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Picacho Threshold Days by Year (USC00296804)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Picacho (USC00296804): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Picacho Thresholds

  • Picacho: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 33 years, most in 1986 with 20.
  • Picacho: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 31 years, most in 1986 with 7.
  • Picacho: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 30 years, most in 2011 with 126.
  • Picacho: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 30 years, most in 2011 with 101.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Picacho.
30 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Picacho Days per year at Picacho with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 126 in 2011. 0501001501981: 661985: 871986: 561987: 631988: 541989: 901990: 631991: 561992: 701993: 651994: 921995: 801996: 821997: 711998: 941999: 702000: 1172001: 932003: 932005: 712009: 1112010: 1002011: 1262012: 1252013: 932014: 912015: 992016: 872017: 912018: 1171981198719901993199619992003201020132016
Days per year at Picacho with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 126 in 2011.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Picacho
YearDaysDecade average
19816669.3
19858769.3
19865669.3
19876369.3
19885469.3
19899069.3
19906374.3
19915674.3
19927074.3
19936574.3
19949274.3
19958074.3
19968274.3
19977174.3
19989474.3
19997074.3
200011797
20019397
20039397
20057197
200911197
2010100103.2
2011126103.2
2012125103.2
201393103.2
201491103.2
201599103.2
201687103.2
201791103.2
2018117103.2
First to last qualifying date each year at Picacho For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Picacho meeting 30 C (86 F). 1981: 30 April 1981 to 21 September 19811985: 5 May 1985 to 6 October 19851986: 30 April 1986 to 21 September 19861987: 17 April 1987 to 8 October 19871988: 13 May 1988 to 27 September 19881989: 11 March 1989 to 14 October 19891990: 15 April 1990 to 2 September 19901991: 9 May 1991 to 16 October 19911992: 28 April 1992 to 25 September 19921993: 22 April 1993 to 5 October 19931994: 6 May 1994 to 5 October 19941995: 30 April 1995 to 7 September 19951996: 24 April 1996 to 12 October 19961997: 7 May 1997 to 6 October 19971998: 13 May 1998 to 14 October 19981999: 8 May 1999 to 5 October 19992000: 17 April 2000 to 4 October 20002001: 1 May 2001 to 21 October 20012003: 5 May 2003 to 23 October 20032005: 19 May 2005 to 27 September 20052009: 3 March 2009 to 16 October 20092010: 7 May 2010 to 2 October 20102011: 2 April 2011 to 25 October 20112012: 1 April 2012 to 24 October 20122013: 30 April 2013 to 3 October 20132014: 4 May 2014 to 8 October 20142015: 29 May 2015 to 29 September 20152016: 4 June 2016 to 18 October 20162017: 21 March 2017 to 23 September 20172018: 9 April 2018 to 6 October 201819811988199219962000200920132017JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Picacho meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Picacho
YearFirst dateLast date
19811981-04-301981-09-21
19851985-05-051985-10-06
19861986-04-301986-09-21
19871987-04-171987-10-08
19881988-05-131988-09-27
19891989-03-111989-10-14
19901990-04-151990-09-02
19911991-05-091991-10-16
19921992-04-281992-09-25
19931993-04-221993-10-05
19941994-05-061994-10-05
19951995-04-301995-09-07
19961996-04-241996-10-12
19971997-05-071997-10-06
19981998-05-131998-10-14
19991999-05-081999-10-05
20002000-04-172000-10-04
20012001-05-012001-10-21
20032003-05-052003-10-23
20052005-05-192005-09-27
20092009-03-032009-10-16
20102010-05-072010-10-02
20112011-04-022011-10-25
20122012-04-012012-10-24
20132013-04-302013-10-03
20142014-05-042014-10-08
20152015-05-292015-09-29
20162016-06-042016-10-18
20172017-03-212017-09-23
20182018-04-092018-10-06

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Picacho
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days301262011117
35 C (95 F): Days2956201129
40 C (104 F): Days6219811
90 F (32.2 C): Days30101201174
100 F (37.8 C): Days19920164
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max22619872
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min301381997111
-10 C (14 F): Days with min292119897
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min2320113
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min17419904
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3320198611
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain31719862
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain13319861
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119901
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall18419971
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall4119871

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1981.

Download the Data

  • Data for Picacho 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).