Big Sandy Threshold Days by Year (USC00240770)

20 fixed thresholds counted per year at Big Sandy (USC00240770): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Big Sandy Thresholds

Big Sandy: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 90 years, most in 1932 with 19.
Big Sandy: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 83 years, most in 1950 with 211.
Big Sandy: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 83 years, most in 1951 with 111.
Big Sandy: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 83 years, most in 1949 with 59.
20 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Big Sandy.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

77 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Big Sandy with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 85 in 1936.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Sandy
Year	Days	Decade average
1922	59	43
1925	53	43
1926	46	43
1927	19	43
1928	24	43
1929	57	43
1930	65	63.1
1931	59	63.1
1932	58	63.1
1933	67	63.1
1934	57	63.1
1935	47	63.1
1936	85	63.1
1937	70	63.1
1938	56	63.1
1939	67	63.1
1940	65	52.2
1941	53	52.2
1944	41	52.2
1948	42	52.2
1949	60	52.2
1950	35	48.3
1951	36	48.3
1952	49	48.3
1953	52	48.3
1954	45	48.3
1955	53	48.3
1956	56	48.3
1957	54	48.3
1958	54	48.3
1959	49	48.3
1960	59	58.1
1961	80	58.1
1962	49	58.1
1963	68	58.1
1964	47	58.1
1965	34	58.1
1966	67	58.1
1967	76	58.1
1968	41	58.1
1969	60	58.1
1970	69	51.4
1971	58	51.4
1972	47	51.4
1973	54	51.4
1974	48	51.4
1975	31	51.4
1976	58	51.4
1978	35	51.4
1979	63	51.4
1980	48	57.8
1981	60	57.8
1982	40	57.8
1983	51	57.8
1984	67	57.8
1985	58	57.8
1986	55	57.8
1987	65	57.8
1988	76	57.8
2001	62	49.6
2003	63	49.6
2005	37	49.6
2006	60	49.6
2007	45	49.6
2008	41	49.6
2009	39	49.6
2012	53	46.5
2013	49	46.5
2014	43	46.5
2015	46	46.5
2017	57	46.5
2019	31	46.5
2020	50	47.8
2021	68	47.8
2022	64	47.8
2023	51	47.8
2026	6	47.8

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Big Sandy
Year	First date	Last date
1922	1922-05-23	1922-09-28
1925	1925-05-20	1925-09-04
1926	1926-06-04	1926-08-30
1927	1927-06-26	1927-09-07
1928	1928-05-21	1928-08-19
1929	1929-05-23	1929-09-14
1930	1930-05-28	1930-09-17
1931	1931-05-12	1931-09-06
1932	1932-05-10	1932-09-19
1933	1933-05-30	1933-10-04
1934	1934-05-14	1934-09-07
1935	1935-06-22	1935-09-23
1936	1936-04-18	1936-10-08
1937	1937-05-27	1937-09-18
1938	1938-05-27	1938-09-25
1939	1939-04-28	1939-09-21
1940	1940-06-11	1940-09-13
1941	1941-05-11	1941-08-24
1944	1944-05-13	1944-09-14
1948	1948-05-26	1948-09-22
1949	1949-05-10	1949-09-23
1950	1950-05-27	1950-09-07
1951	1951-05-22	1951-09-07
1952	1952-04-26	1952-09-28
1953	1953-05-06	1953-10-10
1954	1954-05-20	1954-09-02
1955	1955-06-21	1955-09-07
1956	1956-05-19	1956-09-26
1957	1957-05-02	1957-10-01
1958	1958-05-11	1958-10-18
1959	1959-06-02	1959-09-14
1960	1960-05-12	1960-10-06
1961	1961-05-21	1961-09-16
1962	1962-04-19	1962-09-27
1963	1963-05-29	1963-10-03
1964	1964-05-19	1964-10-13
1965	1965-06-10	1965-08-22
1966	1966-05-05	1966-09-22
1967	1967-05-28	1967-09-30
1968	1968-04-29	1968-09-12
1969	1969-05-24	1969-09-18
1970	1970-06-02	1970-10-05
1971	1971-05-26	1971-10-10
1972	1972-05-31	1972-09-05
1973	1973-05-16	1973-10-01
1974	1974-04-25	1974-09-26
1975	1975-06-24	1975-09-16
1976	1976-05-27	1976-09-29
1978	1978-06-05	1978-09-05
1979	1979-05-26	1979-10-04
1980	1980-04-19	1980-10-09
1981	1981-06-26	1981-09-19
1982	1982-06-20	1982-09-10
1983	1983-05-26	1983-09-26
1984	1984-05-15	1984-09-20
1985	1985-05-02	1985-08-31
1986	1986-05-20	1986-08-31
1987	1987-04-28	1987-10-03
1988	1988-05-16	1988-09-07
2001	2001-04-28	2001-09-28
2003	2003-05-25	2003-09-13
2005	2005-06-21	2005-09-08
2006	2006-05-16	2006-09-12
2007	2007-06-21	2007-09-03
2008	2008-05-18	2008-10-02
2009	2009-05-30	2009-09-24
2012	2012-04-23	2012-09-19
2013	2013-05-12	2013-09-21
2014	2014-05-23	2014-09-26
2015	2015-06-07	2015-09-25
2017	2017-05-05	2017-09-11
2019	2019-06-04	2019-09-15
2020	2020-05-31	2020-09-16
2021	2021-05-17	2021-10-05
2022	2022-06-17	2022-09-28
2023	2023-05-16	2023-09-25
2026	2026-05-13	2026-05-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Big Sandy
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	77	85	1936	6
35 C (95 F): Days	77	47	1936	1
40 C (104 F): Days	27	14	1936	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	77	65	1936	4
100 F (37.8 C): Days	55	26	1936	1
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1961	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	77	81	1969	13
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	83	211	1950	61
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	83	111	1951	16
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	83	59	1949	7
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	73	26	1950	1
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	17	9	1950	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	51	11	1936	2
25 C (77 F): Days with min	3	1	1936	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	90	19	1932	3
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	63	5	1975	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	13	1	1937	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1961	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	28	6	1936	3
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	4	1	1932	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1922.

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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).

Big Sandy Threshold Days by Year (USC00240770)

Key Facts for Big Sandy Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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