213
1887	9	2	72	125	12	0	0	220
1888	13	3	75	129	14	0	0	234
1889	8	4	79	141	15	0	0	247
1890	10	3	81	145	19	0	0	258
1891	3	0	83	159	19	0	0	264
1892	11	3	90	197	18	0	0	319
1893	10	5	94	663	24	0	0	796
1894	3	5	95	819	28	0	0	950
1895	10	5	98	934	29	0	0	1,076
1896	3	7	100	1,063	31	0	0	1,204
1897	10	7	105	1,199	37	0	0	1,358
1898	11	6	111	1,293	41	0	0	1,462
1899	11	6	115	1,363	39	0	0	1,534
1900	12	5	125	1,444	37	0	0	1,623
1901	13	5	144	1,416	39	0	0	1,617
1902	13	7	148	1,533	37	0	0	1,738
1903	13	8	149	1,608	32	0	0	1,810
1904	16	6	153	1,695	36	0	0	1,906
1905	11	9	154	1,813	38	0	0	2,025
1906	12	8	159	1,835	38	0	0	2,052
1907	14	10	164	1,865	53	0	0	2,106
1908	14	8	173	1,963	53	0	0	2,211
1909	15	10	174	2,084	53	1	0	2,337
1910	23	9	172	2,150	58	1	0	2,413
1911	21	12	177	2,251	59	1	0	2,521
1912	24	11	185	2,350	60	1	0	2,631
1913	23	13	190	2,396	64	1	0	2,687
1914	22	12	194	2,499	63	1	0	2,791
1915	19	14	203	2,639	63	1	0	2,939
1916	17	16	199	2,657	65	1	0	2,955
1917	11	13	199	2,694	67	1	0	2,985
1918	6	10	195	2,633	68	1	0	2,913
1919	11	8	196	2,627	67	1	0	2,910
1920	15	10	193	2,661	68	1	0	2,948
1921	16	9	201	2,739	68	1	0	3,034
1922	21	9	212	2,761	68	1	0	3,072
1923	21	9	215	2,855	67	1	0	3,168
1924	24	12	228	2,928	68	1	0	3,261
1925	22	15	244	2,934	66	1	0	3,282
1926	23	15	256	3,019	68	1	0	3,382
1927	22	18	263	3,053	68	1	0	3,425
1928	21	22	270	3,120	67	1	0	3,501
1929	29	25	282	3,165	68	1	0	3,570
1930	24	36	303	3,302	67	1	0	3,733
1931	26	37	306	3,416	67	3	0	3,855
1932	29	38	316	3,446	68	3	1	3,901
1933	23	38	314	3,491	68	3	0	3,937
1934	31	42	335	3,526	71	3	1	4,009
1935	27	43	346	3,533	70	4	1	4,024
1936	19	49	503	3,578	71	4	1	4,225
1937	15	53	540	3,634	70	4	2	4,318
1938	20	51	565	3,775	70	4	2	4,487
1939	15	60	570	3,918	68	4	2	4,637
1940	16	63	599	4,027	82	4	1	4,792
1941	17	63	581	4,090	86	4	0	4,841
1942	16	63	579	4,209	89	4	0	4,960
1943	18	67	598	4,244	94	4	0	5,025
1944	19	64	582	4,314	101	4	0	5,084
1945	65	61	613	4,332	104	4	0	5,179
1946	55	57	699	4,397	96	4	0	5,308
1947	71	63	825	4,353	102	4	0	5,418
1948	71	64	902	4,460	107	4	2	5,610
1949	66	72	998	4,979	112	4	5	6,236
1950	93	68	1,042	5,180	113	5	6	6,507
1951	108	326	1,155	5,296	116	5	9	7,015
1952	122	363	1,208	5,529	122	5	10	7,359
1953	133	395	1,248	5,682	122	5	15	7,600
1954	143	419	1,273	5,795	124	6	14	7,774
1955	145	454	1,324	5,930	126	6	16	8,001
1956	151	463	1,347	6,063	132	14	15	8,185
1957	155	473	1,385	6,129	295	20	20	8,477
1958	189	508	1,411	6,239	292	18	22	8,679
1959	118	481	1,460	6,380	291	15	21	8,766
1960	152	485	1,645	6,500	289	14	22	9,107
1961	179	500	1,720	6,845	292	23	19	9,578
1962	178	503	1,741	6,983	342	30	19	9,796
1963	175	503	1,770	7,233	345	31	23	10,080
1964	161	507	1,774	7,343	360	32	23	10,200
