Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Palos Altos Threshold Days by Year (MXN00012063)

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Palos Altos (MXN00012063): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Palos Altos Thresholds

  • Palos Altos: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 46 years, most in 1967 with 53.
  • Palos Altos: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 46 years, most in 1985 with 20.
  • Palos Altos: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 43 years, most in 2000 with 366.
  • Palos Altos: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 43 years, most in 1970 with 250.
  • 13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Palos Altos.
43 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Palos Altos Days per year at Palos Altos with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 366 in 2000. 01002003004001963: 3311964: 3591965: 3571966: 3611967: 3581968: 3571969: 3601970: 3631971: 3641972: 3641973: 3541974: 3561975: 3511976: 3461977: 3581978: 3571979: 3581980: 3451981: 3521982: 3611983: 3581984: 3481985: 3601986: 3571987: 3611988: 3291990: 3291992: 3441993: 3451994: 3341995: 3291998: 3441999: 3642000: 3662001: 3282002: 3282003: 2492004: 2672006: 2472008: 2472009: 3312010: 2982011: 298196319681973197819831988199520022009
Days per year at Palos Altos with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 366 in 2000.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Palos Altos
YearDaysDecade average
1963331354.7
1964359354.7
1965357354.7
1966361354.7
1967358354.7
1968357354.7
1969360354.7
1970363357.1
1971364357.1
1972364357.1
1973354357.1
1974356357.1
1975351357.1
1976346357.1
1977358357.1
1978357357.1
1979358357.1
1980345352.3
1981352352.3
1982361352.3
1983358352.3
1984348352.3
1985360352.3
1986357352.3
1987361352.3
1988329352.3
1990329341.3
1992344341.3
1993345341.3
1994334341.3
1995329341.3
1998344341.3
1999364341.3
2000366295.4
2001328295.4
2002328295.4
2003249295.4
2004267295.4
2006247295.4
2008247295.4
2009331295.4
2010298298
2011298298
First to last qualifying date each year at Palos Altos For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Palos Altos meeting 30 C (86 F). 1963: 1 January 1963 to 31 December 19631964: 1 January 1964 to 31 December 19641965: 1 January 1965 to 31 December 19651966: 1 January 1966 to 31 December 19661967: 1 January 1967 to 31 December 19671968: 1 January 1968 to 31 December 19681969: 1 January 1969 to 31 December 19691970: 1 January 1970 to 31 December 19701971: 1 January 1971 to 31 December 19711972: 1 January 1972 to 31 December 19721973: 1 January 1973 to 31 December 19731974: 1 January 1974 to 31 December 19741975: 1 January 1975 to 31 December 19751976: 1 January 1976 to 31 December 19761977: 1 January 1977 to 31 December 19771978: 1 January 1978 to 31 December 19781979: 1 January 1979 to 31 December 19791980: 1 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 1 January 1981 to 31 December 19811982: 1 January 1982 to 31 December 19821983: 1 January 1983 to 31 December 19831984: 1 January 1984 to 31 December 19841985: 1 January 1985 to 31 December 19851986: 1 January 1986 to 31 December 19861987: 1 January 1987 to 31 December 19871988: 1 February 1988 to 31 December 19881990: 1 February 1990 to 31 December 19901992: 1 January 1992 to 31 December 19921993: 1 January 1993 to 16 December 19931994: 17 January 1994 to 18 December 19941995: 16 January 1995 to 14 December 19951998: 21 January 1998 to 31 December 19981999: 2 January 1999 to 31 December 19992000: 1 January 2000 to 31 December 20002001: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 20012002: 1 January 2002 to 31 December 20022003: 1 January 2003 to 31 December 20032004: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 20042006: 1 January 2006 to 31 December 20062008: 1 January 2008 to 31 December 20082009: 1 January 2009 to 31 December 20092010: 1 January 2010 to 31 December 20102011: 1 January 2011 to 31 December 201119631969197519811987199520032011JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Palos Altos meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Palos Altos
YearFirst dateLast date
19631963-01-011963-12-31
19641964-01-011964-12-31
19651965-01-011965-12-31
19661966-01-011966-12-31
19671967-01-011967-12-31
19681968-01-011968-12-31
19691969-01-011969-12-31
19701970-01-011970-12-31
19711971-01-011971-12-31
19721972-01-011972-12-31
19731973-01-011973-12-31
19741974-01-011974-12-31
19751975-01-011975-12-31
19761976-01-011976-12-31
19771977-01-011977-12-31
19781978-01-011978-12-31
19791979-01-011979-12-31
19801980-01-011980-12-31
19811981-01-011981-12-31
19821982-01-011982-12-31
19831983-01-011983-12-31
19841984-01-011984-12-31
19851985-01-011985-12-31
19861986-01-011986-12-31
19871987-01-011987-12-31
19881988-02-011988-12-31
19901990-02-011990-12-31
19921992-01-011992-12-31
19931993-01-011993-12-16
19941994-01-171994-12-18
19951995-01-161995-12-14
19981998-01-211998-12-31
19991999-01-021999-12-31
20002000-01-012000-12-31
20012001-01-012001-12-31
20022002-01-012002-12-31
20032003-01-012003-12-31
20042004-01-012004-12-31
20062006-01-012006-12-31
20082008-01-012008-12-31
20092009-01-012009-12-31
20102010-01-012010-12-31
20112011-01-012011-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Palos Altos
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days433662000298
35 C (95 F): Days43250197078
40 C (104 F): Days389319698
45 C (113 F): Days2119821
90 F (32.2 C): Days433402000162
100 F (37.8 C): Days43131197017
110 F (43.3 C): Days11819692
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min43275197864
25 C (77 F): Days with min355019801
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4653196727
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4620198513
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain42719732
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119941

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1963.

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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).