Ruidoso Threshold Days by Year (USC00297649)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Ruidoso (USC00297649): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Ruidoso Thresholds

Ruidoso: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 55 years, most in 1965 with 31.
Ruidoso: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 53 years, most in 1968 with 226.
Ruidoso: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 53 years, most in 1956 with 81.
Ruidoso: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 52 years, most in 1972 with 10.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Ruidoso.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

46 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Ruidoso with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 53 in 2011.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Ruidoso
Year	Days	Decade average
1942	25	27.7
1944	25	27.7
1946	26	27.7
1947	49	27.7
1948	29	27.7
1949	12	27.7
1950	19	27.9
1951	44	27.9
1952	25	27.9
1953	40	27.9
1954	28	27.9
1955	13	27.9
1956	28	27.9
1957	19	27.9
1958	39	27.9
1959	24	27.9
1960	33	16.8
1961	16	16.8
1962	11	16.8
1963	27	16.8
1964	24	16.8
1965	8	16.8
1966	15	16.8
1967	13	16.8
1968	6	16.8
1969	15	16.8
1970	7	11.6
1971	13	11.6
1972	3	11.6
1973	16	11.6
1974	15	11.6
1976	4	11.6
1977	15	11.6
1979	20	11.6
1980	41	20.5
1983	14	20.5
1985	19	20.5
1986	8	20.5
2001	7	12.2
2004	10	12.2
2006	21	12.2
2007	5	12.2
2008	12	12.2
2009	18	12.2
2010	23	38
2011	53	38

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Ruidoso
Year	First date	Last date
1942	1942-05-31	1942-07-30
1944	1944-05-24	1944-08-15
1946	1946-06-04	1946-08-17
1947	1947-05-03	1947-09-24
1948	1948-05-15	1948-09-06
1949	1949-06-14	1949-07-18
1950	1950-05-30	1950-08-23
1951	1951-05-27	1951-09-02
1952	1952-06-07	1952-09-18
1953	1953-05-22	1953-09-20
1954	1954-06-12	1954-09-20
1955	1955-06-07	1955-09-03
1956	1956-05-30	1956-09-19
1957	1957-06-17	1957-07-30
1958	1958-05-29	1958-09-02
1959	1959-06-08	1959-09-09
1960	1960-06-15	1960-09-14
1961	1961-06-09	1961-08-10
1962	1962-06-18	1962-08-30
1963	1963-05-14	1963-07-26
1964	1964-06-12	1964-09-02
1965	1965-06-08	1965-08-27
1966	1966-06-14	1966-08-01
1967	1967-05-23	1967-08-01
1968	1968-06-21	1968-06-29
1969	1969-06-24	1969-08-17
1970	1970-06-18	1970-07-19
1971	1971-06-24	1971-07-18
1972	1972-06-28	1972-07-02
1973	1973-06-25	1973-08-27
1974	1974-06-11	1974-07-24
1976	1976-06-20	1976-08-06
1977	1977-06-13	1977-08-23
1979	1979-06-13	1979-07-30
1980	1980-06-04	1980-08-06
1983	1983-06-17	1983-09-05
1985	1985-06-07	1985-09-01
1986	1986-06-15	1986-08-20
2001	2001-06-01	2001-07-15
2004	2004-06-05	2004-07-20
2006	2006-05-30	2006-07-18
2007	2007-06-19	2007-08-22
2008	2008-06-01	2008-06-21
2009	2009-07-08	2009-08-19
2010	2010-06-04	2010-09-29
2011	2011-05-27	2011-09-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Ruidoso
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	46	53	2011	53
35 C (95 F): Days	6	5	1951	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	37	25	1951	15
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	40	11	1949	6
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	53	226	1968	123
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	53	81	1956	24
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	39	6	1949	4
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	7	2	1953	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	1	3	1944	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	55	31	1965	20
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	52	10	1972	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	16	2	1946	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1965	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	49	8	1944	5
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	11	1	1942	1
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1977	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1942.

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Ruidoso Threshold Days by Year (USC00297649)

Key Facts for Ruidoso Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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