Back Plains Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Back Plains (ASN00041002): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Back Plains Thresholds

Back Plains: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 83 years, most in 1950 with 36.
Back Plains: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 81 years, most in 1988 with 14.
Back Plains: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 54 years, most in 1996 with 6.
Back Plains: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 6 years, most in 1988 with 2.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Back Plains.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

83 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Back Plains with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 36 in 1950.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Back Plains
Year	Days	Decade average
1913	19	18.1
1914	21	18.1
1915	10	18.1
1916	27	18.1
1917	25	18.1
1918	13	18.1
1919	12	18.1
1920	19	21.5
1921	29	21.5
1922	20	21.5
1923	17	21.5
1924	27	21.5
1925	18	21.5
1926	15	21.5
1927	25	21.5
1928	20	21.5
1929	25	21.5
1930	15	21.3
1931	29	21.3
1932	19	21.3
1933	24	21.3
1934	26	21.3
1935	18	21.3
1936	21	21.3
1937	22	21.3
1938	18	21.3
1939	21	21.3
1940	21	22.9
1941	19	22.9
1942	27	22.9
1943	28	22.9
1944	20	22.9
1945	23	22.9
1946	18	22.9
1947	24	22.9
1948	21	22.9
1949	28	22.9
1950	36	25.1
1951	19	25.1
1952	25	25.1
1953	17	25.1
1954	31	25.1
1955	28	25.1
1956	23	25.1
1957	18	25.1
1958	24	25.1
1959	30	25.1
1960	16	22.1
1961	30	22.1
1962	25	22.1
1963	22	22.1
1964	24	22.1
1965	19	22.1
1966	26	22.1
1967	21	22.1
1968	22	22.1
1969	16	22.1
1970	18	19.8
1971	21	19.8
1972	17	19.8
1973	24	19.8
1974	19	19.8
1980	11	22.4
1981	22	22.4
1982	17	22.4
1983	30	22.4
1984	27	22.4
1985	23	22.4
1986	23	22.4
1987	20	22.4
1988	28	22.4
1989	23	22.4
1990	17	20.1
1991	20	20.1
1992	18	20.1
1993	16	20.1
1994	11	20.1
1995	26	20.1
1996	31	20.1
1997	15	20.1
1998	25	20.1
1999	22	20.1
2000	11	11

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Back Plains meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Back Plains
Year	First date	Last date
1913	1913-01-01	1913-12-19
1914	1914-02-02	1914-12-28
1915	1915-01-02	1915-12-16
1916	1916-01-13	1916-12-14
1917	1917-01-14	1917-12-13
1918	1918-01-02	1918-12-15
1919	1919-02-19	1919-11-16
1920	1920-01-04	1920-12-09
1921	1921-01-06	1921-12-31
1922	1922-01-01	1922-12-26
1923	1923-01-07	1923-12-27
1924	1924-01-07	1924-12-17
1925	1925-01-02	1925-12-30
1926	1926-01-05	1926-12-30
1927	1927-01-10	1927-12-28
1928	1928-01-20	1928-12-31
1929	1929-01-12	1929-12-25
1930	1930-01-25	1930-12-18
1931	1931-01-18	1931-12-11
1932	1932-04-02	1932-12-21
1933	1933-01-12	1933-12-22
1934	1934-01-04	1934-12-30
1935	1935-01-06	1935-12-15
1936	1936-01-10	1936-12-27
1937	1937-01-12	1937-12-15
1938	1938-01-04	1938-11-28
1939	1939-01-01	1939-12-27
1940	1940-01-22	1940-12-21
1941	1941-01-14	1941-12-30
1942	1942-01-13	1942-12-31
1943	1943-01-14	1943-12-31
1944	1944-01-06	1944-12-22
1945	1945-01-14	1945-12-19
1946	1946-01-06	1946-12-13
1947	1947-01-02	1947-12-25
1948	1948-01-02	1948-12-31
1949	1949-01-04	1949-12-17
1950	1950-01-18	1950-11-26
1951	1951-01-08	1951-12-20
1952	1952-01-09	1952-11-28
1953	1953-01-08	1953-12-25
1954	1954-01-03	1954-12-18
1955	1955-01-06	1955-12-31
1956	1956-01-12	1956-12-22
1957	1957-01-09	1957-12-17
1958	1958-01-20	1958-12-28
1959	1959-01-03	1959-12-21
1960	1960-01-06	1960-12-13
1961	1961-01-04	1961-12-20
1962	1962-01-08	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-30
1964	1964-01-14	1964-12-27
1965	1965-01-07	1965-12-23
1966	1966-01-23	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-05	1967-11-26
1968	1968-01-06	1968-12-05
1969	1969-01-02	1969-12-24
1970	1970-01-02	1970-12-30
1971	1971-01-13	1971-12-28
1972	1972-01-14	1972-12-09
1973	1973-01-13	1973-12-26
1974	1974-01-01	1974-11-25
1980	1980-01-27	1980-12-30
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-25
1982	1982-01-07	1982-12-30
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-15
1984	1984-01-05	1984-12-28
1985	1985-01-09	1985-12-23
1986	1986-01-10	1986-12-26
1987	1987-01-04	1987-12-12
1988	1988-01-16	1988-12-18
1989	1989-01-07	1989-12-23
1990	1990-01-16	1990-12-05
1991	1991-01-06	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-15
1993	1993-01-07	1993-12-23
1994	1994-01-20	1994-12-10
1995	1995-01-07	1995-12-24
1996	1996-01-03	1996-12-31
1997	1997-01-26	1997-12-28
1998	1998-01-25	1998-12-20
1999	1999-01-02	1999-12-28
2000	2000-01-02	2000-12-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Back Plains
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	83	36	1950	11
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	81	14	1988	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	54	6	1996	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	6	2	1988	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1913.

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Back Plains Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Back Plains Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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