New Salem Threshold Days by Year (USC00195306)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at New Salem (USC00195306): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for New Salem Thresholds

New Salem: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 52 years, most in 1983 with 57.
New Salem: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 52 years, most in 1979 with 23.
New Salem: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 47 years, most in 1979 with 8.
New Salem: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 33 years, most in 1966 with 11.
14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at New Salem.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

52 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at New Salem with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 57 in 1983.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at New Salem
Year	Days	Decade average
1898	50	44
1899	38	44
1949	28	28
1950	29	39.9
1951	36	39.9
1952	37	39.9
1953	49	39.9
1954	40	39.9
1955	41	39.9
1956	43	39.9
1957	35	39.9
1958	45	39.9
1959	44	39.9
1960	48	37.8
1961	44	37.8
1962	39	37.8
1963	27	37.8
1964	31	37.8
1965	31	37.8
1966	35	37.8
1967	47	37.8
1968	40	37.8
1969	36	37.8
1970	37	43.2
1971	36	43.2
1972	40	43.2
1973	46	43.2
1974	42	43.2
1975	54	43.2
1976	36	43.2
1977	53	43.2
1978	41	43.2
1979	47	43.2
1980	32	42.2
1981	47	42.2
1982	42	42.2
1983	57	42.2
1984	44	42.2
1985	34	42.2
1986	43	42.2
1987	38	42.2
1988	31	42.2
1989	54	42.2
1990	53	45.9
1991	48	45.9
1992	48	45.9
1993	49	45.9
1994	51	45.9
1995	40	45.9
1996	56	45.9
1997	35	45.9
1998	33	45.9

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at New Salem meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at New Salem
Year	First date	Last date
1898	1898-01-07	1898-12-31
1899	1899-01-01	1899-12-15
1949	1949-01-22	1949-12-28
1950	1950-01-07	1950-12-30
1951	1951-01-16	1951-12-26
1952	1952-01-03	1952-12-12
1953	1953-01-03	1953-12-15
1954	1954-01-27	1954-12-30
1955	1955-02-07	1955-11-14
1956	1956-01-09	1956-12-28
1957	1957-01-23	1957-12-27
1958	1958-01-01	1958-12-06
1959	1959-01-02	1959-12-29
1960	1960-01-03	1960-12-30
1961	1961-01-02	1961-12-29
1962	1962-01-07	1962-12-30
1963	1963-01-13	1963-12-28
1964	1964-01-10	1964-12-28
1965	1965-01-24	1965-12-26
1966	1966-01-03	1966-12-30
1967	1967-01-28	1967-12-29
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-29
1969	1969-02-10	1969-12-28
1970	1970-01-04	1970-12-24
1971	1971-01-05	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-10	1972-11-26
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-30
1974	1974-01-10	1974-12-17
1975	1975-01-07	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-04	1976-12-08
1977	1977-01-08	1977-12-26
1978	1978-01-02	1978-12-25
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-26
1980	1980-01-12	1980-11-29
1981	1981-02-02	1981-12-28
1982	1982-01-02	1982-12-17
1983	1983-01-06	1983-12-29
1984	1984-01-11	1984-12-22
1985	1985-02-13	1985-12-14
1986	1986-01-04	1986-12-25
1987	1987-01-03	1987-12-16
1988	1988-01-09	1988-12-25
1989	1989-01-15	1989-11-17
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-30
1991	1991-01-10	1991-12-30
1992	1992-01-15	1992-12-31
1993	1993-01-13	1993-12-22
1994	1994-01-05	1994-12-25
1995	1995-01-02	1995-12-15
1996	1996-01-03	1996-12-25
1997	1997-01-17	1997-12-25
1998	1998-01-08	1998-12-30

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at New Salem
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	2	10	1899	10
90 F (32.2 C): Days	1	2	1898	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	2	62	1899	62
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	2	156	1899	156
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	2	48	1899	48
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	2	9	1899	9
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	2	5	1898	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	52	57	1983	33
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	52	23	1979	14
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	47	8	1979	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	2	1955	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	33	11	1966	3
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	14	3	1967	2
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	1	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 1898.

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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).

New Salem Threshold Days by Year (USC00195306)

Key Facts for New Salem Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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