1965	146	496	1,765	7,552	476	31	20	10,486
1966	82	506	1,779	7,686	501	32	21	10,607
1967	175	516	1,843	7,746	510	29	22	10,841
1968	158	519	1,836	7,700	494	34	20	10,761
1969	157	523	1,897	7,670	557	34	18	10,856
1970	160	531	1,927	7,944	508	34	21	11,125
1971	160	508	1,856	7,914	597	33	21	11,089
1972	162	510	1,869	7,882	596	34	27	11,080
1973	159	527	1,947	7,659	581	34	27	10,934
1974	163	532	1,934	7,869	574	33	26	11,131
1975	166	541	1,967	7,918	534	32	25	11,183
1976	158	545	1,949	7,919	538	35	28	11,172
1977	158	549	1,960	7,935	531	35	29	11,197
1978	168	580	2,006	7,801	537	33	28	11,153
1979	165	588	2,019	7,736	513	37	28	11,086
1980	169	601	2,010	7,774	511	36	28	11,129
1981	79	596	1,988	8,088	516	37	27	11,331
1982	84	542	1,908	7,832	509	37	26	10,938
1983	88	570	1,929	8,038	504	37	31	11,197
1984	94	575	1,951	6,813	522	35	24	10,014
1985	84	609	1,916	6,589	504	33	26	9,761
1986	93	588	1,900	6,587	510	37	27	9,742
1987	84	563	1,902	6,665	503	37	24	9,778
1988	92	552	1,904	6,725	502	34	25	9,834
1989	61	572	1,917	6,753	494	35	25	9,857
1990	52	480	1,932	6,934	498	36	26	9,958
1991	37	486	1,903	7,293	532	35	23	10,309
1992	53	520	1,923	7,315	539	37	27	10,414
1993	68	532	1,868	7,172	546	35	26	10,247
1994	58	532	1,893	7,239	542	38	25	10,327
1995	70	542	1,868	7,217	546	39	26	10,308
1996	62	581	1,935	7,271	562	35	30	10,476
1997	59	522	1,952	7,422	574	38	26	10,593
1998	51	512	1,937	7,455	589	36	23	10,603
1999	41	503	1,919	7,327	604	31	24	10,449
2000	41	564	1,942	7,290	613	32	23	10,505
2001	35	533	2,029	7,226	625	25	18	10,491
2002	36	593	1,862	7,212	624	26	15	10,368
2003	37	588	2,027	7,202	611	25	16	10,506
2004	49	592	1,833	7,164	609	0	13	10,260
2005	56	551	1,861	7,124	589	0	13	10,194
2006	50	622	1,845	7,179	572	0	11	10,279
2007	57	681	1,828	7,098	566	2	12	10,244
2008	60	683	1,847	6,978	565	2	13	10,148
2009	87	689	1,820	6,886	564	17	12	10,075
2010	99	714	1,836	6,890	557	14	14	10,124
2011	89	744	1,826	6,878	539	2	13	10,091
2012	88	742	1,827	6,161	511	16	8	9,353
2013	95	424	1,724	5,291	498	2	11	8,045
2014	84	580	1,731	5,269	502	8	9	8,183
2015	78	473	1,768	5,173	485	10	10	7,997
2016	92	451	1,679	5,149	472	11	11	7,865
2017	85	394	1,653	5,032	457	13	12	7,646
2018	57	390	1,643	5,008	447	12	14	7,571
2019	61	416	1,278	4,919	454	0	12	7,140
2020	70	513	1,244	4,829	429	0	9	7,094
2021	49	519	1,208	4,750	417	0	11	6,954
2022	51	573	1,246	4,678	398	0	10	6,956
2023	61	498	1,162	4,661	392	2	10	6,786
2024	41	393	1,122	4,588	393	0	8	6,545
2025	15	606	1,130	4,493	398	10	28	6,680

Daily minimum temperature

Stations with a full year, by continent

Number of stations with 329 or more complete days of minimum temperature in each year from 1763 to 2025, stacked by continent. The most was 11,129 in 1981.

