Bedford Threshold Days by Year (USC00120545)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Bedford (USC00120545): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Bedford Thresholds

Bedford: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 36 years, most in 1953 with 96.
Bedford: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 36 years, most in 1954 with 70.
Bedford: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 36 years, most in 1963 with 37.
Bedford: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 35 years, most in 1976 with 127.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Bedford.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

36 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Bedford with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 96 in 1953.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bedford
Year	Days	Decade average
1940	85	69.5
1941	82	69.5
1942	60	69.5
1943	80	69.5
1944	93	69.5
1945	48	69.5
1946	56	69.5
1947	65	69.5
1948	63	69.5
1949	63	69.5
1950	30	69.6
1951	57	69.6
1952	90	69.6
1953	96	69.6
1954	93	69.6
1955	87	69.6
1956	63	69.6
1957	61	69.6
1958	37	69.6
1959	82	69.6
1960	64	60.6
1961	57	60.6
1962	65	60.6
1963	67	60.6
1964	71	60.6
1965	40	60.6
1966	67	60.6
1967	46	60.6
1968	56	60.6
1969	73	60.6
1970	81	64.8
1972	58	64.8
1974	49	64.8
1975	73	64.8
1976	52	64.8
1977	76	64.8

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Bedford
Year	First date	Last date
1940	1940-04-01	1940-10-13
1941	1941-05-05	1941-09-24
1942	1942-04-30	1942-09-19
1943	1943-05-07	1943-09-30
1944	1944-05-11	1944-09-20
1945	1945-06-01	1945-09-24
1946	1946-06-08	1946-10-07
1947	1947-05-15	1947-10-22
1948	1948-04-25	1948-09-21
1949	1949-05-03	1949-08-26
1950	1950-05-04	1950-10-17
1951	1951-04-28	1951-10-05
1952	1952-05-01	1952-10-01
1953	1953-05-24	1953-10-22
1954	1954-04-23	1954-10-05
1955	1955-05-03	1955-09-29
1956	1956-05-12	1956-09-22
1957	1957-04-26	1957-09-20
1958	1958-05-15	1958-09-25
1959	1959-05-02	1959-10-05
1960	1960-04-23	1960-09-26
1961	1961-06-01	1961-10-12
1962	1962-04-30	1962-10-11
1963	1963-05-08	1963-10-23
1964	1964-05-18	1964-09-20
1965	1965-04-23	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-08	1966-09-12
1967	1967-05-25	1967-10-04
1968	1968-06-05	1968-08-25
1969	1969-05-05	1969-09-30
1970	1970-04-29	1970-09-23
1972	1972-05-21	1972-09-20
1974	1974-05-20	1974-08-27
1975	1975-05-12	1975-10-13
1976	1976-04-20	1976-09-08
1977	1977-04-17	1977-09-18

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Bedford
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	36	96	1953	76
35 C (95 F): Days	31	32	1954	12
40 C (104 F): Days	4	2	1953	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	36	70	1954	35
100 F (37.8 C): Days	8	7	1953	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	36	37	1963	29
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	35	127	1976	76
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	35	37	1963	31
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	22	11	1977	11
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	35	48	1977	48
25 C (77 F): Days with min	5	1	1940	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	35	49	1945	40
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	35	21	1950	9
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	26	6	1950	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1962	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	12	4	1951	3

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1940.

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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).

Bedford Threshold Days by Year (USC00120545)

Key Facts for Bedford Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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