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New Madrid Threshold Days by Year (USC00236045)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at New Madrid (USC00236045): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for New Madrid Thresholds

  • New Madrid: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 42 years, most in 1987 with 127.
  • New Madrid: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 42 years, most in 1987 with 89.
  • New Madrid: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 42 years, most in 1978 with 39.
  • New Madrid: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1990 with 56.
  • 18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at New Madrid.
42 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at New Madrid Days per year at New Madrid with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 127 in 1987. 0501001501964: 1001965: 991966: 671967: 391968: 711969: 821970: 831971: 801972: 851973: 1011974: 661977: 1101978: 841979: 761980: 1091981: 801982: 921983: 991984: 821985: 861986: 1081987: 1271988: 1021989: 901990: 901991: 881992: 651993: 881994: 801995: 861997: 771998: 1091999: 842000: 862001: 932002: 902003: 652004: 602005: 972007: 1182009: 522010: 94196419691974198119861991199720022009
Days per year at New Madrid with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 127 in 1987.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at New Madrid
YearDaysDecade average
196410076.3
19659976.3
19666776.3
19673976.3
19687176.3
19698276.3
19708385.6
19718085.6
19728585.6
197310185.6
19746685.6
197711085.6
19788485.6
19797685.6
198010997.5
19818097.5
19829297.5
19839997.5
19848297.5
19858697.5
198610897.5
198712797.5
198810297.5
19899097.5
19909085.2
19918885.2
19926585.2
19938885.2
19948085.2
19958685.2
19977785.2
199810985.2
19998485.2
20008682.6
20019382.6
20029082.6
20036582.6
20046082.6
20059782.6
200711882.6
20095282.6
20109494
First to last qualifying date each year at New Madrid For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at New Madrid meeting 30 C (86 F). 1964: 17 May 1964 to 1 October 19641965: 24 April 1965 to 20 September 19651966: 8 May 1966 to 6 September 19661967: 26 May 1967 to 6 October 19671968: 2 June 1968 to 24 September 19681969: 29 May 1969 to 4 October 19691970: 21 May 1970 to 3 October 19701971: 20 April 1971 to 4 October 19711972: 20 May 1972 to 21 September 19721973: 4 June 1973 to 26 September 19731974: 17 May 1974 to 9 September 19741977: 14 April 1977 to 23 September 19771978: 24 May 1978 to 21 September 19781979: 11 May 1979 to 2 October 19791980: 23 April 1980 to 11 October 19801981: 28 April 1981 to 6 October 19811982: 12 May 1982 to 6 October 19821983: 11 June 1983 to 3 October 19831984: 3 June 1984 to 22 September 19841985: 7 May 1985 to 23 September 19851986: 26 April 1986 to 5 October 19861987: 21 April 1987 to 28 September 19871988: 13 May 1988 to 24 September 19881989: 23 April 1989 to 14 October 19891990: 25 April 1990 to 29 September 19901991: 16 May 1991 to 18 September 19911992: 16 May 1992 to 19 September 19921993: 8 May 1993 to 23 September 19931994: 23 May 1994 to 1 October 19941995: 15 May 1995 to 16 September 19951997: 18 May 1997 to 12 October 19971998: 14 May 1998 to 6 October 19981999: 31 May 1999 to 29 September 19992000: 18 May 2000 to 25 October 20002001: 28 April 2001 to 24 September 20012002: 19 April 2002 to 5 October 20022003: 6 May 2003 to 12 September 20032004: 8 May 2004 to 16 September 20042005: 12 May 2005 to 20 October 20052007: 30 April 2007 to 9 October 20072009: 28 May 2009 to 12 September 20092010: 25 May 2010 to 12 October 20101964197019781984199019972003JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at New Madrid meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at New Madrid
YearFirst dateLast date
19641964-05-171964-10-01
19651965-04-241965-09-20
19661966-05-081966-09-06
19671967-05-261967-10-06
19681968-06-021968-09-24
19691969-05-291969-10-04
19701970-05-211970-10-03
19711971-04-201971-10-04
19721972-05-201972-09-21
19731973-06-041973-09-26
19741974-05-171974-09-09
19771977-04-141977-09-23
19781978-05-241978-09-21
19791979-05-111979-10-02
19801980-04-231980-10-11
19811981-04-281981-10-06
19821982-05-121982-10-06
19831983-06-111983-10-03
19841984-06-031984-09-22
19851985-05-071985-09-23
19861986-04-261986-10-05
19871987-04-211987-09-28
19881988-05-131988-09-24
19891989-04-231989-10-14
19901990-04-251990-09-29
19911991-05-161991-09-18
19921992-05-161992-09-19
19931993-05-081993-09-23
19941994-05-231994-10-01
19951995-05-151995-09-16
19971997-05-181997-10-12
19981998-05-141998-10-06
19991999-05-311999-09-29
20002000-05-182000-10-25
20012001-04-282001-09-24
20022002-04-192002-10-05
20032003-05-062003-09-12
20042004-05-082004-09-16
20052005-05-122005-10-20
20072007-04-302007-10-09
20092009-05-282009-09-12
20102010-05-252010-10-12

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at New Madrid
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days42127198794
35 C (95 F): Days4154198022
40 C (104 F): Days8519802
90 F (32.2 C): Days4289198768
100 F (37.8 C): Days242119803
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max4239197821
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min35109198084
-10 C (14 F): Days with min3434197815
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min7319771
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min35102199874
25 C (77 F): Days with min2714199812
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4256199028
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4224197912
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain41819794
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain11219661
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain2119861
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall11219651
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall1119671

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1964.

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  • Data for New Madrid 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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).