Ocean City Threshold Days by Year (USC00186665)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Ocean City (USC00186665): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Ocean City Thresholds

Ocean City: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 15 years, most in 1955 with 53.
Ocean City: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 15 years, most in 1955 with 25.
Ocean City: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 15 years, most in 1940 with 11.
Ocean City: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 15 years, most in 1955 with 96.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Ocean City.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

15 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Ocean City with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 53 in 1955.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Ocean City
Year	Days	Decade average
1940	28	30.6
1941	40	30.6
1942	32	30.6
1943	21	30.6
1945	32	30.6
1950	23	33.8
1951	18	33.8
1952	39	33.8
1953	22	33.8
1954	36	33.8
1955	53	33.8
1956	36	33.8
1957	47	33.8
1958	36	33.8
1959	28	33.8

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Ocean City
Year	First date	Last date
1940	1940-06-05	1940-09-21
1941	1941-04-14	1941-10-08
1942	1942-05-01	1942-09-20
1943	1943-04-28	1943-09-02
1945	1945-06-11	1945-09-26
1950	1950-06-17	1950-09-02
1951	1951-04-26	1951-10-06
1952	1952-06-07	1952-09-14
1953	1953-05-01	1953-09-02
1954	1954-06-02	1954-10-04
1955	1955-05-05	1955-09-20
1956	1956-04-30	1956-09-17
1957	1957-04-21	1957-09-16
1958	1958-06-11	1958-09-22
1959	1959-05-22	1959-09-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Ocean City
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	15	53	1955	28
35 C (95 F): Days	13	7	1955	4
40 C (104 F): Days	1	1	1955	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	15	25	1955	10
100 F (37.8 C): Days	5	3	1952	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	15	11	1940	4
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	15	96	1955	64
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	12	12	1958	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	15	81	1955	77
25 C (77 F): Days with min	7	11	1955	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	15	42	1958	32
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	15	12	1958	11
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	13	3	1956	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	2	1959	2
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	4	2	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 1940.

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Data for Ocean City threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Ocean City Threshold Days by Year (USC00186665)

Key Facts for Ocean City Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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