Cotton Threshold Days by Year (USC00211840)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cotton (USC00211840): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cotton Thresholds

Cotton: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 28 years, most in 1988 with 36.
Cotton: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 28 years, most in 1972 with 119.
Cotton: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 28 years, most in 1976 with 221.
Cotton: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 28 years, most in 1970 with 122.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cotton.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

28 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Cotton with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 36 in 1988.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cotton
Year	Days	Decade average
1965	5	5.5
1969	6	5.5
1970	14	10
1972	5	10
1973	3	10
1974	9	10
1975	5	10
1976	19	10
1977	10	10
1978	15	10
1981	5	12.1
1982	2	12.1
1983	17	12.1
1985	1	12.1
1986	7	12.1
1987	14	12.1
1988	36	12.1
1989	15	12.1
1990	10	7.8
1991	15	7.8
1992	2	7.8
1993	6	7.8
1995	12	7.8
1996	6	7.8
1997	6	7.8
1998	5	7.8
1999	8	7.8
2000	1	1

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Cotton
Year	First date	Last date
1965	1965-07-22	1965-08-13
1969	1969-05-27	1969-08-25
1970	1970-06-07	1970-08-25
1972	1972-05-17	1972-08-17
1973	1973-07-06	1973-08-27
1974	1974-07-02	1974-07-19
1975	1975-07-28	1975-08-12
1976	1976-06-06	1976-09-11
1977	1977-04-10	1977-07-20
1978	1978-05-26	1978-09-07
1981	1981-07-10	1981-09-09
1982	1982-07-20	1982-08-05
1983	1983-06-22	1983-09-02
1985	1985-07-07	1985-07-07
1986	1986-05-28	1986-07-18
1987	1987-05-16	1987-08-15
1988	1988-05-29	1988-08-16
1989	1989-07-02	1989-08-04
1990	1990-06-25	1990-08-30
1991	1991-06-26	1991-08-29
1992	1992-06-11	1992-06-12
1993	1993-06-21	1993-08-26
1995	1995-06-16	1995-07-31
1996	1996-06-12	1996-08-07
1997	1997-06-23	1997-08-02
1998	1998-05-19	1998-09-06
1999	1999-05-30	1999-07-31
2000	2000-07-02	2000-07-02

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cotton
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	28	36	1988	1
35 C (95 F): Days	4	5	1988	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	20	20	1988	1
100 F (37.8 C): Days	1	2	1988	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	28	119	1972	101
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	28	221	1976	192
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	28	122	1970	93
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	28	73	1978	55
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	28	33	1996	10
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	13	11	1996	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	16	4	1991	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	26	27	1982	22
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	26	8	1985	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	14	4	1999	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1988	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	27	7	1983	7
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	7	1	1975	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1965.

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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).

Cotton Threshold Days by Year (USC00211840)

Key Facts for Cotton Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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