Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sabino Canyon (USC00027355), Arizona, United States, with 42 years of record.
Key Facts for Sabino Canyon
Sabino Canyon (USC00027355) is a weather station in Arizona, United States at 32.31 latitude and -110.82 longitude, 805 m (2,640 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1941 to 1982, 42 years of record.
1,464 records set at Sabino Canyon still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Sabino Canyon set a daily record high maximum temperature of 40.6 C (105.1 F) on 24 September 1982.
About the Station
Location: Arizona, United States, 32.31 latitude, -110.82 longitude.
Elevation: 805 m (2,640 ft).
Period of record: 1941 to 1982, 42 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Sabino Canyon. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Sabino Canyon, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
35.6 C (96.1 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
40.0 C (104.0 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
43.3 C (109.9 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
46.1 C (115.0 F)
8.3 C (46.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
45.6 C (114.1 F)
15.0 C (59.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
45.0 C (113.0 F)
14.4 C (57.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
44.4 C (111.9 F)
3.9 C (39.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Sabino Canyon still stand. 1950 holds the most, with 55.
Standing records at Sabino Canyon by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1941
6
1942
20
1943
35
1944
35
1945
54
1946
51
1947
42
1948
38
1949
54
1950
55
1951
35
1952
30
1953
43
1954
29
1955
51
1956
41
1957
35
1958
34
1959
27
1960
40
1961
27
1962
45
1963
31
1964
33
1965
42
1966
28
1967
29
1968
28
1969
29
1970
25
1971
51
1972
33
1973
35
1974
26
1975
40
1976
32
1977
21
1978
29
1979
41
1980
33
1981
33
1982
18
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Sabino Canyon between 5 January 1971 and 20 August 1971. Each dot is a new record.
When Sabino Canyon set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1971-01-05
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -9.4 C (15.1 F)
1971-08-20
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 81.8 mm (3.2 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 81.8 mm (3.2 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sabino Canyon. The most was 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 20 August 1971.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sabino Canyon
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1 January 1977
Feb
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
9 February 1981
Mar
32.3 mm (1.3 in)
2 March 1970
Apr
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
23 April 1942
May
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
6 May 1978
Jun
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
22 June 1950
Jul
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
23 July 1941
Aug
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
20 August 1971
Sep
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
26 September 1962
Oct
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
30 October 1951
Nov
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
14 November 1968
Dec
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
15 December 1967
Period of Record Coverage
1941 to 1982
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
42 years of record at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. 2 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1941, 1982.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 40 complete years at Sabino Canyon, 1942 to 1981. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 20.4 C (68.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1971, at 19.3 C (66.8 F), and the warmest was 1954, at 21.6 C (70.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.2 C (2.2 F).
Annual mean temperature at Sabino Canyon as warming stripes, 1942 to 1981
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1942
20.4 C
+0.02 C
1943
21.1 C
+0.70 C
1944
19.4 C
-1.02 C
1945
19.4 C
-1.01 C
1946
20.7 C
+0.26 C
1947
20.5 C
+0.08 C
1948
20.4 C
+0.01 C
1949
20.2 C
-0.21 C
1950
21.3 C
+0.91 C
1951
20.6 C
+0.14 C
1952
20.4 C
-0.06 C
1953
20.6 C
+0.19 C
1954
21.6 C
+1.19 C
1955
20.0 C
-0.44 C
1956
20.8 C
+0.33 C
1957
20.7 C
+0.25 C
1958
20.8 C
+0.42 C
1959
20.9 C
+0.47 C
1960
20.4 C
+0.02 C
1961
20.5 C
+0.10 C
1962
20.7 C
+0.23 C
1963
20.7 C
+0.31 C
1964
19.3 C
-1.10 C
1965
20.1 C
-0.28 C
1966
20.4 C
-0.01 C
1967
20.5 C
+0.12 C
1968
20.4 C
-0.04 C
1969
20.7 C
+0.31 C
1970
20.4 C
-0.07 C
1971
19.3 C
-1.11 C
1972
19.9 C
-0.53 C
1973
19.8 C
-0.63 C
1974
20.3 C
-0.17 C
1975
19.6 C
-0.84 C
1976
20.2 C
-0.23 C
1977
20.8 C
+0.34 C
1978
20.5 C
+0.03 C
1979
20.1 C
-0.29 C
1980
20.9 C
+0.48 C
1981
21.4 C
+0.95 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1942 to 1981 is -0.04 C (-0.19 to 0.12) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 40 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Sabino Canyon
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.04 C (-0.19 to 0.12) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade
1942 to 1981
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.1) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade
1942 to 1981
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.01 C (-0.17 to 0.19) per decade
0.02 F (-0.30 to 0.34) per decade
1942 to 1981
40
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1941 to 1982
Yearly extremes at Sabino Canyon: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1960
44.2 C (111.5 F)
42
Coldest night (TNn)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1971
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
42
Wettest day (Rx1day)
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1971
33.9 mm (1.3 in)
42
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1959
53.2 mm (2.1 in)
42
Longest dry spell (CDD)
150 days
1972
71 days
42
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. The record is 46.1 C (115.0 F) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 44.2 C (111.5 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Sabino Canyon by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1941
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1942
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1943
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1944
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1945
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1946
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1947
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1948
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1949
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1950
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1951
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1952
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1953
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1954
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1955
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1956
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1957
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1958
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1959
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1960
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1961
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1962
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1963
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1964
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1965
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1966
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1967
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1968
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1969
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1970
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1971
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1972
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1973
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1974
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1975
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1976
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1977
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1978
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1979
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1980
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1981
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1982
43.3 C (109.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. The record is -9.4 C (15.1 F) in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is -5.6 C (21.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Sabino Canyon by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1941
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1942
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1943
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1944
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1945
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1946
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1947
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1948
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1949
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1950
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1951
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1952
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1953
