Benson Threshold Days by Year (USC00210667)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Benson (USC00210667): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Benson Thresholds

Benson: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 73 years, most in 1988 with 68.
Benson: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 73 years, most in 1976 with 47.
Benson: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 73 years, most in 1955 with 110.
Benson: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 73 years, most in 2013 with 196.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Benson.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

73 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Benson with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 68 in 1988.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Benson
Year	Days	Decade average
1953	30	33
1954	23	33
1955	41	33
1956	24	33
1957	24	33
1958	34	33
1959	55	33
1960	39	31.8
1961	46	31.8
1962	21	31.8
1963	31	31.8
1964	46	31.8
1965	22	31.8
1966	38	31.8
1967	25	31.8
1968	24	31.8
1969	26	31.8
1970	48	36.9
1971	26	36.9
1972	29	36.9
1973	36	36.9
1974	40	36.9
1975	41	36.9
1976	65	36.9
1977	32	36.9
1978	36	36.9
1979	16	36.9
1980	45	37.4
1981	12	37.4
1982	27	37.4
1983	48	37.4
1984	31	37.4
1985	30	37.4
1986	27	37.4
1987	51	37.4
1988	68	37.4
1989	35	37.4
1990	28	21.8
1991	27	21.8
1992	15	21.8
1993	9	21.8
1994	16	21.8
1995	22	21.8
1996	17	21.8
1997	23	21.8
1998	30	21.8
1999	31	21.8
2000	25	32.7
2001	39	32.7
2002	42	32.7
2003	31	32.7
2004	22	32.7
2006	50	32.7
2007	48	32.7
2008	21	32.7
2009	16	32.7
2010	36	32.9
2011	36	32.9
2012	51	32.9
2013	36	32.9
2014	12	32.9
2015	32	32.9
2016	27	32.9
2017	33	32.9
2018	38	32.9
2019	28	32.9
2020	38	38.3
2021	53	38.3
2022	33	38.3
2023	48	38.3
2024	31	38.3
2025	28	38.3
2026	37	38.3

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Benson
Year	First date	Last date
1953	1953-05-29	1953-10-02
1954	1954-06-09	1954-09-01
1955	1955-05-02	1955-09-17
1956	1956-06-05	1956-09-27
1957	1957-07-01	1957-08-31
1958	1958-05-10	1958-10-15
1959	1959-05-01	1959-09-14
1960	1960-06-26	1960-09-06
1961	1961-05-31	1961-10-16
1962	1962-04-24	1962-09-02
1963	1963-05-07	1963-10-05
1964	1964-05-18	1964-09-02
1965	1965-04-29	1965-08-14
1966	1966-05-26	1966-09-12
1967	1967-06-29	1967-08-25
1968	1968-04-30	1968-08-23
1969	1969-05-27	1969-09-14
1970	1970-05-07	1970-10-05
1971	1971-05-14	1971-09-07
1972	1972-05-16	1972-09-19
1973	1973-06-01	1973-09-02
1974	1974-05-20	1974-09-26
1975	1975-05-17	1975-10-04
1976	1976-06-02	1976-09-30
1977	1977-04-09	1977-09-08
1978	1978-05-25	1978-09-11
1979	1979-05-28	1979-09-26
1980	1980-04-20	1980-10-07
1981	1981-07-05	1981-09-10
1982	1982-05-03	1982-08-25
1983	1983-06-10	1983-09-27
1984	1984-05-31	1984-09-19
1985	1985-04-17	1985-09-18
1986	1986-05-30	1986-08-31
1987	1987-04-17	1987-09-27
1988	1988-04-08	1988-09-18
1989	1989-06-19	1989-09-30
1990	1990-04-22	1990-09-26
1991	1991-05-11	1991-10-16
1992	1992-04-30	1992-10-02
1993	1993-06-11	1993-10-06
1994	1994-05-13	1994-09-14
1995	1995-06-13	1995-08-21
1996	1996-06-10	1996-09-05
1997	1997-06-01	1997-10-07
1998	1998-05-14	1998-09-19
1999	1999-05-29	1999-09-03
2000	2000-05-03	2000-10-19
2001	2001-05-14	2001-10-02
2002	2002-05-29	2002-09-16
2003	2003-04-13	2003-10-08
2004	2004-04-19	2004-09-19
2006	2006-05-24	2006-10-03
2007	2007-05-14	2007-10-07
2008	2008-06-24	2008-09-26
2009	2009-04-24	2009-09-19
2010	2010-05-25	2010-10-09
2011	2011-05-11	2011-10-06
2012	2012-05-15	2012-09-16
2013	2013-05-14	2013-09-10
2014	2014-05-25	2014-08-04
2015	2015-05-29	2015-10-12
2016	2016-05-07	2016-08-31
2017	2017-05-14	2017-09-24
2018	2018-05-08	2018-09-17
2019	2019-06-01	2019-09-21
2020	2020-06-02	2020-09-23
2021	2021-05-02	2021-09-30
2022	2022-06-13	2022-09-21
2023	2023-05-22	2023-10-03
2024	2024-06-13	2024-09-30
2025	2025-05-11	2025-10-04
2026	2026-04-17	2026-08-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Benson
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	73	68	1988	37
35 C (95 F): Days	61	25	1988	3
40 C (104 F): Days	1	1	1988	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	73	47	1976	22
100 F (37.8 C): Days	16	9	1988	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	73	110	1955	43
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	73	196	2013	105
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	73	109	1955	41
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	73	49	1972	18
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	47	12	1996	5
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	73	26	2002	11
25 C (77 F): Days with min	15	2	1977	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	72	32	2021	13
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	72	13	2021	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	47	5	1984	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	3	1	1990	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	61	8	1965	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	8	1	1955	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1953.

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Benson Threshold Days by Year (USC00210667)

Key Facts for Benson Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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