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Top Plains Threshold Days by Year (ASN00041134)

5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Top Plains (ASN00041134): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Top Plains Thresholds

  • Top Plains: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 71 years, most in 1989 with 65.
  • Top Plains: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 71 years, most in 1967 with 30.
  • Top Plains: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 64 years, most in 1954 with 9.
  • Top Plains: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 29 years, most in 1976 with 3.
  • 5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Top Plains.
71 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Top Plains Days per year at Top Plains with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 1989. 0204060801953: 321954: 441955: 531956: 501957: 231958: 401959: 561960: 331961: 431962: 491963: 371964: 481965: 331966: 241967: 511968: 361969: 361970: 371971: 461972: 471973: 461974: 481975: 461976: 501977: 331978: 521979: 341980: 271981: 481982: 321983: 531984: 371985: 391986: 271987: 491988: 561989: 651990: 351991: 271992: 351993: 341994: 371995: 411996: 381997: 371998: 421999: 592000: 302001: 342002: 202003: 342004: 322005: 292006: 322007: 372008: 382009: 432010: 602011: 532013: 312014: 292015: 352016: 312017: 392018: 292019: 142021: 552022: 642023: 292024: 482025: 46195319611969197719851993200120092018
Days per year at Top Plains with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 1989.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Top Plains
YearDaysDecade average
19533242.6
19544442.6
19555342.6
19565042.6
19572342.6
19584042.6
19595642.6
19603339
19614339
19624939
19633739
19644839
19653339
19662439
19675139
19683639
19693639
19703743.9
19714643.9
19724743.9
19734643.9
19744843.9
19754643.9
19765043.9
19773343.9
19785243.9
19793443.9
19802743.3
19814843.3
19823243.3
19835343.3
19843743.3
19853943.3
19862743.3
19874943.3
19885643.3
19896543.3
19903538.5
19912738.5
19923538.5
19933438.5
19943738.5
19954138.5
19963838.5
19973738.5
19984238.5
19995938.5
20003032.9
20013432.9
20022032.9
20033432.9
20043232.9
20052932.9
20063232.9
20073732.9
20083832.9
20094332.9
20106035.7
20115335.7
20133135.7
20142935.7
20153535.7
20163135.7
20173935.7
20182935.7
20191435.7
20215548.4
20226448.4
20232948.4
20244848.4
20254648.4
First to last qualifying date each year at Top Plains For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Top Plains meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1953: 8 January 1953 to 25 December 19531954: 3 January 1954 to 14 December 19541955: 25 January 1955 to 26 December 19551956: 19 January 1956 to 23 December 19561957: 9 January 1957 to 17 December 19571958: 1 January 1958 to 28 December 19581959: 2 January 1959 to 29 December 19591960: 22 January 1960 to 16 December 19601961: 4 January 1961 to 20 December 19611962: 2 January 1962 to 31 December 19621963: 1 January 1963 to 14 December 19631964: 1 January 1964 to 29 December 19641965: 31 January 1965 to 24 December 19651966: 1 February 1966 to 30 December 19661967: 2 January 1967 to 29 December 19671968: 6 January 1968 to 21 December 19681969: 1 January 1969 to 22 December 19691970: 2 January 1970 to 30 December 19701971: 14 January 1971 to 28 December 19711972: 1 January 1972 to 29 December 19721973: 8 January 1973 to 21 December 19731974: 1 January 1974 to 8 December 19741975: 6 January 1975 to 29 December 19751976: 10 January 1976 to 24 December 19761977: 12 January 1977 to 20 December 19771978: 3 January 1978 to 29 December 19781979: 18 January 1979 to 1 December 19791980: 28 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 1 January 1981 to 30 December 19811982: 16 January 1982 to 20 December 19821983: 1 January 1983 to 28 December 19831984: 5 January 1984 to 30 December 19841985: 8 January 1985 to 27 December 19851986: 10 January 1986 to 27 December 19861987: 