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1954
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1955
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1956
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1957
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1958
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1959
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1960
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1961
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1962
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1963
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1964
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1965
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1966
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1967
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1968
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1969
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1970
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1971
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1972
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1973
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1974
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1975
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1976
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1977
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1978
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1979
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1980
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1981
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1982
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. The record is 81.8 mm (3.2 in) in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.9 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sabino Canyon by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1941
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1942
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1943
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1944
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1945
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1946
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1947
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1948
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1949
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1950
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1951
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1952
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1953
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1954
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1955
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1956
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1957
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1958
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1959
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1960
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1961
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1962
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1963
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1964
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1965
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1966
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1967
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1968
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1969
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1970
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1971
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1972
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1973
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1974
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1975
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1976
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1977
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1978
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1979
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1980
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1981
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1982
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. The record is 93.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1959, marked on the chart; the median year is 53.2 mm (2.1 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sabino Canyon by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1941
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1942
36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1943
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1944
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1945
54.8 mm (2.2 in)
1946
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1947
32.2 mm (1.3 in)
1948
43.1 mm (1.7 in)
1949
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1950
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1951
46.1 mm (1.8 in)
1952
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1953
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1954
61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1955
55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1956
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1957
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1958
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1959
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1960
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1961
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1962
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1963
65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1964
79.4 mm (3.1 in)
1965
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1966
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1967
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1968
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1969
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1970
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1971
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1972
68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1973
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1974
34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1975
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1976
47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1977
53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1978
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1979
61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1980
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1981
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1982
87.4 mm (3.4 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Sabino Canyon, 1941 to 1982. The record is 150 days in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 71 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sabino Canyon by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1941
31 days
1942
79 days
1943
83 days
1944
49 days
1945
85 days
1946
87 days
1947
52 days
1948
125 days
1949
71 days
1950
108 days
1951
71 days
1952
45 days
1953
82 days
1954
54 days
1955
95 days
1956
76 days
1957
64 days
1958
64 days
1959
78 days
1960
100 days
1961
94 days
1962
99 days
1963
36 days
1964
99 days
1965
55 days
1966
64 days
1967
49 days
1968
41 days
1969
71 days
1970
79 days
1971
85 days
1972
150 days
1973
86 days
1974
100 days
1975
74 days
1976
41 days
1977
62 days
1978
50 days
1979
35 days
1980
50 days
1981
56 days
1982
54 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
39 years with a frost
Across 39 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Sabino Canyon falls on 9 March and the median first autumn frost on 21 November, which leaves a median of 259 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +2.3 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Sabino Canyon
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1951 to 1981)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
9 March
n/a
9 March
n/a
-0.6 days per decade
First autumn frost
21 November
n/a
21 November
n/a
+1.7 days per decade
Growing days
259 days
n/a
260 days
n/a
+2.3 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
40 years, 1942 to 1981
A day with at least 33.7 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 75.5 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Sabino Canyon: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
5 years
45.1 mm (1.8 in)
10 years
52.5 mm (2.1 in)
25 years
61.8 mm (2.4 in)
50 years
68.7 mm (2.7 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
100 years
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 40 years of values from 1942 to 1981.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 81.8 mm (3.2 in) in 1971; 59.7 mm (2.4 in) in 1959; 54.1 mm (2.1 in) in 1950.
Station Changes
2 suspected
2 changes were suspected in the annual mean temperature of Sabino Canyon, at 1965 and 1971. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1965 ran 0.2 C (0.3 F) higher than in the years before (possible change).
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1971 ran 0.3 C (0.5 F) lower than in the years before (likely change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Sabino Canyon, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1965
+0.2
+0.3
possible
5
1971
-0.3
-0.5
likely
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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Data for Sabino Canyon 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.