Childs Threshold Days by Year (USC00021614)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Childs (USC00021614): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Childs Thresholds

Childs: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 85 years, most in 1965 with 30.
Childs: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 81 years, most in 1989 with 202.
Childs: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 81 years, most in 1989 with 140.
Childs: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 81 years, most in 2002 with 63.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Childs.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

81 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Childs with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 202 in 1989.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Childs
Year	Days	Decade average
1917	117	117
1923	145	153.8
1925	151	153.8
1926	154	153.8
1927	145	153.8
1928	161	153.8
1929	167	153.8
1930	134	156.1
1931	153	156.1
1932	139	156.1
1933	140	156.1
1934	184	156.1
1935	148	156.1
1936	175	156.1
1937	152	156.1
1938	161	156.1
1939	175	156.1
1941	142	162.9
1942	161	162.9
1943	187	162.9
1944	150	162.9
1945	166	162.9
1946	160	162.9
1947	171	162.9
1948	174	162.9
1949	155	162.9
1950	192	168.8
1951	157	168.8
1952	178	168.8
1953	158	168.8
1954	187	168.8
1955	157	168.8
1956	187	168.8
1957	142	168.8
1958	162	168.8
1959	168	168.8
1960	166	164.7
1961	165	164.7
1962	172	164.7
1963	176	164.7
1964	162	164.7
1965	153	164.7
1966	174	164.7
1967	166	164.7
1968	155	164.7
1969	158	164.7
1970	124	152.8
1971	134	152.8
1972	166	152.8
1973	170	152.8
1974	172	152.8
1975	154	152.8
1976	140	152.8
1977	142	152.8
1978	158	152.8
1979	168	152.8
1980	162	160.6
1981	157	160.6
1982	150	160.6
1983	129	160.6
1984	157	160.6
1985	159	160.6
1986	143	160.6
1987	170	160.6
1988	177	160.6
1989	202	160.6
1990	184	160.6
1991	164	160.6
1992	155	160.6
1993	148	160.6
1994	158	160.6
1995	147	160.6
1996	170	160.6
1997	168	160.6
1998	144	160.6
1999	168	160.6
2000	169	173.4
2001	184	173.4
2002	177	173.4
2003	165	173.4
2004	172	173.4

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Childs
Year	First date	Last date
1917	1917-04-24	1917-09-29
1923	1923-04-14	1923-10-20
1925	1925-03-21	1925-10-05
1926	1926-04-24	1926-10-28
1927	1927-04-23	1927-10-25
1928	1928-04-28	1928-10-31
1929	1929-03-30	1929-10-27
1930	1930-04-06	1930-11-04
1931	1931-03-22	1931-11-03
1932	1932-04-01	1932-10-17
1933	1933-05-19	1933-10-27
1934	1934-03-13	1934-11-10
1935	1935-03-28	1935-10-27
1936	1936-03-15	1936-10-29
1937	1937-04-13	1937-11-05
1938	1938-04-17	1938-10-29
1939	1939-03-16	1939-11-05
1941	1941-05-05	1941-11-07
1942	1942-03-30	1942-11-11
1943	1943-03-26	1943-10-31
1944	1944-05-02	1944-11-05
1945	1945-04-19	1945-11-04
1946	1946-04-11	1946-10-26
1947	1947-03-26	1947-11-01
1948	1948-04-14	1948-10-24
1949	1949-04-14	1949-11-06
1950	1950-03-30	1950-11-10
1951	1951-04-11	1951-10-21
1952	1952-04-05	1952-11-02
1953	1953-03-28	1953-11-01
1954	1954-04-12	1954-10-31
1955	1955-04-29	1955-11-05
1956	1956-03-19	1956-11-09
1957	1957-04-30	1957-10-11
1958	1958-04-20	1958-10-20
1959	1959-04-02	1959-10-28
1960	1960-03-20	1960-10-08
1961	1961-03-23	1961-10-26
1962	1962-04-06	1962-11-13
1963	1963-02-06	1963-10-30
1964	1964-03-31	1964-10-30
1965	1965-04-20	1965-11-08
1966	1966-03-31	1966-11-02
1967	1967-03-16	1967-11-13
1968	1968-03-29	1968-10-30
1969	1969-03-29	1969-10-09
1970	1970-05-04	1970-09-27
1971	1971-03-29	1971-10-15
1972	1972-03-06	1972-10-16
1973	1973-04-27	1973-11-13
1974	1974-04-08	1974-10-27
1975	1975-05-03	1975-11-06
1976	1976-04-25	1976-10-17
1977	1977-04-08	1977-11-19
1978	1978-04-24	1978-10-20
1979	1979-04-15	1979-10-29
1980	1980-04-10	1980-11-08
1981	1981-04-15	1981-10-19
1982	1982-04-19	1982-10-25
1983	1983-05-08	1983-10-11
1984	1984-04-13	1984-11-06
1985	1985-04-03	1985-10-30
1986	1986-03-27	1986-10-10
1987	1987-04-11	1987-10-29
1988	1988-03-26	1988-11-05
1989	1989-02-26	1989-11-20
1990	1990-03-21	1990-11-19
1991	1991-02-15	1991-10-21
1992	1992-04-13	1992-10-21
1993	1993-04-21	1993-10-06
1994	1994-03-01	1994-10-29
1995	1995-04-27	1995-10-22
1996	1996-03-21	1996-10-19
1997	1997-03-12	1997-11-02
1998	1998-04-22	1998-10-15
1999	1999-03-30	1999-11-17
2000	2000-04-05	2000-10-19
2001	2001-04-17	2001-11-05
2002	2002-03-22	2002-10-17
2003	2003-04-11	2003-10-26
2004	2004-03-09	2004-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Childs
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	81	202	1989	172
35 C (95 F): Days	81	140	1989	106
40 C (104 F): Days	81	63	2002	28
45 C (113 F): Days	39	6	1974	4
90 F (32.2 C): Days	81	177	1989	140
100 F (37.8 C): Days	81	93	2000	65
110 F (43.3 C): Days	75	15	1995	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	2	2	1937	1
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	78	111	1937	51
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	6	13	1937	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	78	99	1947	14
25 C (77 F): Days with min	51	21	1947	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	85	30	1965	20
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	79	9	1965	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	39	5	1978	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	1	1927	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	6	2	1937	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1985	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1917.

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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).

Childs Threshold Days by Year (USC00021614)

Key Facts for Childs Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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