Sandia Park Threshold Days by Year (USC00298015)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Sandia Park (USC00298015): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Sandia Park Thresholds

Sandia Park: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 48 years, most in 1986 with 25.
Sandia Park: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 48 years, most in 1973 with 11.
Sandia Park: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 46 years, most in 1946 with 6.
Sandia Park: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 41 years, most in 1947 with 178.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Sandia Park.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

39 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Sandia Park with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 60 in 1953.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Sandia Park
Year	Days	Decade average
1939	56	56
1940	41	42.7
1946	41	42.7
1947	46	42.7
1950	37	41.5
1952	52	41.5
1953	60	41.5
1954	42	41.5
1955	32	41.5
1957	26	41.5
1962	26	25.9
1963	31	25.9
1964	23	25.9
1965	17	25.9
1966	33	25.9
1967	23	25.9
1968	28	25.9
1971	36	35.7
1972	31	35.7
1973	37	35.7
1974	41	35.7
1975	26	35.7
1976	30	35.7
1977	32	35.7
1978	41	35.7
1979	47	35.7
1980	57	28.4
1981	44	28.4
1982	30	28.4
1986	15	28.4
1987	14	28.4
1988	11	28.4
1989	28	28.4
1990	20	20.8
1991	10	20.8
1992	7	20.8
1993	23	20.8
1994	38	20.8
1996	27	20.8

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Sandia Park
Year	First date	Last date
1939	1939-06-09	1939-09-08
1940	1940-06-13	1940-08-31
1946	1946-06-01	1946-08-17
1947	1947-05-03	1947-09-24
1950	1950-05-30	1950-09-01
1952	1952-06-08	1952-09-19
1953	1953-05-26	1953-09-27
1954	1954-06-17	1954-09-07
1955	1955-06-07	1955-09-14
1957	1957-06-06	1957-09-09
1962	1962-06-20	1962-08-29
1963	1963-06-20	1963-08-01
1964	1964-06-15	1964-08-10
1965	1965-06-29	1965-08-27
1966	1966-06-13	1966-08-27
1967	1967-05-24	1967-08-02
1968	1968-06-14	1968-07-24
1971	1971-06-14	1971-09-14
1972	1972-06-19	1972-08-12
1973	1973-06-08	1973-08-28
1974	1974-05-09	1974-09-10
1975	1975-06-13	1975-09-02
1976	1976-06-20	1976-09-04
1977	1977-06-05	1977-09-08
1978	1978-06-10	1978-08-17
1979	1979-06-12	1979-09-11
1980	1980-06-07	1980-09-04
1981	1981-06-07	1981-08-30
1982	1982-06-24	1982-09-02
1986	1986-06-16	1986-08-21
1987	1987-06-23	1987-08-19
1988	1988-06-21	1988-08-14
1989	1989-05-23	1989-08-04
1990	1990-06-04	1990-09-13
1991	1991-06-18	1991-07-08
1992	1992-06-30	1992-08-10
1993	1993-06-13	1993-08-12
1994	1994-06-11	1994-08-26
1996	1996-05-12	1996-08-15

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Sandia Park
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	39	60	1953	27
35 C (95 F): Days	18	13	1980	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	37	34	1980	8
100 F (37.8 C): Days	3	1	1957	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	39	23	1964	4
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	41	178	1947	160
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	41	48	1966	24
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	26	6	1990	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	3	1	1957	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	48	25	1986	11
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	46	6	1946	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	6	2	1991	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	48	11	1973	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	27	4	1940	2
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	2	1	1968	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1939.

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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).

Sandia Park Threshold Days by Year (USC00298015)

Key Facts for Sandia Park Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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