Stations with a full year of minimum temperature data by year and continent
Year	Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Other	Total
1763	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1764	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1765	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1766	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1767	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1768	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1769	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1770	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1771	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1772	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1773	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1774	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1775	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1776	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1777	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1778	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1779	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1780	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1781	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1782	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1783	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1784	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1785	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1786	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1787	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1788	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1789	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1790	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1791	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1792	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1793	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1794	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1795	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1796	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1797	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1798	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1799	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1800	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1801	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1802	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1803	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1804	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1805	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1806	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1807	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1808	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1809	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1810	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1811	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1812	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1813	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1814	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1815	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1816	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1817	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1818	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1819	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1820	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1821	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1822	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1823	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
1824	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1825	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1826	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1827	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1828	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1829	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1830	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1831	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1832	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1833	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1834	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1835	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1836	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1837	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1838	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1839	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1840	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	7
1841	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	8
1842	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	8
1843	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	7
1844	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	10
1845	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1846	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1847	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1848	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1849	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1850	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1851	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1852	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1853	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1854	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	11
1855	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	12
1856	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	13
1857	0	0	10	3	1	0	0	14
1858	0	0	10	3	2	0	0	15
1859	0	0	9	3	4	0	0	16
1860	0	0	10	3	3	0	0	16
1861	0	0	11	4	3	0	0	18
1862	0	0	9	4	3	0	0	16
1863	0	0	9	3	3	0	0	15
1864	0	0	14	2	2	0	0	18
1865	0	0	13	2	3	0	0	18
1866	0	0	14	2	3	0	0	19
1867	0	0	15	3	2	0	0	20
1868	0	0	14	2	2	0	0	18
1869	0	1	14	8	2	0	0	25
1870	0	2	13	9	3	0	0	27
1871	0	2	13	11	3	0	0	29
1872	0	2	13	21	4	0	0	40
1873	0	2	14	35	4	0	0	55
1874	0	1	18	46	5	0	0	70
1875	0	2	20	58	5	0	0	85
1876	0	2	21	63	6	0	0	92
1877	0	2	25	70	4	0	0	101
1878	1	0	26	79	6	0	0	112
1879	1	1	32	84	9	0	0	127
1880	3	2	38	85	8	0	0	136
1881	3	4	48	85	6	0	0	146
1882	3	4	73	96	8	0	0	184
1883	2	4	74	96	10	0	0	186
1884	6	4	79	101	10	0	0	200
1885	5	4	78	111	11	0	0	209
1886	6	5	82	124	12	0	0	229
1887	13	5	85	129	14	0	0	246
1888	14	5	90	131	15	0	0	255
1889	8	6	93	143	15	0	0	265
1890	9	6	103	148	19	0	0	285
1891	3	2	118	161	19	0	0	303
1892	11	9	128	196	19	0	0	363
1893	11	7	135	662	26	0	0	841
1894	3	9	135	824	30	0	0	1,001
1895	11	6	138	945	29	0	0	1,129
1896	4	10	143	1,068	33	0	0	1,258
1897	11	11	150	1,197	37	0	0	1,406
1898	14	14	155	1,298	40	0	0	1,521
1899	12	11	160	1,375	38	0	0	1,596
1900	11	10	183	1,440	37	0	0	1,681
1901	12	13	211	1,380	39	0	0	1,655
1902	14	14	215	1,528	35	0	0	1,806
1903	15	16	217	1,593	34	0	0	1,875
1904	15	16	211	1,687	34	0	0	1,963
1905	13	15	212	1,802	34	0	0	2,076
1906	12	20	217	1,827	37	0	0	2,113
1907	15	15	226	1,866	52	0	0	2,174
1908	14	19	235	1,979	53	0	0	2,300
1909	15	21	233	2,090	53	1	0	2,413
1910	22	23	242	2,165	56	1	0	2,509
1911	22	21	253	2,263	60	1	0	2,620
1912	24	18	257	2,360	60	1	0	2,720
1913	22	22	255	2,397	65	1	0	2,762
1914	22	20	256	2,511	65	1	0	2,875
1915	18	22	256	2,621	64	1	0	2,982
1916	17	23	247	2,675	66	1	0	3,029
1917	12	17	245	2,695	66	1	0	3,036
1918	6	13	233	2,646	66	1	0	2,965
1919	12	11	224	2,652	67	1	0	2,967
1920	15	10	221	2,675	68	1	0	2,990
1921	15	12	228	2,748	68	1	0	3,072
1922	20	14	245	2,797	67	1	1	3,145
1923	20	14	257	2,891	67	1	1	3,251
1924	25	15	263	2,943	68	1	1	3,316
1925	20	19	283	2,944	67	1	1	3,335
1926	23	25	293	3,035	68	1	1	3,446
1927	25	29	308	3,090	67	1	1	3,521
1928	25	32	317	3,166	67	1	1	3,609
1929	29	34	320	3,190	68	1	1	3,643
1930	30	38	338	3,301	67	1	1	3,776
1931	27	40	348	3,418	67	3	1	3,904
1932	29	36	350	3,481	67	3	2	3,968
1933	25	40	350	3,497	68	3	1	3,984
1934	36	39	365	3,516	71	3	2	4,032
1935	28	40	375	3,552	71	4	2	4,072
1936	21	49	537	3,584	70	4	2	4,267
1937	15	51	575	3,658	69	4	2	4,374
1938	19	53	591	3,796	68	4	2	4,533
1939	16	58	602	3,915	68	4	2	4,665
1940	16	61	631	4,044	82	4	1	4,839
1941	18	59	616	4,075	86	4	0	4,858
1942	16	61	614	4,182	92	4	0	4,969
1943	17	55	633	4,251	95	4	1	5,056
1944	18	57	618	4,306	101	4	1	5,105
1945	65	53	676	4,362	104	4	1	5,265
