Built 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026)

Biddenham Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Biddenham (ASN00044006): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Biddenham Thresholds

  • Biddenham: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 72 years, most in 1956 with 37.
  • Biddenham: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 70 years, most in 1890 with 18.
  • Biddenham: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 49 years, most in 1890 with 7.
  • Biddenham: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 5 years, most in 1921 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Biddenham.
72 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Biddenham Days per year at Biddenham with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 37 in 1956. 0102030401888: 51889: 221890: 341892: 151893: 121900: 121913: 231914: 191916: 181917: 261918: 191921: 201922: 101923: 131924: 241925: 201926: 111927: 101928: 161939: 191940: 101941: 211942: 111955: 241956: 371957: 131958: 141959: 181960: 231961: 201962: 231963: 261964: 131965: 71966: 171967: 161968: 111969: 131970: 101971: 131972: 91973: 221974: 171975: 211976: 191977: 201978: 241979: 81980: 121981: 201982: 121983: 211984: 191985: 191986: 161987: 211988: 121989: 151990: 101991: 101992: 151993: 161994: 161995: 141996: 171997: 221998: 221999: 262000: 212001: 82002: 112003: 12188819161926195619641972198019881996
Days per year at Biddenham with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 37 in 1956.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Biddenham
YearDaysDecade average
1888513.5
18892213.5
18903420.3
18921520.3
18931220.3
19001212
19132321
19141921
19161821
19172621
19181921
19212015.5
19221015.5
19231315.5
19242415.5
19252015.5
19261115.5
19271015.5
19281615.5
19391919
19401014
19412114
19421114
19552421.2
19563721.2
19571321.2
19581421.2
19591821.2
19602316.9
19612016.9
19622316.9
19632616.9
19641316.9
1965716.9
19661716.9
19671616.9
19681116.9
19691316.9
19701016.3
19711316.3
1972916.3
19732216.3
19741716.3
19752116.3
19761916.3
19772016.3
19782416.3
1979816.3
19801216.7
19812016.7
19821216.7
19832116.7
19841916.7
19851916.7
19861616.7
19872116.7
19881216.7
19891516.7
19901016.8
19911016.8
19921516.8
19931616.8
19941616.8
19951416.8
19961716.8
19972216.8
19982216.8
19992616.8
20002113
2001813
20021113
20031213
First to last qualifying date each year at Biddenham For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Biddenham meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1888: 8 February 1888 to 14 December 18881889: 20 February 1889 to 29 December 18891890: 6 January 1890 to 29 December 18901892: 23 January 1892 to 26 October 18921893: 12 January 1893 to 3 December 18931900: 5 January 1900 to 20 December 19001913: 2 January 1913 to 21 December 19131914: 12 January 1914 to 25 December 19141916: 16 January 1916 to 29 December 19161917: 3 January 1917 to 24 December 19171918: 1 January 1918 to 26 November 19181921: 4 January 1921 to 25 December 19211922: 7 January 1922 to 20 December 19221923: 8 January 1923 to 27 December 19231924: 7 January 1924 to 12 December 19241925: 2 January 1925 to 23 December 19251926: 1 January 1926 to 15 December 19261927: 7 January 1927 to 23 December 19271928: 17 January 1928 to 27 December 19281939: 19 January 1939 to 19 December 19391940: 10 January 1940 to 28 December 19401941: 1 January 1941 to 24 December 19411942: 28 January 1942 to 11 December 19421955: 24 January 1955 to 18 December 19551956: 12 January 1956 to 22 December 19561957: 4 January 1957 to 8 December 19571958: 1 January 1958 to 27 December 19581959: 3 January 1959 to 8 December 19591960: 7 January 1960 to 26 December 19601961: 3 January 1961 to 30 December 19611962: 1 January 1962 to 29 December 19621963: 9 January 1963 to 7 December 19631964: 14 January 1964 to 14 November 19641965: 23 January 1965 to 15 December 19651966: 6 January 1966 to 27 