Sparkman Threshold Days by Year

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Sparkman (USC00036768): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Sparkman Thresholds

Sparkman: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 61 years, most in 1957 with 60.
Sparkman: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 61 years, most in 2018 with 27.
Sparkman: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 61 years, most in 1958 with 10.
Sparkman: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 41 years, most in 1996 with 142.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Sparkman.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

41 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Sparkman with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 142 in 1996.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Sparkman
Year	Days	Decade average
1965	97	99.7
1967	91	99.7
1969	111	99.7
1970	102	100
1971	91	100
1974	96	100
1975	110	100
1979	101	100
1980	112	105
1982	117	105
1983	111	105
1984	96	105
1985	87	105
1986	125	105
1987	121	105
1988	99	105
1989	77	105
1990	101	122.2
1991	115	122.2
1992	117	122.2
1993	123	122.2
1994	139	122.2
1995	127	122.2
1996	142	122.2
1997	113	122.2
1998	123	122.2
2001	104	93.4
2002	83	93.4
2003	82	93.4
2004	88	93.4
2006	124	93.4
2007	101	93.4
2008	88	93.4
2009	77	93.4
2010	127	97.6
2011	116	97.6
2012	95	97.6
2014	64	97.6
2015	95	97.6
2017	60	97.6
2018	126	97.6

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Sparkman
Year	First date	Last date
1965	1965-04-08	1965-10-09
1967	1967-03-11	1967-10-06
1969	1969-04-17	1969-10-13
1970	1970-05-06	1970-10-06
1971	1971-04-20	1971-10-04
1974	1974-04-01	1974-09-21
1975	1975-04-19	1975-10-23
1979	1979-04-17	1979-10-22
1980	1980-04-22	1980-10-11
1982	1982-05-04	1982-10-05
1983	1983-06-05	1983-10-05
1984	1984-06-08	1984-09-15
1985	1985-05-26	1985-09-07
1986	1986-02-18	1986-10-05
1987	1987-03-21	1987-09-13
1988	1988-05-15	1988-09-16
1989	1989-04-24	1989-09-08
1990	1990-04-23	1990-09-29
1991	1991-05-12	1991-10-13
1992	1992-04-17	1992-10-01
1993	1993-05-06	1993-10-05
1994	1994-04-11	1994-10-04
1995	1995-03-14	1995-09-30
1996	1996-05-07	1996-10-02
1997	1997-05-27	1997-10-08
1998	1998-05-11	1998-10-03
2001	2001-04-05	2001-09-23
2002	2002-04-19	2002-10-06
2003	2003-04-14	2003-10-25
2004	2004-05-08	2004-10-20
2006	2006-03-13	2006-10-19
2007	2007-05-01	2007-10-08
2008	2008-04-23	2008-09-14
2009	2009-04-23	2009-10-09
2010	2010-05-02	2010-10-18
2011	2011-04-04	2011-10-18
2012	2012-04-02	2012-09-26
2014	2014-05-05	2014-10-03
2015	2015-06-06	2015-10-16
2017	2017-05-20	2017-10-15
2018	2018-05-07	2018-10-09

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Sparkman
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	41	142	1996	126
35 C (95 F): Days	39	73	1980	13
40 C (104 F): Days	11	16	1980	5
90 F (32.2 C): Days	41	107	1993	77
100 F (37.8 C): Days	26	54	1980	2
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1980	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	32	10	1983	5
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	35	108	2014	70
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	27	7	1970	7
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1989	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	35	108	2018	108
25 C (77 F): Days with min	15	19	1998	4
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	61	60	1957	44
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	61	27	2018	17
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	61	10	1958	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	23	5	2009	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	2	1	1997	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	9	2	2015	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1965.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Sparkman Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Sparkman Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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