Built 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026)

Rock Creek Threshold Days by Year

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Rock Creek (CA001136812): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Rock Creek Thresholds

  • Rock Creek: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 34 years, most in 1941 with 20.
  • Rock Creek: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 27 years, most in 1934 with 76.
  • Rock Creek: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 27 years, most in 1933 with 23.
  • Rock Creek: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 27 years, most in 1934 with 54.
  • 17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Rock Creek.
27 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Rock Creek Days per year at Rock Creek with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 76 in 1934. 0204060801921: 361922: 551923: 361924: 521925: 521926: 561927: 331928: 401929: 441930: 431931: 521932: 541933: 461934: 761935: 461936: 481937: 451938: 611939: 501940: 541941: 241942: 421943: 411944: 341945: 481946: 281947: 26192119241927193019331936193919421945
Days per year at Rock Creek with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 76 in 1934.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Rock Creek
YearDaysDecade average
19213644.9
19225544.9
19233644.9
19245244.9
19255244.9
19265644.9
19273344.9
19284044.9
19294444.9
19304352.1
19315252.1
19325452.1
19334652.1
19347652.1
19354652.1
19364852.1
19374552.1
19386152.1
19395052.1
19405437.1
19412437.1
19424237.1
19434137.1
19443437.1
19454837.1
19462837.1
19472637.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Rock Creek For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Rock Creek meeting 30 C (86 F). 1921: 31 May 1921 to 30 August 19211922: 31 May 1922 to 12 September 19221923: 28 June 1923 to 13 September 19231924: 10 May 1924 to 16 September 19241925: 19 June 1925 to 23 September 19251926: 28 April 1926 to 25 August 19261927: 6 June 1927 to 23 August 19271928: 20 May 1928 to 27 September 19281929: 20 May 1929 to 15 September 19291930: 14 May 1930 to 8 September 19301931: 10 May 1931 to 3 September 19311932: 9 June 1932 to 30 September 19321933: 3 June 1933 to 4 September 19331934: 21 April 1934 to 6 September 19341935: 4 June 1935 to 3 October 19351936: 17 April 1936 to 20 September 19361937: 3 May 1937 to 19 September 19371938: 22 May 1938 to 23 September 19381939: 28 April 1939 to 23 September 19391940: 22 May 1940 to 12 September 19401941: 23 May 1941 to 22 August 19411942: 29 June 1942 to 27 September 19421943: 28 June 1943 to 7 October 19431944: 10 June 1944 to 12 September 19441945: 30 May 1945 to 14 September 19451946: 19 July 1946 to 2 September 19461947: 7 May 1947 to 1 September 19471921192519291933193719411945JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Rock Creek meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Rock Creek
YearFirst dateLast date
19211921-05-311921-08-30
19221922-05-311922-09-12
19231923-06-281923-09-13
19241924-05-101924-09-16
19251925-06-191925-09-23
19261926-04-281926-08-25
19271927-06-061927-08-23
19281928-05-201928-09-27
19291929-05-201929-09-15
19301930-05-141930-09-08
19311931-05-101931-09-03
19321932-06-091932-09-30
19331933-06-031933-09-04
19341934-04-211934-09-06
19351935-06-041935-10-03
19361936-04-171936-09-20
19371937-05-031937-09-19
19381938-05-221938-09-23
19391939-04-281939-09-23
19401940-05-221940-09-12
19411941-05-231941-08-22
19421942-06-291942-09-27
19431943-06-281943-10-07
19441944-06-101944-09-12
19451945-05-301945-09-14
19461946-07-191946-09-02
19471947-05-071947-09-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Rock Creek
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days2776193426
35 C (95 F): Days272319331
40 C (104 F): Days6319331
90 F (32.2 C): Days2754193411
100 F (37.8 C): Days19919331
110 F (43.3 C): Days1119341
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max2774192257
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min272331935162
-10 C (14 F): Days with min2787193633
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min263719229
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min141419304
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min4219241
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min1119411
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3420194113
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain15319161
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain1119161
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall23619373

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1921.

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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 . Last revised (2026-10-13).