Hambantota Threshold Days by Year

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Hambantota (CE000043497): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Hambantota Thresholds

Hambantota: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 119 years, most in 1903 with 353.
Hambantota: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 119 years, most in 1998 with 147.
Hambantota: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 112 years, most in 1884 with 366.
Hambantota: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 25 C (77 F) in 112 years, most in 1998 with 189.
11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Hambantota.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

119 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Hambantota with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 353 in 1903.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Hambantota
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	205	205
1870	230	223.2
1871	220	223.2
1872	230	223.2
1873	214	223.2
1874	205	223.2
1875	222	223.2
1876	244	223.2
1877	207	223.2
1878	230	223.2
1879	230	223.2
1880	260	214.9
1881	221	214.9
1882	242	214.9
1883	219	214.9
1884	149	214.9
1885	119	214.9
1888	243	214.9
1889	266	214.9
1893	246	262.8
1894	220	262.8
1895	286	262.8
1896	242	262.8
1897	302	262.8
1898	281	262.8
1903	353	287.2
1904	309	287.2
1906	238	287.2
1907	297	287.2
1908	284	287.2
1909	242	287.2
1910	255	228.1
1911	253	228.1
1912	253	228.1
1913	245	228.1
1914	258	228.1
1915	258	228.1
1916	212	228.1
1917	143	228.1
1918	180	228.1
1919	224	228.1
1920	239	218.6
1921	252	218.6
1922	246	218.6
1923	151	218.6
1924	231	218.6
1925	175	218.6
1926	234	218.6
1927	199	218.6
1928	242	218.6
1929	217	218.6
1930	181	182.4
1931	190	182.4
1932	151	182.4
1933	161	182.4
1934	125	182.4
1935	150	182.4
1936	177	182.4
1937	258	182.4
1938	221	182.4
1939	210	182.4
1940	261	261
1951	183	194.6
1952	239	194.6
1953	235	194.6
1954	167	194.6
1955	158	194.6
1956	177	194.6
1957	180	194.6
1958	229	194.6
1959	183	194.6
1960	186	183.1
1961	118	183.1
1962	193	183.1
1963	155	183.1
1964	209	183.1
1965	192	183.1
1966	207	183.1
1967	171	183.1
1968	202	183.1
1969	198	183.1
1970	183	210.5
1971	162	210.5
1972	175	210.5
1973	236	210.5
1974	230	210.5
1975	194	210.5
1976	208	210.5
1977	241	210.5
1978	218	210.5
1979	258	210.5
1980	261	228.2
1981	228	228.2
1982	217	228.2
1983	265	228.2
1984	202	228.2
1985	177	228.2
1986	225	228.2
1987	267	228.2
1989	212	228.2
1990	270	262.2
1991	246	262.2
1992	265	262.2
1993	237	262.2
1994	229	262.2
1995	271	262.2
1996	256	262.2
1997	295	262.2
1998	309	262.2
1999	244	262.2
2001	305	286.5
2002	283	286.5
2003	287	286.5
2004	271	286.5
2010	299	287
2011	280	287
2012	296	287
2013	273	287
2025	131	131

