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Dhahran Threshold Days by Year (SAW00032502)

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Dhahran (SAW00032502): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Dhahran Thresholds

  • Dhahran: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 33 years, most in 2008 with 245.
  • Dhahran: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 33 years, most in 2008 with 200.
  • Dhahran: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 33 years, most in 2008 with 147.
  • Dhahran: days with a maximum temperature at or above 45 C (113 F) in 33 years, most in 2009 with 73.
  • 13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Dhahran.
33 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dhahran Days per year at Dhahran with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 245 in 2008. 01002003001949: 2211950: 2231951: 2181952: 2271953: 2311954: 2221955: 2291956: 2181957: 2151958: 2281959: 2261960: 2231961: 2181978: 2021979: 2221980: 2191981: 2211983: 1941985: 2161986: 2191987: 2081988: 2081989: 2051990: 2042001: 2292002: 2152003: 2182005: 2112008: 2452009: 2332010: 2452011: 2242012: 211194919531957196119811987200120082012
Days per year at Dhahran with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 245 in 2008.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dhahran
YearDaysDecade average
1949221221
1950223223.7
1951218223.7
1952227223.7
1953231223.7
1954222223.7
1955229223.7
1956218223.7
1957215223.7
1958228223.7
1959226223.7
1960223220.5
1961218220.5
1978202212
1979222212
1980219211.3
1981221211.3
1983194211.3
1985216211.3
1986219211.3
1987208211.3
1988208211.3
1989205211.3
1990204204
2001229225.2
2002215225.2
2003218225.2
2005211225.2
2008245225.2
2009233225.2
2010245226.7
2011224226.7
2012211226.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Dhahran For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Dhahran meeting 30 C (86 F). 1949: 5 March 1949 to 18 November 19491950: 5 April 1950 to 18 November 19501951: 5 February 1951 to 9 November 19511952: 1 March 1952 to 26 November 19521953: 23 January 1953 to 27 November 19531954: 14 March 1954 to 30 November 19541955: 1 March 1955 to 25 November 19551956: 8 March 1956 to 11 November 19561957: 5 March 1957 to 8 November 19571958: 8 March 1958 to 9 December 19581959: 14 March 1959 to 21 November 19591960: 26 February 1960 to 8 November 19601961: 8 March 1961 to 22 November 19611978: 21 January 1978 to 3 December 19781979: 28 February 1979 to 30 November 19791980: 14 March 1980 to 23 November 19801981: 15 March 1981 to 7 December 19811983: 8 April 1983 to 19 November 19831985: 14 March 1985 to 27 November 19851986: 10 March 1986 to 10 November 19861987: 16 February 1987 to 24 November 19871988: 20 March 1988 to 18 November 19881989: 5 March 1989 to 29 November 19891990: 8 March 1990 to 25 December 19902001: 15 February 2001 to 20 December 20012002: 25 February 2002 to 14 November 20022003: 6 March 2003 to 13 November 20032005: 8 March 2005 to 23 November 20052008: 15 February 2008 to 30 November 20082009: 25 February 2009 to 29 November 20092010: 31 January 2010 to 13 December 20102011: 26 February 2011 to 20 November 20112012: 1 March 2012 to 11 December 20121949195419591980198720022010JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Dhahran meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Dhahran
YearFirst dateLast date
19491949-03-051949-11-18
19501950-04-051950-11-18
19511951-02-051951-11-09
19521952-03-011952-11-26
19531953-01-231953-11-27
19541954-03-141954-11-30
19551955-03-011955-11-25
19561956-03-081956-11-11
19571957-03-051957-11-08
19581958-03-081958-12-09
19591959-03-141959-11-21
19601960-02-261960-11-08
19611961-03-081961-11-22
19781978-01-211978-12-03
19791979-02-281979-11-30
19801980-03-141980-11-23
19811981-03-151981-12-07
19831983-04-081983-11-19
19851985-03-141985-11-27
19861986-03-101986-11-10
19871987-02-161987-11-24
19881988-03-201988-11-18
19891989-03-051989-11-29
19901990-03-081990-12-25
20012001-02-152001-12-20
20022002-02-252002-11-14
20032003-03-062003-11-13
20052005-03-082005-11-23
20082008-02-152008-11-30
20092009-02-252009-11-29
20102010-01-312010-12-13
20112011-02-262011-11-20
20122012-03-012012-12-11

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Dhahran
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days332452008211
35 C (95 F): Days332002008179
40 C (104 F): Days331472008135
45 C (113 F): Days3373200959
50 C (122 F): Days3320091
90 F (32.2 C): Days332162008187
100 F (37.8 C): Days331732008150
110 F (43.3 C): Days3392200884
120 F (48.9 C): Days10720095
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min132331954206
25 C (77 F): Days with min131591951110
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain10519534
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain7319593

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

Download the Data

  • Data for Dhahran 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).