1946	59	53	756	4,417	94	4	1	5,384
1947	74	55	904	4,369	103	4	1	5,510
1948	70	52	970	4,444	106	4	3	5,649
1949	67	60	1,040	4,944	108	4	5	6,228
1950	96	68	1,087	5,144	108	5	6	6,514
1951	112	318	1,212	5,279	112	6	8	7,047
1952	124	363	1,245	5,513	118	7	9	7,379
1953	136	395	1,268	5,676	116	7	14	7,612
1954	144	419	1,297	5,782	117	7	13	7,779
1955	149	443	1,337	5,893	118	6	15	7,961
1956	154	455	1,352	6,051	120	14	14	8,160
1957	152	465	1,382	6,126	288	18	19	8,450
1958	188	502	1,403	6,248	290	30	22	8,683
1959	119	469	1,515	6,380	292	27	21	8,823
1960	149	470	1,644	6,488	291	27	22	9,091
1961	178	486	1,722	6,820	294	37	19	9,556
1962	173	491	1,738	6,991	340	36	20	9,789
1963	172	488	1,760	7,233	343	39	23	10,058
1964	162	491	1,777	7,340	358	39	23	10,190
1965	149	493	1,767	7,544	474	40	20	10,487
1966	83	498	1,769	7,696	495	37	21	10,599
1967	167	500	1,803	7,725	506	35	21	10,757
1968	157	499	1,810	7,707	497	37	19	10,726
1969	158	502	1,851	7,676	553	34	18	10,792
1970	159	506	1,890	7,930	510	35	20	11,050
1971	158	506	1,867	7,931	600	35	21	11,118
1972	164	507	1,873	7,880	595	36	27	11,082
1973	161	511	1,877	7,652	588	35	28	10,852
1974	159	511	1,880	7,852	581	34	26	11,043
1975	156	510	1,921	7,907	549	34	27	11,104
1976	152	507	1,887	7,893	529	40	27	11,035
1977	155	511	1,875	7,888	528	52	28	11,037
1978	160	514	1,903	7,807	528	50	29	10,991
1979	153	512	1,920	7,765	499	50	29	10,928
1980	162	507	1,908	7,787	490	54	28	10,936
1981	79	478	1,889	8,104	510	41	28	11,129
1982	69	476	1,901	7,868	515	36	29	10,894
1983	68	478	1,911	8,029	504	39	31	11,060
1984	68	478	1,895	6,733	513	36	24	9,747
1985	69	482	1,861	6,468	499	33	25	9,437
1986	63	486	1,839	6,440	516	36	27	9,407
1987	63	483	1,869	6,489	506	37	24	9,471
1988	54	482	1,863	6,533	499	38	25	9,494
1989	51	483	1,865	6,540	496	37	25	9,497
1990	35	333	1,870	6,648	493	37	26	9,442
1991	25	330	1,849	6,960	538	37	23	9,762
1992	32	328	1,848	7,025	525	40	27	9,825
1993	37	329	1,822	6,870	538	41	27	9,664
1994	33	323	1,851	7,149	538	37	24	9,955
1995	44	335	1,822	7,120	535	43	24	9,923
1996	40	335	1,880	7,165	553	55	27	10,055
1997	38	327	1,899	7,317	567	51	26	10,225
1998	33	314	1,901	7,330	585	46	23	10,232
1999	25	285	1,880	7,209	591	40	23	10,053
2000	24	286	1,857	7,165	601	41	20	9,994
2001	25	275	1,957	7,105	611	44	15	10,032
2002	26	275	1,812	7,012	606	40	13	9,784
2003	18	276	1,962	7,035	596	35	15	9,937
2004	22	260	1,758	7,036	597	34	9	9,716
2005	36	263	1,736	7,000	571	22	9	9,637
2006	37	255	1,748	7,032	558	30	7	9,667
2007	38	233	1,720	6,981	551	35	10	9,568
2008	43	258	1,702	6,894	542	40	8	9,487
2009	53	258	1,679	6,815	536	33	8	9,382
2010	53	247	1,679	6,829	528	44	9	9,389
2011	66	256	1,661	6,822	513	47	12	9,377
2012	60	263	1,652	6,123	487	52	8	8,645
2013	69	56	1,626	5,274	476	45	9	7,555
2014	57	44	1,626	5,246	484	44	8	7,509
2015	63	36	1,626	5,151	465	44	8	7,393
2016	84	90	1,622	5,126	452	45	10	7,429
2017	79	85	1,604	5,012	441	45	10	7,276
2018	74	69	1,575	4,974	432	45	14	7,183
2019	64	69	1,171	4,895	431	49	16	6,695
2020	71	263	1,142	4,822	420	46	11	6,775
2021	58	239	1,144	4,726	411	42	11	6,631
2022	44	252	1,137	4,646	394	43	10	6,526
2023	53	238	1,090	4,631	388	38	10	6,448
2024	36	189	1,062	4,567	383	27	8	6,272
2025	15	607	1,132	4,456	393	10	31	6,644

Precipitation

Stations with a full year, by continent

Number of stations with 329 or more complete days of precipitation in each year from 1763 to 2025, stacked by continent. The most was 26,347 in 1970.

Stations with a full year of precipitation data by year and continent
Year	Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Other	Total
