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Desert Fringe Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Desert Fringe (ASN00010900): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Desert Fringe Thresholds

  • Desert Fringe: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 26 years, most in 1992 with 15.
  • Desert Fringe: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 22 years, most in 1978 with 3.
  • Desert Fringe: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 7 years, most in 1978 with 2.
  • 3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Desert Fringe.
26 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Desert Fringe Days per year at Desert Fringe with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 15 in 1992. 0510151977: 61978: 101979: 71980: 61981: 41982: 71983: 101984: 51989: 71990: 61991: 61992: 151993: 131994: 91995: 71996: 91997: 61998: 61999: 132000: 92001: 112002: 42003: 132004: 92005: 82006: 15197719801983199019931996199920022005
Days per year at Desert Fringe with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 15 in 1992.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Desert Fringe
YearDaysDecade average
197767.7
1978107.7
197977.7
198066.5
198146.5
198276.5
1983106.5
198456.5
198976.5
199069
199169
1992159
1993139
199499
199579
199699
199769
199869
1999139
200099.9
2001119.9
200249.9
2003139.9
200499.9
200589.9
2006159.9
First to last qualifying date each year at Desert Fringe For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Desert Fringe meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1977: 15 May 1977 to 29 December 19771978: 14 February 1978 to 2 October 19781979: 13 January 1979 to 8 November 19791980: 22 February 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 13 January 1981 to 7 June 19811982: 16 January 1982 to 28 November 19821983: 7 January 1983 to 31 December 19831984: 22 February 1984 to 6 September 19841989: 26 February 1989 to 18 August 19891990: 22 January 1990 to 10 October 19901991: 16 January 1991 to 25 December 19911992: 3 February 1992 to 19 November 19921993: 2 February 1993 to 16 November 19931994: 30 May 1994 to 16 December 19941995: 25 February 1995 to 18 October 19951996: 8 February 1996 to 28 September 19961997: 20 February 1997 to 10 September 19971998: 10 April 1998 to 28 August 19981999: 5 January 1999 to 28 November 19992000: 15 January 2000 to 11 July 20002001: 24 February 2001 to 1 December 20012002: 18 April 2002 to 30 December 20022003: 17 February 2003 to 30 September 20032004: 6 January 2004 to 25 November 20042005: 1 April 2005 to 2 November 20052006: 3 January 2006 to 8 September 20061977198119891993199720012005JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Desert Fringe meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Desert Fringe
YearFirst dateLast date
19771977-05-151977-12-29
19781978-02-141978-10-02
19791979-01-131979-11-08
19801980-02-221980-12-31
19811981-01-131981-06-07
19821982-01-161982-11-28
19831983-01-071983-12-31
19841984-02-221984-09-06
19891989-02-261989-08-18
19901990-01-221990-10-10
19911991-01-161991-12-25
19921992-02-031992-11-19
19931993-02-021993-11-16
19941994-05-301994-12-16
19951995-02-251995-10-18
19961996-02-081996-09-28
19971997-02-201997-09-10
19981998-04-101998-08-28
19991999-01-051999-11-28
20002000-01-152000-07-11
20012001-02-242001-12-01
20022002-04-182002-12-30
20032003-02-172003-09-30
20042004-01-062004-11-25
20052005-04-012005-11-02
20062006-01-032006-09-08

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Desert Fringe
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2615199215
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain22319781
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain7219781

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1977.

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  • Data for Desert Fringe threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).