Carlsbad Caverns Threshold Days by Year (USC00291480)

19 fixed thresholds counted per year at Carlsbad Caverns (USC00291480): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Carlsbad Caverns Thresholds

Carlsbad Caverns: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 71 years, most in 2011 with 148.
Carlsbad Caverns: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 71 years, most in 2011 with 74.
Carlsbad Caverns: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 71 years, most in 2011 with 118.
Carlsbad Caverns: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 70 years, most in 1958 with 24.
19 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Carlsbad Caverns.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

71 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Carlsbad Caverns with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 148 in 2011.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Carlsbad Caverns
Year	Days	Decade average
1935	127	111.8
1936	116	111.8
1937	107	111.8
1938	91	111.8
1939	118	111.8
1940	92	99.7
1941	73	99.7
1942	80	99.7
1943	118	99.7
1944	96	99.7
1946	98	99.7
1947	121	99.7
1948	127	99.7
1949	92	99.7
1950	118	124.2
1951	142	124.2
1952	125	124.2
1953	131	124.2
1954	130	124.2
1955	111	124.2
1956	146	124.2
1957	107	124.2
1958	106	124.2
1959	126	124.2
1960	117	108.7
1961	129	108.7
1962	125	108.7
1963	120	108.7
1964	113	108.7
1965	106	108.7
1966	87	108.7
1967	99	108.7
1968	89	108.7
1969	102	108.7
1970	97	83.6
1971	89	83.6
1972	75	83.6
1973	78	83.6
1974	88	83.6
1975	62	83.6
1976	60	83.6
1977	110	83.6
1978	89	83.6
1979	88	83.6
1980	103	93.1
1981	82	93.1
1982	103	93.1
1983	103	93.1
1984	82	93.1
1985	97	93.1
1986	78	93.1
1987	68	93.1
1988	96	93.1
1989	119	93.1
1990	93	108.6
1991	80	108.6
1992	97	108.6
1993	118	108.6
1994	115	108.6
1995	108	108.6
1996	114	108.6
1997	119	108.6
1998	140	108.6
1999	102	108.6
2000	136	136
2010	110	119.4
2011	148	119.4
2017	111	119.4
2018	113	119.4
2019	115	119.4
2023	94	94

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Carlsbad Caverns
Year	First date	Last date
1935	1935-04-03	1935-09-17
1936	1936-04-13	1936-10-20
1937	1937-04-11	1937-10-06
1938	1938-04-19	1938-10-14
1939	1939-05-05	1939-10-08
1940	1940-04-20	1940-10-14
1941	1941-05-08	1941-09-17
1942	1942-05-10	1942-09-19
1943	1943-04-05	1943-09-22
1944	1944-05-07	1944-09-22
1946	1946-03-31	1946-09-27
1947	1947-04-21	1947-10-09
1948	1948-04-16	1948-10-16
1949	1949-04-27	1949-09-18
1950	1950-04-03	1950-11-01
1951	1951-04-24	1951-10-21
1952	1952-04-07	1952-10-14
1953	1953-04-21	1953-10-13
1954	1954-04-04	1954-10-13
1955	1955-04-15	1955-09-30
1956	1956-04-26	1956-10-08
1957	1957-04-18	1957-10-02
1958	1958-04-22	1958-09-24
1959	1959-04-05	1959-10-25
1960	1960-04-06	1960-10-13
1961	1961-04-04	1961-10-07
1962	1962-04-16	1962-10-15
1963	1963-03-28	1963-09-19
1964	1964-04-16	1964-10-16
1965	1965-04-20	1965-10-10
1966	1966-05-08	1966-10-09
1967	1967-03-28	1967-10-12
1968	1968-05-02	1968-10-16
1969	1969-04-02	1969-10-10
1970	1970-05-08	1970-09-25
1971	1971-03-27	1971-09-29
1972	1972-04-06	1972-10-18
1973	1973-04-29	1973-10-04
1974	1974-04-19	1974-09-12
1975	1975-04-17	1975-10-13
1976	1976-05-13	1976-09-05
1977	1977-05-23	1977-10-01
1978	1978-04-08	1978-09-20
1979	1979-04-25	1979-10-27
1980	1980-05-21	1980-10-02
1981	1981-04-13	1981-10-05
1982	1982-03-19	1982-10-06
1983	1983-04-27	1983-10-08
1984	1984-04-18	1984-09-25
1985	1985-04-16	1985-10-09
1986	1986-04-01	1986-09-22
1987	1987-04-17	1987-10-09
1988	1988-05-11	1988-10-18
1989	1989-03-11	1989-11-06
1990	1990-04-16	1990-09-29
1991	1991-04-08	1991-10-18
1992	1992-04-12	1992-10-20
1993	1993-02-20	1993-10-07
1994	1994-05-07	1994-11-02
1995	1995-03-22	1995-10-19
1996	1996-04-11	1996-10-14
1997	1997-03-23	1997-10-06
1998	1998-03-25	1998-10-16
1999	1999-04-20	1999-10-23
2000	2000-03-28	2000-10-06
2010	2010-05-05	2010-10-31
2011	2011-03-17	2011-10-18
2017	2017-03-20	2017-10-15
2018	2018-03-23	2018-10-06
2019	2019-04-10	2019-09-30
2023	2023-05-01	2023-10-19

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Carlsbad Caverns
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	71	148	2011	94
35 C (95 F): Days	71	74	2011	46
40 C (104 F): Days	23	8	2011	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	71	118	2011	78
100 F (37.8 C): Days	58	27	2011	18
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1994	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	64	12	1982	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	63	68	1960	25
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	44	13	1989	3
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	2	1	1962	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	63	105	2011	65
25 C (77 F): Days with min	42	19	2011	15
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	70	24	1958	10
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	65	8	1996	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	31	5	1974	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	1	1966	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1986	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	17	4	1969	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	2	1	1982	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1935.

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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).

Carlsbad Caverns Threshold Days by Year (USC00291480)

Key Facts for Carlsbad Caverns Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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