1763	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1764	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1765	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1766	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1767	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1768	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1769	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1770	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1771	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1772	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1773	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1774	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1775	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1776	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1777	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1778	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1779	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1780	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1781	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1782	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1783	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1784	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1785	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1786	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1787	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1788	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1789	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1790	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1791	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1792	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1793	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1794	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1795	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1796	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1797	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1798	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1799	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1800	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1801	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1802	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1803	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1804	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1805	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1806	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1807	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1808	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1809	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1810	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1811	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1812	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1813	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1814	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1815	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1816	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1817	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1818	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1819	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1820	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1821	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1822	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1823	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1824	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1825	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1826	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1827	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1828	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1829	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1830	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1831	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
1832	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	6
1833	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1834	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1835	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
1836	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	8
1837	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	7
1838	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	9
1839	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	8
1840	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	8
1841	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	9
1842	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	9
1843	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	10
1844	0	0	8	1	2	0	0	11
1845	0	0	8	4	4	0	0	16
1846	0	0	8	3	2	0	0	13
1847	0	0	9	4	1	0	0	14
1848	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	12
1849	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	13
1850	1	0	8	4	1	0	0	14
1851	1	0	10	5	1	0	0	17
1852	2	0	10	6	0	0	0	18
1853	2	0	11	4	1	0	0	18
1854	1	0	12	5	1	0	0	19
1855	1	0	12	5	1	0	0	19
1856	1	0	12	9	2	0	0	24
1857	2	0	11	7	2	0	0	22
1858	2	0	12	7	12	0	0	33
1859	2	0	23	7	12	0	0	44
1860	2	0	31	9	11	0	0	53
1861	1	0	32	8	14	0	0	55
1862	1	0	31	8	15	0	0	55
1863	2	0	33	6	17	0	0	58
1864	2	0	37	5	11	0	0	55
1865	2	0	37	6	9	0	0	54
1866	2	0	38	10	12	0	0	62
1867	2	0	41	16	20	0	0	79
1868	1	0	42	18	24	0	0	85
1869	1	0	47	28	29	0	0	105
1870	2	0	43	32	29	0	0	106
1871	3	0	44	44	50	0	0	141
1872	3	0	44	71	71	0	0	189
1873	3	0	47	75	74	0	0	199
1874	2	0	53	82	81	0	0	218
1875	3	0	60	90	89	0	0	242
1876	3	0	65	93	102	0	0	263
1877	3	0	70	93	102	0	0	268
1878	30	0	73	104	138	0	0	345
1879	43	0	86	98	184	0	0	411
1880	53	0	108	107	247	0	0	515
1881	64	4	143	112	306	0	0	629
1882	65	9	154	118	368	0	0	714
1883	71	9	158	119	432	0	0	789
1884	78	8	166	143	667	0	0	1,062
1885	89	7	168	146	768	0	0	1,178
1886	99	10	176	168	899	0	0	1,352
1887	110	9	184	170	993	0	0	1,466
1888	126	10	198	177	1,222	0	0	1,733
1889	113	10	201	194	1,299	0	0	1,817
1890	128	10	205	221	1,430	0	0	1,994
1891	130	12	216	235	1,447	0	0	2,040
1892	147	12	226	278	1,537	0	0	2,200
1893	147	16	235	624	1,610	0	0	2,632
1894	143	15	236	778	1,650	0	0	2,822
1895	150	16	246	892	1,744	0	0	3,048
1896	131	18	295	1,031	1,851	0	0	3,326
1897	156	17	301	1,184	1,952	0	0	3,610
1898	173	18	306	1,303	2,026	0	0	3,826
1899	177	18	313	1,408	2,128	0	0	4,044
1900	186	19	345	1,537	2,319	0	0	4,406
1901	186	1,618	385	1,567	2,300	2	0	6,058
1902	189	1,706	398	1,682	2,274	2	0	6,251
1903	207	1,732	397	1,752	2,320	3	0	6,411
1904	238	1,754	392	1,858	2,489	3	0	6,734
1905	243	1,780	392	2,029	2,500	3	0	6,947
1906	268	1,830	397	2,058	2,557	3	0	7,113
1907	280	1,890	406	2,038	2,972	3	0	7,589
1908	297	1,908	416	2,178	3,063	3	0	7,865
1909	297	1,912	414	2,320	3,148	3	0	8,094
1910	271	1,934	424	2,510	3,301	3	0	8,443
1911	346	1,951	436	2,606	3,404	60	0	8,803
1912	394	1,933	439	2,698	3,599	171	0	9,234
1913	419	1,939	444	2,822	3,853	225	0	9,702
1914	489	1,965	444	2,933	3,985	249	0	10,065
1915	520	1,995	444	2,969	4,120	249	0	10,297
1916	546	2,041	434	3,094	4,237	250	0	10,602
1917	554	2,060	416	3,076	4,207	258	0	10,571
1918	566	2,054	402	3,056	4,194	270	0	10,542
1919	590	2,065	400	3,045	4,086	277	0	10,463
1920	633	2,090	414	3,055	4,087	291	0	10,570
1921	597	2,089	425	3,156	4,163	325	1	10,756
1922	667	2,068	443	3,214	4,171	328	1	10,892
1923	694	2,104	467	3,315	4,232	328	2	11,142
1924	702	2,130	480	3,398	4,241	314	2	11,267
1925	739	2,124	496	3,452	4,212	315	2	11,340
1926	786	2,114	504	3,639	4,225	324	2	11,594
1927	804	2,178	515	3,803	4,262	322	2	11,886
1928	848	2,185	535	3,820	4,357	330	2	12,077
1929	908	2,251	534	3,863	4,409	338	2	12,305
1930	947	2,264	548	4,051	4,509	320	2	12,641
1931	986	2,266	648	4,299	4,553	320	2	13,074
1932	1,025	2,332	667	4,495	4,534	330	3	13,386
1933	1,047	2,360	684	4,513	4,637	338	2	13,581
1934	1,081	2,403	691	4,534	4,682	397	2	13,790
1935	1,087	2,407	704	4,555	4,681	453	2	13,889
1936	1,093	2,599	1,106	4,639	4,722	489	2	14,650
1937	1,089	2,626	1,144	4,701	4,785	602	2	14,949
1938	1,096	2,655	1,167	4,827	4,865	623	3	15,236
1939	1,105	2,689	1,204	4,995	4,921	712	2	15,628
1940	1,076	2,709	1,227	5,129	4,943	811	1	15,896
1941	1,080	2,651	1,216	5,451	4,909	925	0	16,232
1942	1,075	2,612	1,208	5,733	4,843	1,017	0	16,488
1943	1,102	2,634	1,236	5,883	4,888	1,115	1	16,859
1944	1,137	2,593	1,257	6,031	4,949	1,197	1	17,165
1945	1,186	2,600	1,484	6,110	4,938	1,203	1	17,522
1946	1,162	2,593	1,620	6,191	4,867	1,272	1	17,706
1947	1,166	2,545	1,863	5,864	4,892	1,272	1	17,603
1948	1,186	2,504	1,927	6,461	4,888	1,333	3	18,302
1949	1,183	2,439	2,007	7,889	4,913	1,325	5	19,761
1950	1,229	2,409	2,058	8,187	4,870	1,361	6	20,120
1951	1,241	2,749	2,378	8,074	4,843	1,367	8	20,660
1952	1,254	2,928	2,419	8,430	4,845	1,404	9	21,289
1953	1,054	2,893	2,450	8,570	4,818	1,440	13	21,238
1954	1,233	2,975	2,476	8,758	4,819	1,450	12	21,723
1955	1,252	2,979	2,557	8,887	4,775	1,463	13	21,926