November 19661967: 5 January 1967 to 31 December 19671968: 7 January 1968 to 4 December 19681969: 18 January 1969 to 29 December 19691970: 26 January 1970 to 22 December 19701971: 17 January 1971 to 27 December 19711972: 3 January 1972 to 29 November 19721973: 10 January 1973 to 26 December 19731974: 7 January 1974 to 29 December 19741975: 3 January 1975 to 27 December 19751976: 12 January 1976 to 31 December 19761977: 5 January 1977 to 19 December 19771978: 9 January 1978 to 23 December 19781979: 5 February 1979 to 24 December 19791980: 6 January 1980 to 4 December 19801981: 17 January 1981 to 24 November 19811982: 15 January 1982 to 2 December 19821983: 21 February 1983 to 4 December 19831984: 1 January 1984 to 19 December 19841985: 27 January 1985 to 23 December 19851986: 4 February 1986 to 8 December 19861987: 2 January 1987 to 30 December 19871988: 20 January 1988 to 27 December 19881989: 4 February 1989 to 14 December 19891990: 20 February 1990 to 8 December 19901991: 5 January 1991 to 11 December 19911992: 20 January 1992 to 17 December 19921993: 22 February 1993 to 23 December 19931994: 1 February 1994 to 25 December 19941995: 4 January 1995 to 23 December 19951996: 9 January 1996 to 12 December 19961997: 28 January 1997 to 20 December 19971998: 9 January 1998 to 9 December 19981999: 1 January 1999 to 27 December 19992000: 15 February 2000 to 16 December 20002001: 8 January 2001 to 27 July 20012002: 6 January 2002 to 20 August 20022003: 6 February 2003 to 22 November 200318881917192819591968197719861995JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Biddenham meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Biddenham
YearFirst dateLast date
18881888-02-081888-12-14
18891889-02-201889-12-29
18901890-01-061890-12-29
18921892-01-231892-10-26
18931893-01-121893-12-03
19001900-01-051900-12-20
19131913-01-021913-12-21
19141914-01-121914-12-25
19161916-01-161916-12-29
19171917-01-031917-12-24
19181918-01-011918-11-26
19211921-01-041921-12-25
19221922-01-071922-12-20
19231923-01-081923-12-27
19241924-01-071924-12-12
19251925-01-021925-12-23
19261926-01-011926-12-15
19271927-01-071927-12-23
19281928-01-171928-12-27
19391939-01-191939-12-19
19401940-01-101940-12-28
19411941-01-011941-12-24
19421942-01-281942-12-11
19551955-01-241955-12-18
19561956-01-121956-12-22
19571957-01-041957-12-08
19581958-01-011958-12-27
19591959-01-031959-12-08
19601960-01-071960-12-26
19611961-01-031961-12-30
19621962-01-011962-12-29
19631963-01-091963-12-07
19641964-01-141964-11-14
19651965-01-231965-12-15
19661966-01-061966-11-27
19671967-01-051967-12-31
19681968-01-071968-12-04
19691969-01-181969-12-29
19701970-01-261970-12-22
19711971-01-171971-12-27
19721972-01-031972-11-29
19731973-01-101973-12-26
19741974-01-071974-12-29
19751975-01-031975-12-27
19761976-01-121976-12-31
19771977-01-051977-12-19
19781978-01-091978-12-23
19791979-02-051979-12-24
19801980-01-061980-12-04
19811981-01-171981-11-24
19821982-01-151982-12-02
19831983-02-211983-12-04
19841984-01-011984-12-19
19851985-01-271985-12-23
19861986-02-041986-12-08
19871987-01-021987-12-30
19881988-01-201988-12-27
19891989-02-041989-12-14
19901990-02-201990-12-08
19911991-01-051991-12-11
19921992-01-201992-12-17
19931993-02-221993-12-23
19941994-02-011994-12-25
19951995-01-041995-12-23
19961996-01-091996-12-12
19971997-01-281997-12-20
19981998-01-091998-12-09
19991999-01-011999-12-27
20002000-02-152000-12-16
20012001-01-082001-07-27
20022002-01-062002-08-20
20032003-02-062003-11-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Biddenham
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain7237195612
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain701818902
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain49718901
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain5119211

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1888.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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