Dinosaur Nm Threshold Days by Year

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Dinosaur Nm (USC00052286): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Dinosaur Nm Thresholds

Dinosaur Nm: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 46 years, most in 1975 with 202.
Dinosaur Nm: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 46 years, most in 1973 with 96.
Dinosaur Nm: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 46 years, most in 1969 with 13.
Dinosaur Nm: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 41 years, most in 1988 with 98.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Dinosaur Nm.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

41 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Dinosaur Nm with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 98 in 1988.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dinosaur Nm
Year	Days	Decade average
1966	52	44.5
1967	54	44.5
1968	15	44.5
1969	57	44.5
1970	59	67.9
1971	72	67.9
1972	48	67.9
1973	51	67.9
1974	74	67.9
1975	49	67.9
1976	70	67.9
1977	91	67.9
1978	83	67.9
1979	82	67.9
1980	82	76.3
1981	80	76.3
1982	72	76.3
1983	71	76.3
1984	77	76.3
1985	74	76.3
1987	69	76.3
1988	98	76.3
1989	64	76.3
1990	76	63.2
1991	72	63.2
1992	50	63.2
1993	49	63.2
1994	89	63.2
1995	59	63.2
1996	87	63.2
1997	52	63.2
1998	54	63.2
1999	44	63.2
2001	71	66.3
2005	66	66.3
2006	75	66.3
2009	53	66.3
2010	70	68.5
2011	62	68.5
2012	83	68.5
2014	59	68.5

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Dinosaur Nm
Year	First date	Last date
1966	1966-06-19	1966-08-30
1967	1967-06-27	1967-09-06
1968	1968-06-03	1968-08-07
1969	1969-05-26	1969-09-08
1970	1970-06-21	1970-08-31
1971	1971-06-15	1971-09-13
1972	1972-06-01	1972-08-18
1973	1973-06-09	1973-08-26
1974	1974-05-28	1974-09-11
1975	1975-06-27	1975-09-04
1976	1976-06-01	1976-09-06
1977	1977-05-31	1977-09-10
1978	1978-06-09	1978-09-10
1979	1979-06-05	1979-09-19
1980	1980-06-08	1980-09-19
1981	1981-05-02	1981-09-23
1982	1982-06-14	1982-09-10
1983	1983-06-18	1983-09-18
1984	1984-05-14	1984-09-11
1985	1985-06-06	1985-09-02
1987	1987-04-17	1987-09-03
1988	1988-05-13	1988-09-10
1989	1989-05-07	1989-09-07
1990	1990-05-23	1990-09-15
1991	1991-05-21	1991-09-06
1992	1992-06-19	1992-08-29
1993	1993-06-14	1993-09-12
1994	1994-05-23	1994-09-11
1995	1995-06-12	1995-09-16
1996	1996-05-13	1996-09-11
1997	1997-06-01	1997-08-26
1998	1998-06-02	1998-09-08
1999	1999-06-19	1999-08-25
2001	2001-06-02	2001-09-28
2005	2005-05-20	2005-09-07
2006	2006-05-18	2006-09-13
2009	2009-05-18	2009-09-11
2010	2010-06-04	2010-09-29
2011	2011-06-23	2011-09-06
2012	2012-05-21	2012-09-10
2014	2014-05-27	2014-09-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Dinosaur Nm
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	41	98	1988	59
35 C (95 F): Days	38	30	1980	9
90 F (32.2 C): Days	41	66	1988	35
100 F (37.8 C): Days	15	6	1989	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	41	68	1973	35
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	46	202	1975	146
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	46	96	1973	33
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	39	24	1979	2
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	5	3	1979	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	21	3	2006	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	46	13	1969	9
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	18	4	1970	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	1	1	1968	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	40	7	1975	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	6	1	1969	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1966.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Dinosaur Nm Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Dinosaur Nm Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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