Birmingham Threshold Days by Year (USC00010836)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Birmingham (USC00010836): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Birmingham Thresholds

Birmingham: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 22 years, most in 1896 with 126.
Birmingham: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 22 years, most in 1951 with 98.
Birmingham: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 22 years, most in 1941 with 72.
Birmingham: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 22 years, most in 1898 with 121.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Birmingham.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

22 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Birmingham with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 126 in 1896.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Birmingham
Year	Days	Decade average
1896	126	122.8
1897	125	122.8
1898	120	122.8
1899	120	122.8
1900	116	114.7
1901	105	114.7
1902	123	114.7
1938	124	105
1939	86	105
1940	98	108.9
1941	123	108.9
1942	96	108.9
1943	119	108.9
1944	118	108.9
1945	117	108.9
1946	70	108.9
1947	105	108.9
1948	121	108.9
1949	122	108.9
1950	110	119.3
1951	126	119.3
1952	122	119.3

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Birmingham meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Birmingham
Year	First date	Last date
1896	1896-04-16	1896-09-21
1897	1897-04-27	1897-10-17
1898	1898-05-01	1898-10-10
1899	1899-04-27	1899-10-20
1900	1900-04-25	1900-10-28
1901	1901-04-28	1901-09-16
1902	1902-04-25	1902-10-03
1938	1938-05-02	1938-11-03
1939	1939-05-17	1939-10-27
1940	1940-04-01	1940-10-27
1941	1941-05-02	1941-10-24
1942	1942-04-27	1942-09-19
1943	1943-04-28	1943-10-04
1944	1944-05-11	1944-10-06
1945	1945-04-03	1945-10-01
1946	1946-04-07	1946-09-26
1947	1947-05-15	1947-10-22
1948	1948-04-21	1948-09-25
1949	1949-04-09	1949-10-22
1950	1950-05-03	1950-11-01
1951	1951-05-02	1951-10-06
1952	1952-04-29	1952-10-05

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Birmingham
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	22	126	1896	122
35 C (95 F): Days	21	60	1951	49
40 C (104 F): Days	3	6	1952	6
90 F (32.2 C): Days	22	98	1951	89
100 F (37.8 C): Days	13	18	1952	18
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	13	6	1940	1
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	22	72	1941	28
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	14	10	1940	2
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	2	3	1940	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	22	121	1898	88
25 C (77 F): Days with min	11	11	1897	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	22	58	1946	39
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	22	26	1946	14
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	21	12	1900	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	5	3	1900	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1948	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1896.

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Data for Birmingham 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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Birmingham Threshold Days by Year (USC00010836)

Key Facts for Birmingham Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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