3 January 1987 to 31 December 19871988: 5 January 1988 to 20 December 19881989: 6 January 1989 to 26 December 19891990: 16 January 1990 to 22 December 19901991: 1 January 1991 to 31 December 19911992: 9 January 1992 to 18 December 19921993: 5 January 1993 to 9 December 19931994: 15 January 1994 to 26 December 19941995: 4 January 1995 to 24 December 19951996: 3 January 1996 to 19 December 19961997: 26 January 1997 to 27 December 19971998: 11 January 1998 to 24 December 19981999: 2 January 1999 to 29 December 19992000: 13 January 2000 to 29 December 20002001: 9 January 2001 to 31 December 20012002: 3 February 2002 to 24 December 20022003: 2 February 2003 to 7 December 20032004: 12 January 2004 to 11 December 20042005: 7 January 2005 to 28 December 20052006: 5 January 2006 to 17 December 20062007: 3 January 2007 to 31 December 20072008: 1 January 2008 to 7 December 20082009: 2 January 2009 to 30 December 20092010: 1 January 2010 to 28 December 20102011: 2 January 2011 to 25 December 20112013: 21 January 2013 to 30 November 20132014: 24 January 2014 to 28 December 20142015: 23 January 2015 to 29 November 20152016: 4 January 2016 to 7 December 20162017: 3 January 2017 to 27 December 20172018: 3 January 2018 to 17 December 20182019: 15 March 2019 to 25 December 20192021: 3 January 2021 to 28 December 20212022: 1 January 2022 to 3 December 20222023: 20 January 2023 to 26 December 20232024: 1 January 2024 to 19 December 20242025: 1 January 2025 to 27 November 202519531962197119801989199820072017JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Top Plains meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Top Plains
YearFirst dateLast date
19531953-01-081953-12-25
19541954-01-031954-12-14
19551955-01-251955-12-26
19561956-01-191956-12-23
19571957-01-091957-12-17
19581958-01-011958-12-28
19591959-01-021959-12-29
19601960-01-221960-12-16
19611961-01-041961-12-20
19621962-01-021962-12-31
19631963-01-011963-12-14
19641964-01-011964-12-29
19651965-01-311965-12-24
19661966-02-011966-12-30
19671967-01-021967-12-29
19681968-01-061968-12-21
19691969-01-011969-12-22
19701970-01-021970-12-30
19711971-01-141971-12-28
19721972-01-011972-12-29
19731973-01-081973-12-21
19741974-01-011974-12-08
19751975-01-061975-12-29
19761976-01-101976-12-24
19771977-01-121977-12-20
19781978-01-031978-12-29
19791979-01-181979-12-01
19801980-01-281980-12-31
19811981-01-011981-12-30
19821982-01-161982-12-20
19831983-01-011983-12-28
19841984-01-051984-12-30
19851985-01-081985-12-27
19861986-01-101986-12-27
19871987-01-031987-12-31
19881988-01-051988-12-20
19891989-01-061989-12-26
19901990-01-161990-12-22
19911991-01-011991-12-31
19921992-01-091992-12-18
19931993-01-051993-12-09
19941994-01-151994-12-26
19951995-01-041995-12-24
19961996-01-031996-12-19
19971997-01-261997-12-27
19981998-01-111998-12-24
19991999-01-021999-12-29
20002000-01-132000-12-29
20012001-01-092001-12-31
20022002-02-032002-12-24
20032003-02-022003-12-07
20042004-01-122004-12-11
20052005-01-072005-12-28
20062006-01-052006-12-17
20072007-01-032007-12-31
20082008-01-012008-12-07
20092009-01-022009-12-30
20102010-01-012010-12-28
20112011-01-022011-12-25
20132013-01-212013-11-30
20142014-01-242014-12-28
20152015-01-232015-11-29
20162016-01-042016-12-07
20172017-01-032017-12-27
20182018-01-032018-12-17
20192019-03-152019-12-25
20212021-01-032021-12-28
20222022-01-012022-12-03
20232023-01-202023-12-26
20242024-01-012024-12-19
20252025-01-012025-11-27

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Top Plains
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain7165198946
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain7130196716
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain64919542
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain29319761
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain6119551

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1953.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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