Cachuma Lake Threshold Days by Year

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cachuma Lake (USC00041253): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cachuma Lake Thresholds

Cachuma Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 72 years, most in 2014 with 161.
Cachuma Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 72 years, most in 2003 with 71.
Cachuma Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 72 years, most in 2008 with 126.
Cachuma Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 100 F (37.8 C) in 72 years, most in 2020 with 38.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cachuma Lake.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

72 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Cachuma Lake with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 161 in 2014.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cachuma Lake
Year	Days	Decade average
1953	87	90.9
1954	84	90.9
1955	79	90.9
1956	82	90.9
1957	86	90.9
1958	107	90.9
1959	111	90.9
1960	116	95.5
1961	101	95.5
1962	99	95.5
1963	74	95.5
1964	84	95.5
1965	89	95.5
1966	92	95.5
1967	114	95.5
1968	98	95.5
1969	88	95.5
1970	102	88.5
1971	97	88.5
1972	89	88.5
1973	78	88.5
1974	92	88.5
1975	69	88.5
1976	79	88.5
1977	97	88.5
1978	93	88.5
1979	89	88.5
1980	82	97.7
1981	119	97.7
1982	83	97.7
1983	57	97.7
1984	122	97.7
1985	108	97.7
1986	99	97.7
1987	105	97.7
1988	90	97.7
1989	112	97.7
1990	135	108.6
1991	53	108.6
1992	112	108.6
1993	99	108.6
1994	107	108.6
1995	125	108.6
1996	128	108.6
1997	149	108.6
1998	82	108.6
1999	96	108.6
2000	100	116.6
2001	124	116.6
2002	112	116.6
2003	127	116.6
2004	104	116.6
2007	103	116.6
2008	139	116.6
2009	124	116.6
2010	87	132
2011	98	132
2012	135	132
2013	138	132
2014	161	132
2015	159	132
2016	143	132
2017	138	132
2018	143	132
2019	118	132
2020	152	127.1
2021	142	127.1
2022	139	127.1
2023	94	127.1
2024	116	127.1
2025	117	127.1
2026	130	127.1

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Cachuma Lake
Year	First date	Last date
1953	1953-05-05	1953-11-28
1954	1954-04-18	1954-11-22
1955	1955-05-20	1955-11-11
1956	1956-04-21	1956-11-27
1957	1957-04-29	1957-10-28
1958	1958-04-16	1958-12-12
1959	1959-04-01	1959-12-03
1960	1960-03-20	1960-11-02
1961	1961-04-03	1961-11-09
1962	1962-04-06	1962-11-09
1963	1963-02-04	1963-11-13
1964	1964-04-13	1964-10-22
1965	1965-04-25	1965-11-01
1966	1966-04-01	1966-11-03
1967	1967-05-16	1967-11-03
1968	1968-03-29	1968-11-11
1969	1969-05-10	1969-11-03
1970	1970-05-03	1970-11-02
1971	1971-02-12	1971-11-05
1972	1972-03-05	1972-10-07
1973	1973-05-10	1973-11-11
1974	1974-05-01	1974-11-14
1975	1975-05-13	1975-12-09
1976	1976-01-17	1976-11-09
1977	1977-02-15	1977-12-06
1978	1978-05-13	1978-11-09
1979	1979-05-12	1979-12-06
1980	1980-04-12	1980-12-31
1981	1981-04-23	1981-11-03
1982	1982-05-17	1982-10-24
1983	1983-05-19	1983-10-29
1984	1984-03-21	1984-10-15
1985	1985-04-02	1985-11-07
1986	1986-02-25	1986-11-13
1987	1987-04-08	1987-10-27
1988	1988-03-20	1988-11-06
1989	1989-03-31	1989-11-21
1990	1990-01-11	1990-11-25
1991	1991-02-14	1991-11-13
1992	1992-04-21	1992-11-15
1993	1993-04-30	1993-11-04
1994	1994-03-15	1994-11-01
1995	1995-02-02	1995-11-30
1996	1996-02-09	1996-11-13
1997	1997-03-10	1997-11-07
1998	1998-04-22	1998-10-23
1999	1999-04-16	1999-11-03
2000	2000-04-03	2000-10-18
2001	2001-03-20	2001-11-10
2002	2002-02-23	2002-11-22
2003	2003-02-01	2003-10-29
2004	2004-03-08	2004-10-16
2007	2007-02-18	2007-12-05
2008	2008-03-24	2008-11-19
2009	2009-03-19	2009-11-04
2010	2010-05-30	2010-11-06
2011	2011-01-18	2011-11-01
2012	2012-03-05	2012-11-25
2013	2013-03-14	2013-11-14
2014	2014-01-16	2014-11-28
2015	2015-02-15	2015-11-23
2016	2016-02-09	2016-11-15
2017	2017-03-10	2017-12-14
2018	2018-01-30	2018-11-05
2019	2019-04-08	2019-11-19
2020	2020-02-29	2020-12-22
2021	2021-01-15	2021-12-02
2022	2022-02-10	2022-10-22
2023	2023-04-22	2023-11-05
2024	2024-04-12	2024-12-19
2025	2025-02-27	2025-11-11
2026	2026-02-05	2026-10-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cachuma Lake
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	72	161	2014	130
35 C (95 F): Days	72	71	2003	60
40 C (104 F): Days	62	19	2020	7
45 C (113 F): Days	6	2	2020	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	72	126	2008	94
100 F (37.8 C): Days	72	38	2020	25
110 F (43.3 C): Days	15	6	2020	2
120 F (48.9 C): Days	1	1	2020	1
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	71	71	1955	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	9	6	2017	3
25 C (77 F): Days with min	1	1	2017	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	70	30	1983	8
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	68	16	1983	4
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	55	9	1983	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	21	3	1969	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1953.

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Cachuma Lake Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Cachuma Lake Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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