Palmer Lake Threshold Days by Year (USC00056280)
16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Palmer Lake (USC00056280): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Palmer Lake Thresholds
- Palmer Lake: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 20 years, most in 1969 with 26.
- Palmer Lake: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 19 years, most in 1969 with 8.
- Palmer Lake: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 18 years, most in 1979 with 21.
- Palmer Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 15 years, most in 2024 with 25.
- 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Palmer Lake.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
15 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 10 | 9.3 |
| 1967 | 1 | 9.3 |
| 1969 | 17 | 9.3 |
| 1970 | 14 | 11.2 |
| 1975 | 11 | 11.2 |
| 1976 | 21 | 11.2 |
| 1978 | 8 | 11.2 |
| 1979 | 2 | 11.2 |
| 1980 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1981 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 19 | 24 |
| 2024 | 25 | 24 |
| 2025 | 17 | 24 |
| 2026 | 35 | 24 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1966-06-29 | 1966-07-27 |
| 1967 | 1967-07-23 | 1967-07-23 |
| 1969 | 1969-06-29 | 1969-08-28 |
| 1970 | 1970-06-26 | 1970-08-30 |
| 1975 | 1975-06-30 | 1975-09-01 |
| 1976 | 1976-06-21 | 1976-09-05 |
| 1978 | 1978-06-24 | 1978-07-28 |
| 1979 | 1979-08-06 | 1979-08-07 |
| 1980 | 1980-06-26 | 1980-08-06 |
| 1981 | 1981-07-20 | 1981-07-31 |
| 1984 | 1984-07-20 | 1984-07-20 |
| 2023 | 2023-06-28 | 2023-09-03 |
| 2024 | 2024-06-13 | 2024-08-21 |
| 2025 | 2025-06-17 | 2025-08-22 |
| 2026 | 2026-06-17 | 2026-09-05 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 15 | 25 | 2024 | 35 |
| 35 C (95 F): Days | 1 | 1 | 1976 | 1 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 9 | 6 | 1976 | 8 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 15 | 53 | 1979 | 9 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 14 | 210 | 1984 | 92 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 14 | 67 | 1967 | 18 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 14 | 13 | 1979 | 1 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 1 | 1 | 1984 | 1 |
| 20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min | 1 | 0 | n/a | 3 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 20 | 26 | 1969 | 13 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 19 | 8 | 1969 | 1 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 7 | 2 | 1967 | 2 |
| 100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 18 | 21 | 1979 | 3 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 13 | 4 | 1979 | 1 |
| 50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall | 3 | 1 | 1967 | 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 . Last revised (2026-10-17).