1956	1,278	2,913	2,595	9,081	4,746	1,473	13	22,099
1957	1,295	2,896	2,700	9,155	4,744	1,500	17	22,307
1958	1,306	2,934	2,727	9,263	4,806	1,506	17	22,559
1959	1,282	2,939	2,915	9,370	5,150	1,537	17	23,210
1960	1,320	2,874	3,266	9,393	5,243	1,547	18	23,661
1961	1,347	2,835	3,418	9,770	5,429	1,564	15	24,378
1962	1,354	2,769	3,439	9,758	5,502	1,615	15	24,452
1963	1,352	2,745	3,450	9,947	5,516	1,712	18	24,740
1964	1,325	2,786	3,488	10,036	5,605	1,741	19	25,000
1965	1,305	2,461	3,573	10,294	5,719	1,719	16	25,087
1966	1,246	2,319	3,445	10,521	5,735	1,768	17	25,051
1967	1,332	2,629	3,698	10,612	5,775	1,832	17	25,895
1968	1,332	2,606	3,780	10,469	5,819	1,942	17	25,965
1969	1,341	2,408	3,804	10,463	6,022	1,972	16	26,026
1970	1,339	2,356	3,905	10,712	6,010	2,009	16	26,347
1971	1,328	931	3,900	10,655	6,058	1,942	15	24,829
1972	1,336	929	3,932	10,543	6,002	1,924	26	24,692
1973	1,333	954	4,037	10,260	6,112	1,818	25	24,539
1974	1,327	963	4,010	10,573	5,884	1,846	23	24,626
1975	1,296	965	4,020	10,492	5,721	1,880	26	24,400
1976	1,289	957	3,886	10,589	5,690	1,890	24	24,325
1977	1,291	793	4,102	10,472	5,521	1,904	25	24,108
1978	1,252	997	4,144	10,320	5,438	1,838	26	24,015
1979	1,244	1,009	4,238	10,420	5,457	1,828	28	24,224
1980	1,241	960	4,226	10,489	5,364	1,806	29	24,115
1981	1,139	1,009	4,208	11,068	5,331	1,759	25	24,539
1982	1,108	974	4,096	10,845	5,447	1,796	30	24,296
1983	1,108	995	4,115	11,096	5,338	1,786	32	24,470
1984	1,097	1,039	4,145	9,640	5,296	1,367	34	22,618
1985	1,060	1,095	4,039	9,380	5,255	1,359	28	22,216
1986	1,026	1,065	3,999	9,253	5,252	1,370	30	21,995
1987	1,043	1,031	4,003	9,251	5,137	1,376	28	21,869
1988	1,016	843	4,087	9,154	5,072	1,333	33	21,538
1989	923	1,033	4,040	9,167	5,074	1,278	25	21,540
1990	906	699	4,071	9,144	5,101	1,295	25	21,241
1991	840	713	3,905	9,215	5,156	1,289	30	21,148
1992	798	433	3,863	9,062	5,060	1,315	22	20,553
1993	758	392	3,470	9,055	5,060	1,357	28	20,120
1994	736	396	3,662	8,999	5,121	1,338	35	20,287
1995	752	415	3,521	8,898	5,117	1,370	32	20,105
1996	721	418	3,439	9,031	5,120	1,291	36	20,056
1997	488	413	3,340	9,056	5,127	1,274	39	19,737
1998	59	394	3,317	9,212	5,095	692	34	18,803
1999	17	267	3,274	9,313	5,074	510	23	18,478
2000	17	262	3,204	9,245	5,207	241	22	18,198
2001	6	249	3,163	9,092	5,036	0	23	17,569
2002	6	259	3,104	8,985	5,118	0	19	17,491
2003	31	369	3,100	8,746	4,908	22	20	17,196
2004	77	519	3,054	8,602	4,768	22	20	17,062
2005	61	336	2,983	8,459	4,540	0	14	16,393
2006	61	403	3,008	8,542	4,292	0	17	16,323
2007	60	374	2,995	8,443	3,917	0	22	15,811
2008	59	377	2,873	8,267	3,748	11	19	15,354
2009	66	434	2,776	8,055	3,493	6	24	14,854
2010	64	439	2,768	7,941	2,805	11	21	14,049
2011	67	453	2,742	6,962	2,669	10	19	12,922
2012	65	451	2,726	6,437	2,573	16	16	12,284
2013	57	223	2,806	5,708	2,820	16	17	11,647
2014	59	238	2,773	5,636	2,686	15	18	11,425
2015	59	241	2,761	5,517	2,696	27	22	11,323
2016	44	252	2,779	5,496	2,708	26	22	11,327
2017	33	247	2,763	5,343	2,529	32	20	10,967
2018	35	231	2,684	5,248	3,047	35	19	11,299
2019	37	241	2,424	5,109	3,009	50	21	10,891
2020	35	317	2,313	5,063	2,974	31	18	10,751
2021	40	384	2,195	4,961	2,836	29	20	10,465
2022	41	359	2,266	4,851	2,712	24	23	10,276
2023	56	321	2,205	4,777	2,597	25	22	10,003
2024	32	276	2,098	4,672	2,520	5	17	9,620
2025	0	1	1,753	4,359	2,389	0	16	8,518

Stations by Decade

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Stations with a full year of data in selected years
Year	Daily maximum temperature	Daily minimum temperature	Precipitation
1763	1	1	0
1770	1	1	0
1780	2	2	0
1790	2	2	1
1800	2	2	1
1810	2	2	2
1820	3	4	2
1830	4	5	5
1840	6	7	8
1850	10	11	14
1860	15	16	53
1870	27	27	106
1880	138	136	515
1890	258	285	1,994
1900	1,623	1,681	4,406
1910	2,413	2,509	8,443
1920	2,948	2,990	10,570
1930	3,733	3,776	12,641
1940	4,792	4,839	15,896
1950	6,507	6,514	20,120
1960	9,107	9,091	23,661
1970	11,125	11,050	26,347
1980	11,129	10,936	24,115
1990	9,958	9,442	21,241
2000	10,505	9,994	18,198
2010	10,124	9,389	14,049
2020	7,094	6,775	10,751
2025	6,680	6,644	8,518

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Station counts are computed by this site.

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