Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Needles (USC00046115), California, United States, with 53 years of record.
Key Facts for Needles
Needles (USC00046115) is a weather station in California, United States at 34.83 latitude and -114.59 longitude, 146 m (480 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1888 to 1940, 53 years of record.
1,464 records set at Needles still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Needles set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 1 February 1940.
About the Station
Location: California, United States, 34.83 latitude, -114.59 longitude.
Elevation: 146 m (480 ft).
Period of record: 1888 to 1940, 53 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 Needles. 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 Needles, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
28.3 C (82.9 F)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
35.6 C (96.1 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
41.1 C (106.0 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
47.8 C (118.0 F)
3.9 C (39.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
50.0 C (122.0 F)
7.8 C (46.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
51.7 C (125.1 F)
15.0 C (59.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
50.0 C (122.0 F)
15.6 C (60.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
46.7 C (116.1 F)
4.4 C (39.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1.7 C (35.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
27.8 C (82.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Needles still stand. 1909 holds the most, with 90.
Standing records at Needles by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1888
5
1889
24
1891
23
1892
26
1893
23
1894
17
1895
18
1896
23
1897
12
1898
19
1899
19
1900
17
1901
40
1902
34
1903
63
1904
45
1905
3
1906
28
1907
33
1908
33
1909
90
1910
53
1911
11
1912
22
1913
22
1914
35
1915
36
1916
53
1917
26
1918
33
1919
43
1920
31
1921
32
1922
47
1923
17
1924
38
1925
37
1926
19
1927
21
1928
11
1929
25
1930
31
1931
22
1932
30
1933
13
1934
45
1935
18
1936
23
1937
47
1938
8
1939
20
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Needles between 12 July 1925 and 22 January 1937. Each dot is a new record.
When Needles set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1925-07-12
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 51.1 C (124.0 F)
1925-07-16
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 51.7 C (125.1 F)
1937-01-21
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -7.2 C (19.0 F)
1937-01-22
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -7.8 C (18.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 88.6 mm (3.5 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Needles. The most was 88.6 mm (3.5 in) on 19 August 1906.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Needles
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
29 January 1915
Feb
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
3 February 1905
Mar
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
22 March 1909
Apr
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
16 April 1917
May
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
6 May 1921
Jun
11.4 mm (0.4 in)
19 June 1918
Jul
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
25 July 1909
Aug
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
19 August 1906
Sep
74.7 mm (2.9 in)
6 September 1939
Oct
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
5 October 1925
Nov
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
10 November 1923
Dec
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
15 December 1889
Period of Record Coverage
1888 to 1939
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
52 years of record at Needles, 1888 to 1939. 12 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1896, 1898, 1907 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 30 complete years at Needles, 1893 to 1936. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 22.2 C (71.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1915, at 19.9 C (67.8 F), and the warmest was 1904, at 24.3 C (75.7 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.3 C (4.1 F).
Annual mean temperature at Needles as warming stripes, 1893 to 1936
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1893
22.3 C
+0.14 C
1894
21.9 C
-0.27 C
1895
22.2 C
-0.04 C
1897
22.8 C
+0.56 C
1899
22.9 C
+0.71 C
1901
22.5 C
+0.33 C
1904
24.3 C
+2.10 C
1905
22.5 C
+0.26 C
1906
22.0 C
-0.16 C
1910
23.7 C
+1.46 C
1912
21.8 C
-0.43 C
1913
22.2 C
-0.02 C
1914
22.1 C
-0.10 C
1915
19.9 C
-2.30 C
1918
21.7 C
-0.50 C
1920
20.4 C
-1.75 C
1922
21.7 C
-0.46 C
1924
22.2 C
+0.01 C
1925
22.7 C
+0.52 C
1926
23.0 C
+0.79 C
1927
22.1 C
-0.05 C
1928
22.7 C
+0.49 C
1929
22.2 C
+0.01 C
1930
22.0 C
-0.19 C
1931
22.4 C
+0.24 C
1932
21.5 C
-0.69 C
1933
21.3 C
-0.85 C
1934
23.3 C
+1.13 C
1935
21.8 C
-0.41 C
1936
21.6 C
-0.60 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1893 to 1936 is -0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.2 F (-0.7 to 0.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 30 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Needles
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.7 to 0.2) per decade
1893 to 1936
30
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.2 C (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
0.4 F (-0.2 to 1.0) per decade
1893 to 1936
30
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.5 C (-0.8 to -0.2) per decade
-0.9 F (-1.4 to -0.3) per decade
1893 to 1936
30
Fall
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
1888 to 1940
Yearly extremes at Needles: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
51.7 C (125.1 F)
1925
46.7 C (116.1 F)
52
Coldest night (TNn)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1937
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
52
Wettest day (Rx1day)
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1906
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
53
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
130.1 mm (5.1 in)
1939
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
53
Longest dry spell (CDD)
209 days
1897
94 days
53
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Needles, 1888 to 1940. The record is 51.7 C (125.1 F) in 1925, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.7 C (116.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Needles by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1888
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1889
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1890
26.1 C (79.0 F)
1891
48.9 C (120.0 F)
1892
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1893
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1894
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1895
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1896
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1897
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1898
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1899
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1900
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1901
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1902
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1903
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1904
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1905
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1906
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1907
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1908
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1909
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1910
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1911
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1912
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1913
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1914
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1915
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1916
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1917
48.9 C (120.0 F)
1918
50.0 C (122.0 F)
1919
48.9 C (120.0 F)
1920
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1921
48.9 C (120.0 F)
1922
50.0 C (122.0 F)
1923
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1924
50.0 C (122.0 F)
1925
51.7 C (125.1 F)
1926
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1927
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1928
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1929
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1930
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1931
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1932
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1933
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1934
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1935
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1936
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1937
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1938
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1939
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1940
n/a
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Needles, 1888 to 1940. The record is -7.8 C (18.0 F) in 1937, marked on the chart; the median year is -2.8 C (27.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Needles by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1888
0.0 C (32.0 F)
1889
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1890
2.8 C (37.0 F)
1891
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1892
0.6 C (33.1 F)
1893
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1894
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1895
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1896
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1897
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1898
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1899
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1900
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1901
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1902
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1903
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1904
1.7 C (35.1 F)
1905
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1906
