Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Needles Threshold Days by Year (USC00046115)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Needles (USC00046115): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Needles Thresholds

  • Needles: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 42 years, most in 1897 with 156.
  • Needles: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 25 C (77 F) in 42 years, most in 1903 with 103.
  • Needles: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 40 years, most in 1934 with 234.
  • Needles: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 40 years, most in 1910 with 159.
  • 15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Needles.
40 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Needles Days per year at Needles with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 234 in 1934. 01002003001893: 1741894: 1961895: 1921897: 1871899: 1701900: 1531901: 1801902: 1921903: 1861904: 2051905: 1661906: 1721909: 1781910: 2081911: 1461912: 1601913: 1711914: 1741915: 1391916: 1591917: 1881918: 1911919: 1471920: 1571921: 1921922: 1801923: 1541924: 1911925: 1961926: 2121927: 1921928: 1981929: 1941930: 1941931: 2001932: 1961933: 1731934: 2341935: 1931936: 1771893189919031909191319171921192519291933
Days per year at Needles with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 234 in 1934.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Needles
YearDaysDecade average
1893174183.8
1894196183.8
1895192183.8
1897187183.8
1899170183.8
1900153179
1901180179
1902192179
1903186179
1904205179
1905166179
1906172179
1909178179
1910208168.3
1911146168.3
1912160168.3
1913171168.3
1914174168.3
1915139168.3
1916159168.3
1917188168.3
1918191168.3
1919147168.3
1920157186.6
1921192186.6
1922180186.6
1923154186.6
1924191186.6
1925196186.6
1926212186.6
1927192186.6
1928198186.6
1929194186.6
1930194195.3
1931200195.3
1932196195.3
1933173195.3
1934234195.3
1935193195.3
1936177195.3
First to last qualifying date each year at Needles For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Needles meeting 30 C (86 F). 1893: 27 March 1893 to 16 October 18931894: 13 March 1894 to 11 November 18941895: 25 March 1895 to 26 October 18951897: 26 March 1897 to 23 October 18971899: 23 March 1899 to 10 October 18991900: 9 March 1900 to 18 October 19001901: 13 April 1901 to 22 October 19011902: 4 April 1902 to 27 October 19021903: 23 March 1903 to 5 November 19031904: 15 February 1904 to 6 November 19041905: 26 March 1905 to 13 October 19051906: 31 March 1906 to 14 November 19061909: 2 April 1909 to 25 October 19091910: 3 March 1910 to 2 November 19101911: 28 March 1911 to 18 October 19111912: 28 April 1912 to 21 October 19121913: 30 March 1913 to 11 November 19131914: 1 March 1914 to 15 October 19141915: 12 April 1915 to 4 November 19151916: 8 April 1916 to 26 October 19161917: 25 March 1917 to 28 October 19171918: 25 March 1918 to 3 November 19181919: 29 March 1919 to 15 October 19191920: 6 April 1920 to 28 October 19201921: 24 February 1921 to 4 November 19211922: 20 March 1922 to 23 October 19221923: 24 March 1923 to 21 October 19231924: 13 February 1924 to 4 November 19241925: 4 March 1925 to 30 October 19251926: 28 February 1926 to 7 November 19261927: 24 March 1927 to 8 November 19271928: 19 March 1928 to 29 October 19281929: 5 March 1929 to 6 November 19291930: 17 February 1930 to 7 November 19301931: 18 March 1931 to 6 November 19311932: 27 February 1932 to 18 October 19321933: 1 March 1933 to 27 October 19331934: 5 March 1934 to 19 November 19341935: 21 February 1935 to 29 October 19351936: 3 March 1936 to 13 October 193618931900190519121917192219271932JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Needles meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Needles
YearFirst dateLast date
18931893-03-271893-10-16
18941894-03-131894-11-11
18951895-03-251895-10-26
18971897-03-261897-10-23
18991899-03-231899-10-10
19001900-03-091900-10-18
19011901-04-131901-10-22
19021902-04-041902-10-27
19031903-03-231903-11-05
19041904-02-151904-11-06
19051905-03-261905-10-13
19061906-03-311906-11-14
19091909-04-021909-10-25
19101910-03-031910-11-02
19111911-03-281911-10-18
19121912-04-281912-10-21
19131913-03-301913-11-11
19141914-03-011914-10-15
19151915-04-121915-11-04
19161916-04-081916-10-26
19171917-03-251917-10-28
19181918-03-251918-11-03
19191919-03-291919-10-15
19201920-04-061920-10-28
19211921-02-241921-11-04
19221922-03-201922-10-23
19231923-03-241923-10-21
19241924-02-131924-11-04
19251925-03-041925-10-30
19261926-02-281926-11-07
19271927-03-241927-11-08
19281928-03-191928-10-29
19291929-03-051929-11-06
19301930-02-171930-11-07
19311931-03-181931-11-06
19321932-02-271932-10-18
19331933-03-011933-10-27
19341934-03-051934-11-19
19351935-02-211935-10-29
19361936-03-031936-10-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Needles
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days402341934177
35 C (95 F): Days401591910127
40 C (104 F): Days40113192460
45 C (113 F): Days324819249
50 C (122 F): Days4219242
90 F (32.2 C): Days402011934155
100 F (37.8 C): Days40133192491
110 F (43.3 C): Days3979192426
120 F (48.9 C): Days8619256
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min4035190127
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min421561897105
25 C (77 F): Days with min42103190333
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4012190510
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain18619094
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain6119061

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1893.

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).