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El Cajon Threshold Days by Year (MXN00026180)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at El Cajon (MXN00026180): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for El Cajon Thresholds

  • El Cajon: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 39 years, most in 1986 with 262.
  • El Cajon: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 39 years, most in 1987 with 189.
  • El Cajon: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 39 years, most in 1987 with 92.
  • El Cajon: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 39 years, most in 1987 with 223.
  • 15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at El Cajon.
39 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at El Cajon Days per year at El Cajon with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 262 in 1986. 01002003001974: 2291975: 2381976: 2341977: 2541978: 2301979: 2381980: 2431981: 2511982: 2361983: 2011984: 2141985: 2211986: 2621987: 2611988: 2271989: 2421990: 2221991: 2091992: 2081993: 2201994: 2221995: 2071996: 2451997: 2301998: 2151999: 2432000: 2232001: 2282002: 2382003: 2382004: 2242005: 2442006: 2392007: 2492008: 2492009: 2362010: 2272011: 2372012: 2441974197819821986199019941998200220062010
Days per year at El Cajon with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 262 in 1986.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at El Cajon
YearDaysDecade average
1974229237.2
1975238237.2
1976234237.2
1977254237.2
1978230237.2
1979238237.2
1980243235.8
1981251235.8
1982236235.8
1983201235.8
1984214235.8
1985221235.8
1986262235.8
1987261235.8
1988227235.8
1989242235.8
1990222222.1
1991209222.1
1992208222.1
1993220222.1
1994222222.1
1995207222.1
1996245222.1
1997230222.1
1998215222.1
1999243222.1
2000223236.8
2001228236.8
2002238236.8
2003238236.8
2004224236.8
2005244236.8
2006239236.8
2007249236.8
2008249236.8
2009236236.8
2010227236
2011237236
2012244236
First to last qualifying date each year at El Cajon For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at El Cajon meeting 30 C (86 F). 1974: 4 February 1974 to 25 November 19741975: 13 January 1975 to 10 December 19751976: 14 January 1976 to 8 December 19761977: 13 February 1977 to 15 December 19771978: 8 January 1978 to 9 November 19781979: 10 February 1979 to 31 December 19791980: 2 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 1 January 1981 to 20 December 19811982: 9 January 1982 to 15 November 19821983: 17 February 1983 to 17 November 19831984: 3 March 1984 to 15 November 19841985: 13 February 1985 to 30 December 19851986: 10 January 1986 to 3 December 19861987: 25 January 1987 to 11 December 19871988: 4 January 1988 to 4 December 19881989: 9 February 1989 to 25 December 19891990: 10 January 1990 to 18 November 19901991: 4 February 1991 to 27 November 19911992: 13 March 1992 to 1 December 19921993: 6 March 1993 to 6 December 19931994: 3 January 1994 to 9 November 19941995: 3 February 1995 to 12 December 19951996: 7 January 1996 to 13 December 19961997: 1 January 1997 to 25 November 19971998: 18 January 1998 to 29 December 19981999: 5 January 1999 to 30 November 19992000: 12 January 2000 to 18 October 20002001: 4 February 2001 to 19 December 20012002: 6 January 2002 to 23 November 20022003: 5 January 2003 to 20 December 20032004: 9 January 2004 to 14 December 20042005: 16 January 2005 to 25 December 20052006: 2 January 2006 to 26 December 20062007: 9 January 2007 to 4 December 20072008: 9 February 2008 to 12 December 20082009: 13 January 2009 to 20 November 20092010: 15 February 2010 to 14 December 20102011: 13 January 2011 to 28 November 20112012: 1 January 2012 to 5 December 201219741979198419891994199920042009JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at El Cajon meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at El Cajon
YearFirst dateLast date
19741974-02-041974-11-25
19751975-01-131975-12-10
19761976-01-141976-12-08
19771977-02-131977-12-15
19781978-01-081978-11-09
19791979-02-101979-12-31
19801980-01-021980-12-31
19811981-01-011981-12-20
19821982-01-091982-11-15
19831983-02-171983-11-17
19841984-03-031984-11-15
19851985-02-131985-12-30
19861986-01-101986-12-03
19871987-01-251987-12-11
19881988-01-041988-12-04
19891989-02-091989-12-25
19901990-01-101990-11-18
19911991-02-041991-11-27
19921992-03-131992-12-01
19931993-03-061993-12-06
19941994-01-031994-11-09
19951995-02-031995-12-12
19961996-01-071996-12-13
19971997-01-011997-11-25
19981998-01-181998-12-29
19991999-01-051999-11-30
20002000-01-122000-10-18
20012001-02-042001-12-19
20022002-01-062002-11-23
20032003-01-052003-12-20
20042004-01-092004-12-14
20052005-01-162005-12-25
20062006-01-022006-12-26
20072007-01-092007-12-04
20082008-02-092008-12-12
20092009-01-132009-11-20
20102010-02-152010-12-14
20112011-01-132011-11-28
20122012-01-012012-12-05

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at El Cajon
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days392621986244
35 C (95 F): Days391891987138
40 C (104 F): Days3992198747
45 C (113 F): Days281919871
90 F (32.2 C): Days392231987198
100 F (37.8 C): Days39127198780
110 F (43.3 C): Days373119873
120 F (48.9 C): Days3119761
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min3954201125
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min39114200096
25 C (77 F): Days with min3926198011
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3927199015
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain381119904
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain22419901
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain3119861

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1974.

Download the Data

  • Data for El Cajon threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).