Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Heathrow Threshold Days by Year (UKE00107650)

12 fixed thresholds counted per year at Heathrow (UKE00107650): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Heathrow Thresholds

  • Heathrow: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 67 years, most in 1963 with 78.
  • Heathrow: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 67 years, most in 2002 with 26.
  • Heathrow: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 56 years, most in 1967 with 3.
  • Heathrow: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 46 years, most in 1976 with 20.
  • 12 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Heathrow.
46 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Heathrow Days per year at Heathrow with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 20 in 1976. 0102030401961: 31964: 11967: 11968: 11969: 21970: 21973: 31975: 61976: 201983: 91984: 31986: 31989: 61990: 91992: 11994: 61995: 161996: 61997: 31998: 11999: 32000: 22001: 62002: 22003: 92004: 22005: 62006: 152009: 32010: 22011: 22012: 32013: 62014: 12015: 32016: 52017: 72018: 182019: 82020: 102021: 62022: 112023: 102024: 52025: 142026: 311961197019841994199920042011201620212026
Days per year at Heathrow with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 20 in 1976.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Heathrow
YearDaysDecade average
196131.6
196411.6
196711.6
196811.6
196921.6
197027.8
197337.8
197567.8
1976207.8
198395.3
198435.3
198635.3
198965.3
199095.6
199215.6
199465.6
1995165.6
199665.6
199735.6
199815.6
199935.6
200025.6
200165.6
200225.6
200395.6
200425.6
200565.6
2006155.6
200935.6
201025.5
201125.5
201235.5
201365.5
201415.5
201535.5
201655.5
201775.5
2018185.5
201985.5
20201012.4
2021612.4
20221112.4
20231012.4
2024512.4
20251412.4
20263112.4
First to last qualifying date each year at Heathrow For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Heathrow meeting 30 C (86 F). 1961: 29 June 1961 to 28 August 19611964: 25 August 1964 to 25 August 19641967: 16 July 1967 to 16 July 19671968: 30 June 1968 to 30 June 19681969: 15 July 1969 to 10 August 19691970: 9 June 1970 to 6 July 19701973: 13 August 1973 to 15 August 19731975: 28 July 1975 to 7 August 19751976: 7 June 1976 to 23 August 19761983: 10 July 1983 to 18 August 19831984: 7 July 1984 to 27 July 19841986: 26 June 1986 to 29 June 19861989: 19 June 1989 to 23 July 19891990: 14 July 1990 to 28 August 19901992: 28 June 1992 to 28 June 19921994: 10 July 1994 to 2 August 19941995: 27 June 1995 to 20 August 19951996: 5 June 1996 to 18 August 19961997: 7 August 1997 to 18 August 19971998: 9 August 1998 to 9 August 19981999: 30 July 1999 to 1 August 19992000: 17 June 2000 to 18 June 20002001: 25 June 2001 to 24 August 20012002: 28 July 2002 to 16 August 20022003: 14 July 2003 to 11 August 20032004: 7 June 2004 to 7 August 20042005: 27 May 2005 to 31 August 20052006: 12 June 2006 to 11 September 20062009: 29 June 2009 to 1 July 20092010: 26 June 2010 to 8 July 20102011: 26 June 2011 to 2 August 20112012: 24 July 2012 to 18 August 20122013: 12 July 2013 to 31 July 20132014: 17 July 2014 to 17 July 20142015: 29 June 2015 to 21 August 20152016: 18 July 2016 to 12 September 20162017: 16 June 2017 to 6 July 20172018: 30 June 2018 to 6 August 20182019: 28 June 2019 to 26 August 20192020: 23 June 2020 to 11 August 20202021: 17 July 2021 to 7 September 20212022: 16 June 2022 to 13 August 20222023: 9 June 2023 to 9 September 20232024: 25 June 2024 to 11 August 20242025: 18 June 2025 to 14 August 20252026: 23 May 2026 to 13 August 202619611973198919972003201120172023JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Heathrow meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Heathrow
YearFirst dateLast date
19611961-06-291961-08-28
19641964-08-251964-08-25
19671967-07-161967-07-16
19681968-06-301968-06-30
19691969-07-151969-08-10
19701970-06-091970-07-06
19731973-08-131973-08-15
19751975-07-281975-08-07
19761976-06-071976-08-23
19831983-07-101983-08-18
19841984-07-071984-07-27
19861986-06-261986-06-29
19891989-06-191989-07-23
19901990-07-141990-08-28
19921992-06-281992-06-28
19941994-07-101994-08-02
19951995-06-271995-08-20
19961996-06-051996-08-18
19971997-08-071997-08-18
19981998-08-091998-08-09
19991999-07-301999-08-01
20002000-06-172000-06-18
20012001-06-252001-08-24
20022002-07-282002-08-16
20032003-07-142003-08-11
20042004-06-072004-08-07
20052005-05-272005-08-31
20062006-06-122006-09-11
20092009-06-292009-07-01
20102010-06-262010-07-08
20112011-06-262011-08-02
20122012-07-242012-08-18
20132013-07-122013-07-31
20142014-07-172014-07-17
20152015-06-292015-08-21
20162016-07-182016-09-12
20172017-06-162017-07-06
20182018-06-302018-08-06
20192019-06-282019-08-26
20202020-06-232020-08-11
20212021-07-172021-09-07
20222022-06-162022-08-13
20232023-06-092023-09-09
20242024-06-252024-08-11
20252025-06-182025-08-14
20262026-05-232026-08-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Heathrow
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days4620197631
35 C (95 F): Days9520205
40 C (104 F): Days1120221
90 F (32.2 C): Days279197615
100 F (37.8 C): Days4120031
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max221219631
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min6778196310
-10 C (14 F): Days with min4519631
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min15419766
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain672620027
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain56319671
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain9119621

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1961.

Download the Data

  • Data for Heathrow 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 (2026-10-17).