Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Sterling Threshold Days by Year (SF001406160)

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Sterling (SF001406160): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Sterling Thresholds

  • Sterling: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 74 years, most in 1921 with 17.
  • Sterling: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 57 years, most in 1893 with 7.
  • Sterling: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 11 years, most in 1894 with 2.
  • 3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Sterling.
74 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Sterling Days per year at Sterling with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1921. 051015201878: 71879: 121880: 91881: 31882: 91883: 71884: 41885: 81886: 91888: 51889: 81890: 111891: 101892: 41893: 151894: 131897: 31898: 81899: 121900: 111901: 121902: 51903: 31904: 51905: 41906: 81907: 131908: 31909: 121910: 91911: 101912: 61913: 151914: 61916: 101917: 151918: 71919: 71920: 141921: 171922: 21938: 81939: 51940: 91941: 71942: 41943: 101944: 51945: 51946: 81947: 61948: 61949: 31950: 111951: 41952: 81953: 61954: 81955: 81956: 121957: 71958: 41959: 61960: 31961: 131962: 41963: 121964: 91965: 61966: 51967: 81968: 51987: 61988: 141878188618971905191319221945195319611987
Days per year at Sterling with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1921.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Sterling
YearDaysDecade average
187879.5
1879129.5
188096.9
188136.9
188296.9
188376.9
188446.9
188586.9
188696.9
188856.9
188986.9
1890119.5
1891109.5
189249.5
1893159.5
1894139.5
189739.5
189889.5
1899129.5
1900117.6
1901127.6
190257.6
190337.6
190457.6
190547.6
190687.6
1907137.6
190837.6
1909127.6
191099.4
1911109.4
191269.4
1913159.4
191469.4
1916109.4
1917159.4
191879.4
191979.4
19201411
19211711
1922211
193886.5
193956.5
194096.3
194176.3
194246.3
1943106.3
194456.3
194556.3
194686.3
194766.3
194866.3
194936.3
1950117.4
195147.4
195287.4
195367.4
195487.4
195587.4
1956127.4
195777.4
195847.4
195967.4
196037.2
1961137.2
196247.2
1963127.2
196497.2
196567.2
196657.2
196787.2
196857.2
1987610
19881410
First to last qualifying date each year at Sterling For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Sterling meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1878: 16 January 1878 to 22 December 18781879: 6 January 1879 to 12 September 18791880: 27 February 1880 to 17 November 18801881: 20 January 1881 to 29 December 18811882: 27 January 1882 to 21 December 18821883: 24 January 1883 to 26 October 18831884: 22 January 1884 to 11 June 18841885: 16 February 1885 to 10 September 18851886: 15 January 1886 to 22 October 18861888: 9 January 1888 to 7 September 18881889: 4 February 1889 to 27 December 18891890: 9 January 1890 to 24 November 18901891: 11 January 1891 to 29 November 18911892: 20 January 1892 to 26 November 18921893: 20 January 1893 to 31 December 18931894: 11 January 1894 to 12 December 18941897: 4 January 1897 to 22 December 18971898: 17 January 1898 to 24 May 18981899: 28 January 1899 to 23 July 18991900: 2 March 1900 to 19 December 19001901: 13 February 1901 to 20 November 19011902: 12 February 1902 to 13 September 19021903: 5 February 1903 to 27 October 19031904: 9 January 1904 to 25 October 19041905: 29 March 1905 to 13 December 19051906: 18 March 1906 to 11 December 19061907: 5 January 1907 to 14 December 19071908: 26 March 1908 to 11 July 19081909: 1 January 1909 to 26 December 19091910: 3 February 1910 to 11 June 19101911: 5 January 1911 to 30 September 19111912: 14 February 1912 to 30 December 19121913: 2 February 1913 to 8 November 19131914: 4 March 1914 to 25 October 19141916: 2 March 1916 to 18 December 19161917: 5 February 1917 to 12 August 19171918: 1 January 1918 to 6 May 19181919: 6 February 1919 to 22 November 