Gastonia Threshold Days by Year (USC00313356)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Gastonia (USC00313356): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Gastonia Thresholds

Gastonia: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 92 years, most in 2020 with 51.
Gastonia: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 92 years, most in 1936 with 26.
Gastonia: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 86 years, most in 1939 with 121.
Gastonia: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 86 years, most in 1954 with 87.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Gastonia.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

86 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Gastonia with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 121 in 1939.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Gastonia
Year	Days	Decade average
1931	107	100.4
1932	83	100.4
1933	109	100.4
1934	98	100.4
1935	86	100.4
1936	110	100.4
1937	96	100.4
1938	94	100.4
1939	121	100.4
1940	91	98.3
1941	109	98.3
1942	109	98.3
1943	110	98.3
1944	111	98.3
1945	100	98.3
1946	76	98.3
1949	80	98.3
1950	88	100.9
1951	104	100.9
1952	100	100.9
1953	104	100.9
1954	120	100.9
1955	102	100.9
1956	94	100.9
1957	107	100.9
1958	89	100.9
1959	101	100.9
1960	96	89.2
1961	77	89.2
1962	114	89.2
1964	92	89.2
1965	106	89.2
1966	80	89.2
1967	68	89.2
1968	83	89.2
1969	87	89.2
1970	109	80.8
1971	84	80.8
1972	88	80.8
1973	61	80.8
1974	66	80.8
1975	82	80.8
1976	64	80.8
1977	102	80.8
1978	94	80.8
1979	58	80.8
1980	99	87
1981	89	87
1982	76	87
1983	87	87
1984	77	87
1985	82	87
1986	97	87
1987	83	87
1988	96	87
1989	84	87
1991	98	83.6
1992	70	83.6
1996	67	83.6
1997	79	83.6
1998	104	83.6
2000	86	80.9
2001	91	80.9
2002	101	80.9
2003	64	80.9
2004	63	80.9
2005	85	80.9
2006	79	80.9
2009	78	80.9
2010	114	95.6
2011	87	95.6
2012	74	95.6
2013	57	95.6
2014	77	95.6
2015	103	95.6
2016	115	95.6
2017	93	95.6
2018	119	95.6
2019	117	95.6
2020	86	85.4
2021	86	85.4
2022	88	85.4
2023	72	85.4
2024	85	85.4
2025	71	85.4
2026	110	85.4

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Gastonia
Year	First date	Last date
1931	1931-05-18	1931-10-25
1932	1932-04-23	1932-09-18
1933	1933-05-11	1933-10-01
1934	1934-04-03	1934-09-29
1935	1935-03-21	1935-10-15
1936	1936-04-15	1936-09-29
1937	1937-04-18	1937-10-07
1938	1938-04-26	1938-10-09
1939	1939-05-06	1939-10-24
1940	1940-04-01	1940-09-23
1941	1941-04-14	1941-09-30
1942	1942-04-05	1942-09-20
1943	1943-04-28	1943-09-17
1944	1944-04-21	1944-10-07
1945	1945-04-14	1945-09-26
1946	1946-04-03	1946-09-11
1949	1949-05-04	1949-09-19
1950	1950-04-23	1950-09-21
1951	1951-04-26	1951-10-08
1952	1952-04-19	1952-10-02
1953	1953-04-24	1953-09-17
1954	1954-04-26	1954-10-13
1955	1955-04-19	1955-09-30
1956	1956-04-30	1956-10-01
1957	1957-04-21	1957-09-23
1958	1958-04-24	1958-10-10
1959	1959-04-20	1959-10-05
1960	1960-04-23	1960-10-03
1961	1961-04-24	1961-09-26
1962	1962-04-23	1962-10-17
1964	1964-04-19	1964-09-23
1965	1965-04-09	1965-09-22
1966	1966-05-09	1966-09-11
1967	1967-03-15	1967-09-20
1968	1968-03-21	1968-10-02
1969	1969-04-28	1969-09-18
1970	1970-04-21	1970-10-03
1971	1971-04-13	1971-10-03
1972	1972-04-16	1972-09-27
1973	1973-05-23	1973-09-29
1974	1974-03-07	1974-09-29
1975	1975-04-28	1975-09-12
1976	1976-03-03	1976-09-10
1977	1977-04-11	1977-10-02
1978	1978-05-19	1978-09-23
1979	1979-05-11	1979-09-14
1980	1980-04-23	1980-09-24
1981	1981-04-27	1981-10-01
1982	1982-05-12	1982-09-18
1983	1983-05-11	1983-10-04
1984	1984-04-25	1984-09-26
1985	1985-03-29	1985-10-11
1986	1986-04-25	1986-10-05
1987	1987-04-22	1987-09-18
1988	1988-04-24	1988-09-24
1989	1989-04-25	1989-10-06
1991	1991-04-18	1991-09-19
1992	1992-05-02	1992-09-17
1996	1996-05-04	1996-09-09
1997	1997-05-19	1997-10-09
1998	1998-05-16	1998-10-02
2000	2000-05-06	2000-09-26
2001	2001-04-07	2001-09-24
2002	2002-04-17	2002-10-07
2003	2003-05-09	2003-09-22
2004	2004-05-07	2004-09-01
2005	2005-05-09	2005-09-24
2006	2006-04-08	2006-09-24
2009	2009-04-25	2009-09-26
2010	2010-04-03	2010-09-26
2011	2011-03-19	2011-09-28
2012	2012-04-03	2012-09-16
2013	2013-04-11	2013-10-05
2014	2014-04-03	2014-10-09
2015	2015-04-10	2015-10-01
2016	2016-04-20	2016-10-20
2017	2017-03-22	2017-10-13
2018	2018-05-11	2018-10-09
2019	2019-04-25	2019-10-05
2020	2020-03-29	2020-10-09
2021	2021-05-24	2021-10-16
2022	2022-05-04	2022-09-23
2023	2023-05-10	2023-09-13
2024	2024-04-16	2024-09-23
2025	2025-04-05	2025-09-26
2026	2026-03-12	2026-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Gastonia
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	86	121	1939	110
35 C (95 F): Days	78	43	1954	20
40 C (104 F): Days	4	4	1952	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	86	87	1954	58
100 F (37.8 C): Days	35	13	1954	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	56	4	1935	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	86	103	1969	46
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	62	13	1977	5
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1985	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	86	115	2018	82
25 C (77 F): Days with min	26	7	1936	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	92	51	2020	21
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	92	26	1936	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	84	9	1936	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	15	2	1932	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	18	3	1936	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	3	1	1935	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1931.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Gastonia Threshold Days by Year (USC00313356)

Key Facts for Gastonia Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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