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Hambantota meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Hambantota
Year	First date	Last date
1869	1869-01-27	1869-12-30
1870	1870-01-14	1870-12-28
1871	1871-01-05	1871-12-31
1872	1872-01-06	1872-12-31
1873	1873-01-01	1873-12-27
1874	1874-01-01	1874-12-25
1875	1875-01-03	1875-12-31
1876	1876-01-01	1876-12-29
1877	1877-01-02	1877-12-30
1878	1878-01-04	1878-12-31
1879	1879-01-01	1879-12-31
1880	1880-01-11	1880-12-25
1881	1881-01-02	1881-12-31
1882	1882-01-09	1882-12-30
1883	1883-01-03	1883-12-31
1884	1884-01-04	1884-10-23
1885	1885-02-16	1885-12-21
1888	1888-01-08	1888-12-28
1889	1889-01-04	1889-12-26
1893	1893-01-01	1893-12-30
1894	1894-02-14	1894-12-28
1895	1895-01-06	1895-12-29
1896	1896-01-12	1896-12-30
1897	1897-01-02	1897-12-31
1898	1898-01-01	1898-12-18
1903	1903-01-01	1903-12-31
1904	1904-01-01	1904-12-31
1906	1906-01-22	1906-12-31
1907	1907-01-01	1907-12-31
1908	1908-01-01	1908-12-25
1909	1909-01-01	1909-12-21
1910	1910-01-14	1910-12-29
1911	1911-01-01	1911-12-31
1912	1912-01-09	1912-12-29
1913	1913-02-03	1913-11-26
1914	1914-02-01	1914-12-31
1915	1915-01-01	1915-12-31
1916	1916-01-01	1916-12-07
1917	1917-01-03	1917-12-15
1918	1918-02-09	1918-12-30
1919	1919-01-02	1919-12-04
1920	1920-01-10	1920-12-29
1921	1921-02-05	1921-12-24
1922	1922-01-02	1922-12-30
1923	1923-01-28	1923-12-27
1924	1924-01-01	1924-12-31
1925	1925-01-05	1925-11-29
1926	1926-01-03	1926-12-15
1927	1927-01-12	1927-12-30
1928	1928-01-08	1928-12-29
1929	1929-01-02	1929-12-28
1930	1930-01-03	1930-12-31
1931	1931-01-01	1931-12-17
1932	1932-01-04	1932-12-31
1933	1933-01-01	1933-12-30
1934	1934-02-02	1934-12-31
1935	1935-01-01	1935-12-03
1936	1936-01-10	1936-12-26
1937	1937-01-05	1937-12-30
1938	1938-01-03	1938-12-19
1939	1939-01-02	1939-12-31
1940	1940-01-01	1940-12-31
1951	1951-01-02	1951-12-23
1952	1952-01-10	1952-12-31
1953	1953-01-01	1953-12-31
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-30
1955	1955-01-04	1955-12-31
1956	1956-01-01	1956-12-22
1957	1957-01-03	1957-12-15
1958	1958-01-01	1958-12-31
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-23
1960	1960-01-05	1960-12-31
1961	1961-01-04	1961-12-28
1962	1962-01-02	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-14	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-03	1964-12-31
1965	1965-01-03	1965-12-30
1966	1966-01-06	1966-12-29
1967	1967-01-10	1967-12-30
1968	1968-01-08	1968-12-28
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-25
1970	1970-01-14	1970-12-26
1971	1971-01-10	1971-11-29
1972	1972-01-16	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-24
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-30
1975	1975-01-05	1975-12-28
1976	1976-01-02	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-01	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-01	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-31
1980	1980-01-01	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-12	1981-12-30
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-04	1984-12-30
1985	1985-01-05	1985-12-30
1986	1986-01-01	1986-12-31
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-31
1989	1989-01-02	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-05	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-28
1993	1993-01-01	1993-12-30
1994	1994-01-01	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-28
1996	1996-01-01	1996-12-31
1997	1997-01-01	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-28
1999	1999-01-01	1999-12-31
2001	2001-01-01	2001-12-29
2002	2002-01-01	2002-12-31
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-31
2004	2004-01-01	2004-12-31
2010	2010-01-01	2010-12-31
2011	2011-01-01	2011-12-31
2012	2012-01-01	2012-12-31
2013	2013-01-01	2013-12-31
2025	2025-01-01	2025-08-17

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Hambantota
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	119	353	1903	131
35 C (95 F): Days	64	16	1903	17
90 F (32.2 C): Days	119	147	1998	102
100 F (37.8 C): Days	1	1	1999	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	112	366	1884	50
25 C (77 F): Days with min	112	189	1998	17
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	15	33	2012	3
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	14	14	2012	24
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	13	5	2011	11
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	6	1	2011	2
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	0	n/a	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1869.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Hambantota Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Hambantota Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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