Contest Threshold Days by Year (SF001245100)

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Contest (SF001245100): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Contest Thresholds

Contest: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1893 with 31.
Contest: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1893 with 11.
Contest: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 18 years, most in 1972 with 3.
3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Contest.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

68 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Contest with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 31 in 1893.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Contest
Year	Days	Decade average
1892	20	17.8
1893	31	17.8
1898	12	17.8
1899	8	17.8
1900	10	15.3
1901	19	15.3
1902	12	15.3
1903	13	15.3
1904	8	15.3
1905	22	15.3
1906	16	15.3
1907	21	15.3
1908	14	15.3
1909	18	15.3
1912	14	17
1913	15	17
1914	21	17
1915	15	17
1916	15	17
1917	22	17
1923	17	15.5
1924	10	15.5
1925	22	15.5
1926	17	15.5
1927	13	15.5
1928	14	15.5
1930	15	18.7
1931	21	18.7
1932	19	18.7
1933	18	18.7
1934	20	18.7
1935	18	18.7
1936	19	18.7
1937	13	18.7
1938	29	18.7
1939	15	18.7
1940	20	15.1
1941	8	15.1
1942	19	15.1
1943	21	15.1
1944	13	15.1
1945	13	15.1
1946	20	15.1
1947	13	15.1
1948	14	15.1
1949	10	15.1
1950	19	17
1951	15	17
1952	14	17
1956	12	17
1957	21	17
1958	15	17
1959	23	17
1960	21	16.7
1961	16	16.7
1962	28	16.7
1963	25	16.7
1964	7	16.7
1965	15	16.7
1966	13	16.7
1967	19	16.7
1968	5	16.7
1969	18	16.7
1970	20	18.6
1971	18	18.6
1972	15	18.6
1973	14	18.6
1974	26	18.6

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Contest meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Contest
Year	First date	Last date
1892	1892-01-14	1892-12-18
1893	1893-01-03	1893-12-14
1898	1898-01-02	1898-12-21
1899	1899-02-15	1899-12-28
1900	1900-01-10	1900-12-30
1901	1901-01-03	1901-12-23
1902	1902-01-15	1902-12-24
1903	1903-01-05	1903-12-27
1904	1904-01-03	1904-12-06
1905	1905-01-01	1905-12-25
1906	1906-01-07	1906-12-11
1907	1907-01-01	1907-12-27
1908	1908-01-26	1908-12-21
1909	1909-01-07	1909-11-30
1912	1912-01-13	1912-12-31
1913	1913-01-01	1913-11-07
1914	1914-01-20	1914-12-08
1915	1915-01-02	1915-12-30
1916	1916-01-10	1916-12-18
1917	1917-01-03	1917-12-30
1923	1923-01-06	1923-12-17
1924	1924-02-26	1924-12-27
1925	1925-01-20	1925-12-28
1926	1926-01-17	1926-12-27
1927	1927-02-17	1927-12-28
1928	1928-01-04	1928-12-25
1930	1930-01-03	1930-11-13
1931	1931-01-03	1931-12-31
1932	1932-01-25	1932-12-25
1933	1933-02-08	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-09	1934-12-25
1935	1935-01-04	1935-12-18
1936	1936-01-17	1936-12-10
1937	1937-01-04	1937-12-06
1938	1938-01-04	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-13	1939-11-12
1940	1940-01-14	1940-12-21
1941	1941-01-08	1941-12-13
1942	1942-01-03	1942-12-26
1943	1943-01-12	1943-12-24
1944	1944-01-14	1944-10-22
1945	1945-01-06	1945-12-04
1946	1946-01-07	1946-11-26
1947	1947-01-07	1947-12-23
1948	1948-01-08	1948-12-18
1949	1949-02-22	1949-12-11
1950	1950-02-18	1950-12-25
1951	1951-01-01	1951-10-02
1952	1952-01-15	1952-12-16
1956	1956-02-12	1956-12-20
1957	1957-01-22	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-07	1958-12-20
1959	1959-01-16	1959-12-21
1960	1960-01-17	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-19	1961-12-16
1962	1962-01-08	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-04	1963-12-08
1964	1964-01-19	1964-12-27
1965	1965-01-21	1965-12-16
1966	1966-01-18	1966-12-30
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-22
1968	1968-04-08	1968-12-21
1969	1969-01-30	1969-12-07
1970	1970-02-01	1970-12-24
1971	1971-01-25	1971-12-28
1972	1972-01-11	1972-10-14
1973	1973-01-06	1973-12-23
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-18

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Contest
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	68	31	1893	26
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	65	11	1893	10
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	18	3	1972	3

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1892.

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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).

Contest Threshold Days by Year (SF001245100)

Key Facts for Contest Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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