Durham Threshold Days by Year (UKE00156852)
9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Durham (UKE00156852): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Durham Thresholds
- Durham: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 142 years, most in 2012 with 34.
- Durham: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 140 years, most in 1917 with 114.
- Durham: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 100 years, most in 1888 with 7.
- Durham: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 87 years, most in 1947 with 16.
- 9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Durham.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
19 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 1 | 1 |
| 1899 | 1 | 1 |
| 1906 | 1 | 1 |
| 1911 | 1 | 1 |
| 1921 | 1 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 | 1 |
| 1939 | 1 | 1 |
| 1940 | 1 | 1 |
| 1943 | 1 | 1 |
| 1949 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 1893-08-14 | 1893-08-14 |
| 1899 | 1899-07-31 | 1899-07-31 |
| 1906 | 1906-08-31 | 1906-08-31 |
| 1911 | 1911-08-08 | 1911-08-08 |
| 1921 | 1921-07-09 | 1921-07-09 |
| 1925 | 1925-06-09 | 1925-06-09 |
| 1939 | 1939-06-05 | 1939-06-05 |
| 1940 | 1940-06-07 | 1940-06-07 |
| 1943 | 1943-07-30 | 1943-07-30 |
| 1949 | 1949-07-10 | 1949-07-10 |
| 1953 | 1953-08-11 | 1953-08-11 |
| 1990 | 1990-08-01 | 1990-08-02 |
| 1995 | 1995-08-20 | 1995-08-20 |
| 2015 | 2015-06-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| 2019 | 2019-07-24 | 2019-07-24 |
| 2020 | 2020-07-30 | 2020-07-30 |
| 2022 | 2022-07-17 | 2022-08-10 |
| 2025 | 2025-08-12 | 2025-08-12 |
| 2026 | 2026-06-25 | 2026-08-12 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 19 | 3 | 2022 | 3 |
| 35 C (95 F): Days | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 1 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 4 | 1 | 1990 | 1 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 87 | 16 | 1947 | 1 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 140 | 114 | 1917 | 20 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 41 | 9 | 1895 | 1 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 142 | 34 | 2012 | 10 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 100 | 7 | 1888 | 1 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 14 | 1 | 1888 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1893.
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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 . Last revised (2026-10-12).