Hays Threshold Days by Year (USC00244020)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Hays (USC00244020): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Hays Thresholds

Hays: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 19 years, most in 1961 with 44.
Hays: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 19 years, most in 1925 with 22.
Hays: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 19 years, most in 1955 with 76.
Hays: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 18 years, most in 1927 with 19.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Hays.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

19 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Hays with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 44 in 1961.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Hays
Year	Days	Decade average
1925	39	26.7
1927	21	26.7
1928	20	26.7
1947	29	29
1949	29	29
1950	12	24.4
1952	20	24.4
1953	23	24.4
1954	22	24.4
1955	28	24.4
1956	30	24.4
1957	22	24.4
1958	35	24.4
1959	28	24.4
1960	33	26
1961	44	26
1962	6	26
1963	29	26
1964	18	26

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Hays
Year	First date	Last date
1925	1925-05-28	1925-09-05
1927	1927-06-20	1927-09-10
1928	1928-05-05	1928-09-18
1947	1947-07-02	1947-09-04
1949	1949-05-10	1949-09-09
1950	1950-07-06	1950-09-04
1952	1952-06-05	1952-09-26
1953	1953-06-12	1953-09-12
1954	1954-06-22	1954-08-30
1955	1955-07-15	1955-09-14
1956	1956-06-04	1956-09-08
1957	1957-07-09	1957-10-01
1958	1958-05-20	1958-09-12
1959	1959-06-03	1959-09-13
1960	1960-05-12	1960-09-04
1961	1961-05-29	1961-09-16
1962	1962-06-26	1962-08-17
1963	1963-06-18	1963-09-30
1964	1964-05-20	1964-08-19

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Hays
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	19	44	1961	18
35 C (95 F): Days	16	7	1925	4
90 F (32.2 C): Days	19	22	1925	8
100 F (37.8 C): Days	5	2	1925	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	19	76	1955	39
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	17	198	1925	149
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	17	99	1955	40
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	17	45	1949	8
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	14	16	1950	7
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	10	5	1960	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	18	19	1927	15
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	12	5	1953	4
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	3	2	1925	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	10	5	1950	4
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1964	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1925.

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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).

Hays Threshold Days by Year (USC00244020)

Key Facts for Hays Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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