Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Shamba Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Shamba (ASN00012267): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Shamba Thresholds

  • Shamba: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1978 with 19.
  • Shamba: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 21 years, most in 1999 with 6.
  • Shamba: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 5 years, most in 2000 with 2.
  • 3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Shamba.
30 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Shamba Days per year at Shamba with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 19 in 1978. 051015201973: 101974: 101975: 131976: 151977: 111978: 191979: 151980: 101981: 111982: 111983: 101985: 91986: 111987: 81988: 131989: 161990: 81991: 91992: 191993: 131994: 41998: 111999: 92000: 142001: 112002: 42003: 172004: 92005: 82006: 121973197619791982198619891992199820012004
Days per year at Shamba with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 19 in 1978.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Shamba
YearDaysDecade average
19731013.3
19741013.3
19751313.3
19761513.3
19771113.3
19781913.3
19791513.3
19801011
19811111
19821111
19831011
1985911
19861111
1987811
19881311
19891611
1990810.4
1991910.4
19921910.4
19931310.4
1994410.4
19981110.4
1999910.4
20001410.7
20011110.7
2002410.7
20031710.7
2004910.7
2005810.7
20061210.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Shamba For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Shamba meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1973: 10 June 1973 to 1 December 19731974: 18 March 1974 to 17 November 19741975: 28 February 1975 to 10 December 19751976: 13 January 1976 to 8 November 19761977: 16 May 1977 to 1 December 19771978: 5 January 1978 to 21 December 19781979: 28 February 1979 to 9 November 19791980: 15 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 2 January 1981 to 1 October 19811982: 20 January 1982 to 3 October 19821983: 26 February 1983 to 30 December 19831985: 8 March 1985 to 30 November 19851986: 21 February 1986 to 12 August 19861987: 26 March 1987 to 7 December 19871988: 13 January 1988 to 29 December 19881989: 1 January 1989 to 11 November 19891990: 14 January 1990 to 13 October 19901991: 17 June 1991 to 27 December 19911992: 3 February 1992 to 7 November 19921993: 1 February 1993 to 9 November 19931994: 23 May 1994 to 19 November 19941998: 8 April 1998 to 10 September 19981999: 1 January 1999 to 1 December 19992000: 12 January 2000 to 26 June 20002001: 24 January 2001 to 1 December 20012002: 18 April 2002 to 23 November 20022003: 12 February 2003 to 27 November 20032004: 6 January 2004 to 3 November 20042005: 1 April 2005 to 6 November 20052006: 3 January 2006 to 11 July 200619731977198119861990199420012005JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Shamba meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Shamba
YearFirst dateLast date
19731973-06-101973-12-01
19741974-03-181974-11-17
19751975-02-281975-12-10
19761976-01-131976-11-08
19771977-05-161977-12-01
19781978-01-051978-12-21
19791979-02-281979-11-09
19801980-01-151980-12-31
19811981-01-021981-10-01
19821982-01-201982-10-03
19831983-02-261983-12-30
19851985-03-081985-11-30
19861986-02-211986-08-12
19871987-03-261987-12-07
19881988-01-131988-12-29
19891989-01-011989-11-11
19901990-01-141990-10-13
19911991-06-171991-12-27
19921992-02-031992-11-07
19931993-02-011993-11-09
19941994-05-231994-11-19
19981998-04-081998-09-10
19991999-01-011999-12-01
20002000-01-122000-06-26
20012001-01-242001-12-01
20022002-04-182002-11-23
20032003-02-122003-11-27
20042004-01-062004-11-03
20052005-04-012005-11-06
20062006-01-032006-07-11

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Shamba
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3019197812
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain21619991
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain5220001

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1973.

Download the Data

  • Data for Shamba 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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