Fountain 3 SSE Threshold Days by Year (USC00083230)

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Fountain 3 SSE (USC00083230): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Fountain 3 SSE Thresholds

Fountain 3 SSE: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 29 years, most in 1958 with 58.
Fountain 3 SSE: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 29 years, most in 1973 with 30.
Fountain 3 SSE: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 29 years, most in 1979 with 10.
Fountain 3 SSE: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 23 years, most in 1968 with 66.
13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Fountain 3 SSE.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

20 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Fountain 3 SSE with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 162 in 1963.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Fountain 3 SSE
Year	Days	Decade average
1956	138	134
1957	140	134
1958	142	134
1959	116	134
1960	143	142.6
1961	130	142.6
1963	162	142.6
1965	150	142.6
1966	122	142.6
1967	136	142.6
1968	159	142.6
1969	139	142.6
1970	161	147.9
1971	154	147.9
1972	156	147.9
1973	146	147.9
1977	120	147.9
1978	150	147.9
1979	148	147.9
1980	153	153

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Fountain 3 SSE meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Fountain 3 SSE
Year	First date	Last date
1956	1956-02-27	1956-11-01
1957	1957-04-03	1957-09-26
1958	1958-04-07	1958-11-16
1959	1959-04-07	1959-10-13
1960	1960-04-17	1960-10-18
1961	1961-03-06	1961-11-04
1963	1963-03-13	1963-10-28
1965	1965-03-30	1965-10-16
1966	1966-04-14	1966-10-23
1967	1967-04-03	1967-10-16
1968	1968-04-07	1968-10-23
1969	1969-04-03	1969-10-13
1970	1970-04-01	1970-10-15
1971	1971-04-11	1971-11-02
1972	1972-04-08	1972-11-02
1973	1973-04-20	1973-10-22
1977	1977-03-16	1977-10-10
1978	1978-03-30	1978-10-26
1979	1979-04-11	1979-10-22
1980	1980-04-21	1980-10-19

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Fountain 3 SSE
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	20	162	1963	153
35 C (95 F): Days	20	58	1980	58
40 C (104 F): Days	1	3	1980	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	20	129	1980	129
100 F (37.8 C): Days	7	9	1980	9
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	23	66	1968	29
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	12	5	1970	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	23	108	1958	69
25 C (77 F): Days with min	8	2	1972	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	29	58	1958	48
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	29	30	1973	17
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	29	10	1979	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	10	3	1958	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1956.

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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).

Fountain 3 SSE Threshold Days by Year (USC00083230)

Key Facts for Fountain 3 SSE Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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