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Balsam Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Balsam (USC00310490): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Balsam Thresholds

  • Balsam: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 14 years, most in 1949 with 64.
  • Balsam: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 14 years, most in 1949 with 19.
  • Balsam: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 13 years, most in 1961 with 6.
  • Balsam: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 2 years, most in 1957 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Balsam.
14 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Balsam Days per year at Balsam with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 64 in 1949. 0204060801949: 641950: 451951: 511952: 431953: 481954: 401955: 481956: 541957: 601958: 421959: 541960: 491961: 561994: 571949195119531955195719591961
Days per year at Balsam with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 64 in 1949.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Balsam
YearDaysDecade average
19496464
19504548.5
19515148.5
19524348.5
19534848.5
19544048.5
19554848.5
19565448.5
19576048.5
19584248.5
19595448.5
19604952.5
19615652.5
19945757
First to last qualifying date each year at Balsam For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Balsam meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1949: 5 January 1949 to 27 December 19491950: 11 January 1950 to 29 December 19501951: 14 January 1951 to 26 December 19511952: 5 January 1952 to 31 December 19521953: 9 January 1953 to 29 December 19531954: 11 January 1954 to 30 December 19541955: 11 January 1955 to 5 December 19551956: 19 January 1956 to 24 December 19561957: 5 January 1957 to 26 December 19571958: 14 January 1958 to 29 December 19581959: 9 January 1959 to 29 December 19591960: 3 January 1960 to 30 December 19601961: 1 January 1961 to 28 December 19611994: 4 January 1994 to 11 December 19941949195119531955195719591961JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Balsam meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Balsam
YearFirst dateLast date
19491949-01-051949-12-27
19501950-01-111950-12-29
19511951-01-141951-12-26
19521952-01-051952-12-31
19531953-01-091953-12-29
19541954-01-111954-12-30
19551955-01-111955-12-05
19561956-01-191956-12-24
19571957-01-051957-12-26
19581958-01-141958-12-29
19591959-01-091959-12-29
19601960-01-031960-12-30
19611961-01-011961-12-28
19941994-01-041994-12-11

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Balsam
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain1464194957
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain1419194919
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain13619614
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain2119571

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).