19191920: 29 January 1920 to 18 December 19201921: 2 February 1921 to 24 December 19211922: 11 January 1922 to 19 December 19221938: 17 January 1938 to 31 December 19381939: 30 January 1939 to 21 October 19391940: 28 January 1940 to 12 September 19401941: 5 January 1941 to 21 August 19411942: 18 April 1942 to 3 December 19421943: 6 January 1943 to 31 December 19431944: 14 January 1944 to 23 October 19441945: 31 January 1945 to 3 December 19451946: 9 February 1946 to 10 December 19461947: 20 March 1947 to 2 December 19471948: 16 February 1948 to 20 April 19481949: 10 May 1949 to 9 December 19491950: 22 February 1950 to 29 November 19501951: 11 January 1951 to 15 May 19511952: 19 February 1952 to 14 November 19521953: 19 February 1953 to 19 December 19531954: 5 March 1954 to 5 November 19541955: 26 January 1955 to 4 December 19551956: 5 February 1956 to 21 December 19561957: 10 February 1957 to 3 December 19571958: 11 January 1958 to 14 December 19581959: 12 February 1959 to 3 December 19591960: 9 March 1960 to 14 December 19601961: 25 January 1961 to 26 November 19611962: 18 January 1962 to 19 November 19621963: 16 January 1963 to 7 December 19631964: 11 February 1964 to 6 December 19641965: 11 February 1965 to 1 October 19651966: 20 January 1966 to 10 November 19661967: 12 February 1967 to 30 October 19671968: 21 March 1968 to 16 May 19681987: 7 February 1987 to 12 November 19871988: 16 February 1988 to 17 December 198818781889190119111922194719571967JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Sterling meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Sterling
YearFirst dateLast date
18781878-01-161878-12-22
18791879-01-061879-09-12
18801880-02-271880-11-17
18811881-01-201881-12-29
18821882-01-271882-12-21
18831883-01-241883-10-26
18841884-01-221884-06-11
18851885-02-161885-09-10
18861886-01-151886-10-22
18881888-01-091888-09-07
18891889-02-041889-12-27
18901890-01-091890-11-24
18911891-01-111891-11-29
18921892-01-201892-11-26
18931893-01-201893-12-31
18941894-01-111894-12-12
18971897-01-041897-12-22
18981898-01-171898-05-24
18991899-01-281899-07-23
19001900-03-021900-12-19
19011901-02-131901-11-20
19021902-02-121902-09-13
19031903-02-051903-10-27
19041904-01-091904-10-25
19051905-03-291905-12-13
19061906-03-181906-12-11
19071907-01-051907-12-14
19081908-03-261908-07-11
19091909-01-011909-12-26
19101910-02-031910-06-11
19111911-01-051911-09-30
19121912-02-141912-12-30
19131913-02-021913-11-08
19141914-03-041914-10-25
19161916-03-021916-12-18
19171917-02-051917-08-12
19181918-01-011918-05-06
19191919-02-061919-11-22
19201920-01-291920-12-18
19211921-02-021921-12-24
19221922-01-111922-12-19
19381938-01-171938-12-31
19391939-01-301939-10-21
19401940-01-281940-09-12
19411941-01-051941-08-21
19421942-04-181942-12-03
19431943-01-061943-12-31
19441944-01-141944-10-23
19451945-01-311945-12-03
19461946-02-091946-12-10
19471947-03-201947-12-02
19481948-02-161948-04-20
19491949-05-101949-12-09
19501950-02-221950-11-29
19511951-01-111951-05-15
19521952-02-191952-11-14
19531953-02-191953-12-19
19541954-03-051954-11-05
19551955-01-261955-12-04
19561956-02-051956-12-21
19571957-02-101957-12-03
19581958-01-111958-12-14
19591959-02-121959-12-03
19601960-03-091960-12-14
19611961-01-251961-11-26
19621962-01-181962-11-19
19631963-01-161963-12-07
19641964-02-111964-12-06
19651965-02-111965-10-01
19661966-01-201966-11-10
19671967-02-121967-10-30
19681968-03-211968-05-16
19871987-02-071987-11-12
19881988-02-161988-12-17

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Sterling
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain7417192114
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain57718935
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain11218941

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1878.

Download the Data

  • Data for Sterling 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).