Capitan Threshold Days by Year (USC00291440)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Capitan (USC00291440): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Capitan Thresholds

Capitan: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 80 years, most in 1914 with 27.
Capitan: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 73 years, most in 1916 with 6.
Capitan: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 70 years, most in 1997 with 10.
Capitan: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 27 years, most in 1976 with 160.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Capitan.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

23 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Capitan with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 2011.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Capitan
Year	Days	Decade average
1976	20	32.5
1977	34	32.5
1978	47	32.5
1979	29	32.5
1980	59	36.5
1981	28	36.5
1982	31	36.5
1983	43	36.5
1984	30	36.5
1985	40	36.5
1986	24	36.5
1987	32	36.5
1988	28	36.5
1989	50	36.5
1990	41	29
1991	19	29
1992	27	29
1993	24	29
1996	35	29
1997	28	29
2006	31	30
2009	29	30
2011	65	65

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Capitan
Year	First date	Last date
1976	1976-05-25	1976-08-26
1977	1977-05-30	1977-08-09
1978	1978-06-10	1978-08-18
1979	1979-06-14	1979-09-05
1980	1980-06-03	1980-09-03
1981	1981-06-07	1981-08-30
1982	1982-06-05	1982-09-01
1983	1983-06-17	1983-09-19
1984	1984-05-11	1984-09-11
1985	1985-05-26	1985-08-26
1986	1986-06-14	1986-08-21
1987	1987-06-16	1987-08-21
1988	1988-05-15	1988-09-08
1989	1989-05-07	1989-08-11
1990	1990-05-23	1990-09-02
1991	1991-05-27	1991-07-08
1992	1992-06-17	1992-09-08
1993	1993-06-12	1993-08-24
1996	1996-05-07	1996-08-15
1997	1997-06-01	1997-08-29
2006	2006-05-19	2006-07-26
2009	2009-05-07	2009-08-19
2011	2011-05-27	2011-09-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Capitan
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	23	65	2011	65
35 C (95 F): Days	12	12	1990	7
90 F (32.2 C): Days	23	38	1980	31
100 F (37.8 C): Days	1	1	1990	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	19	14	1997	5
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	27	160	1976	125
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	27	32	1976	16
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	11	4	2011	4
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	1	1	2011	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	1	1	2011	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	80	27	1914	4
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	73	6	1916	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	12	1	1916	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	0	n/a	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	70	10	1997	5
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	17	2	1915	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1976.

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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).

Capitan Threshold Days by Year (USC00291440)

Key Facts for Capitan Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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