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1907
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1908
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1909
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1910
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1911
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1912
0.6 C (33.1 F)
1913
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1914
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1915
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1916
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1917
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1918
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1919
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1920
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1921
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1922
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1923
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1924
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1925
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1926
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1927
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1928
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1929
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1930
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1931
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1932
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1933
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1934
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1935
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1936
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1937
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1938
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1939
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1940
n/a
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Needles, 1888 to 1940. The record is 88.6 mm (3.5 in) in 1906, marked on the chart; the median year is 21.6 mm (0.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Needles by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1888
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1889
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1890
4.6 mm (0.18 in)
1891
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1892
9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1893
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1894
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1895
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1896
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1897
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1898
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1899
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1900
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1901
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1902
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1903
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
1904
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
1905
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1906
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1907
2.5 mm (0.10 in)
1908
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1909
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1910
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1911
6.6 mm (0.26 in)
1912
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1913
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1914
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1915
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1916
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1917
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1918
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1919
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1920
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1921
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1922
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1923
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1924
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1925
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1926
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1927
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1928
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1929
11.7 mm (0.5 in)
1930
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1931
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1932
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1933
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1934
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1935
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1936
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1937
11.7 mm (0.5 in)
1938
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1939
74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1940
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Needles, 1888 to 1940. The record is 130.1 mm (5.1 in) in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 30.5 mm (1.2 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Needles by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1888
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1889
72.7 mm (2.9 in)
1890
5.4 mm (0.21 in)
1891
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1892
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1893
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1894
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1895
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1896
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1897
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1898
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1899
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1900
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1901
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1902
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1903
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1904
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1905
60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1906
95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1907
13.7 mm (0.5 in)
1908
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1909
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1910
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1911
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1912
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1913
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1914
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1915
63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1916
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1917
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1918
69.4 mm (2.7 in)
1919
33.1 mm (1.3 in)
1920
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1921
60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1922
20.4 mm (0.8 in)
1923
40.8 mm (1.6 in)
1924
8.1 mm (0.32 in)
1925
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1926
77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1927
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1928
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1929
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1930
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1931
43.3 mm (1.7 in)
1932
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1933
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1934
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1935
66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1936
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1937
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1938
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1939
130.1 mm (5.1 in)
1940
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Needles, 1888 to 1940. The record is 209 days in 1897, marked on the chart; the median year is 94 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Needles by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1888
29 days
1889
48 days
1890
31 days
1891
102 days
1892
115 days
1893
66 days
1894
126 days
1895
140 days
1896
105 days
1897
209 days
1898
101 days
1899
115 days
1900
104 days
1901
142 days
1902
113 days
1903
153 days
1904
191 days
1905
88 days
1906
94 days
1907
89 days
1908
70 days
1909
124 days
1910
91 days
1911
65 days
1912
80 days
1913
140 days
1914
49 days
1915
79 days
1916
114 days
1917
92 days
1918
63 days
1919
112 days
1920
71 days
1921
54 days
1922
88 days
1923
72 days
1924
134 days
1925
65 days
1926
87 days
1927
91 days
1928
92 days
1929
104 days
1930
74 days
1931
69 days
1932
110 days
1933
95 days
1934
149 days
1935
75 days
1936
99 days
1937
99 days
1938
191 days
1939
112 days
1940
24 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
21 years with a frost
Across 21 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Needles falls on 30 January and the median first autumn frost on 3 December, which leaves a median of 304 days between them.
Frost dates and growing season at Needles
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1895 to 1936)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
30 January
n/a
30 January
n/a
n/a
First autumn frost
3 December
n/a
3 December
n/a
n/a
Growing days
304 days
n/a
304 days
n/a
n/a
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
44 years, 1893 to 1939
A day with at least 22.7 mm (0.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 98.7 mm (3.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Needles: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
22.7 mm (0.9 in)
5 years
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
10 years
48.6 mm (1.9 in)
25 years
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
50 years
81.2 mm (3.2 in)
Longer than the 44 years of record
100 years
98.7 mm (3.9 in)
Longer than the 44 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, 44 years of values from 1893 to 1939.
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: 88.6 mm (3.5 in) in 1906; 74.7 mm (2.9 in) in 1939; 55.9 mm (2.2 in) in 1918.
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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.