Carrington Threshold Days by Year (USC00321360)

20 fixed thresholds counted per year at Carrington (USC00321360): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Carrington Thresholds

Carrington: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 70 years, most in 1988 with 53.
Carrington: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 70 years, most in 1936 with 38.
Carrington: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 70 years, most in 1996 with 127.
Carrington: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 70 years, most in 1945 with 221.
20 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Carrington.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

70 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Carrington with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 53 in 1988.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Carrington
Year	Days	Decade average
1930	36	40
1931	33	40
1932	31	40
1934	49	40
1935	28	40
1936	51	40
1937	46	40
1938	34	40
1939	52	40
1940	40	32
1941	35	32
1942	11	32
1944	41	32
1945	22	32
1946	44	32
1947	32	32
1948	33	32
1949	30	32
1950	17	23.3
1951	10	23.3
1952	38	23.3
1953	25	23.3
1956	13	23.3
1957	23	23.3
1958	18	23.3
1959	42	23.3
1960	31	22.9
1961	45	22.9
1962	11	22.9
1963	31	22.9
1964	20	22.9
1965	7	22.9
1966	24	22.9
1967	26	22.9
1968	12	22.9
1969	22	22.9
1970	30	22.9
1971	14	22.9
1972	27	22.9
1973	23	22.9
1974	20	22.9
1975	16	22.9
1976	42	22.9
1977	21	22.9
1978	23	22.9
1979	13	22.9
1980	25	27.2
1981	17	27.2
1982	15	27.2
1983	35	27.2
1984	29	27.2
1985	13	27.2
1986	16	27.2
1987	25	27.2
1988	53	27.2
1989	44	27.2
1990	34	16.6
1991	21	16.6
1992	17	16.6
1993	7	16.6
1994	9	16.6
1995	19	16.6
1996	13	16.6
1997	13	16.6
1998	22	16.6
1999	11	16.6
2000	13	20
2001	21	20
2002	27	20
2003	19	20

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Carrington
Year	First date	Last date
1930	1930-05-03	1930-09-10
1931	1931-05-14	1931-09-29
1932	1932-05-13	1932-09-29
1934	1934-04-28	1934-10-13
1935	1935-07-01	1935-09-22
1936	1936-05-25	1936-09-22
1937	1937-05-28	1937-09-21
1938	1938-06-06	1938-09-26
1939	1939-05-06	1939-09-22
1940	1940-05-13	1940-09-19
1941	1941-05-05	1941-09-20
1942	1942-07-10	1942-09-11
1944	1944-05-14	1944-08-28
1945	1945-06-20	1945-09-06
1946	1946-06-04	1946-09-30
1947	1947-07-02	1947-09-05
1948	1948-05-19	1948-09-19
1949	1949-04-29	1949-09-03
1950	1950-06-06	1950-09-08
1951	1951-07-21	1951-08-24
1952	1952-04-27	1952-09-28
1953	1953-06-12	1953-10-02
1956	1956-06-09	1956-09-28
1957	1957-07-02	1957-08-11
1958	1958-05-13	1958-10-14
1959	1959-05-03	1959-09-14
1960	1960-05-14	1960-10-05
1961	1961-06-05	1961-09-09
1962	1962-04-25	1962-08-27
1963	1963-05-31	1963-10-05
1964	1964-05-21	1964-08-20
1965	1965-07-22	1965-08-17
1966	1966-05-22	1966-09-13
1967	1967-05-25	1967-09-12
1968	1968-06-03	1968-08-29
1969	1969-05-15	1969-09-13
1970	1970-05-18	1970-10-06
1971	1971-07-25	1971-09-03
1972	1972-05-16	1972-09-20
1973	1973-06-02	1973-08-31
1974	1974-06-27	1974-09-27
1975	1975-05-17	1975-08-24
1976	1976-06-05	1976-10-01
1977	1977-04-10	1977-08-10
1978	1978-07-03	1978-09-11
1979	1979-06-14	1979-09-27
1980	1980-04-21	1980-09-08
1981	1981-06-28	1981-09-13
1982	1982-05-04	1982-09-11
1983	1983-06-11	1983-09-28
1984	1984-05-17	1984-09-22
1985	1985-04-30	1985-08-21
1986	1986-05-04	1986-08-19
1987	1987-04-18	1987-09-03
1988	1988-05-25	1988-10-14
1989	1989-06-19	1989-10-25
1990	1990-04-21	1990-09-12
1991	1991-05-12	1991-09-07
1992	1992-04-30	1992-10-01
1993	1993-05-13	1993-08-24
1994	1994-05-20	1994-09-10
1995	1995-06-14	1995-09-04
1996	1996-06-09	1996-09-05
1997	1997-06-27	1997-08-31
1998	1998-06-25	1998-09-17
1999	1999-06-25	1999-08-31
2000	2000-06-07	2000-08-24
2001	2001-06-25	2001-09-06
2002	2002-05-29	2002-09-18
2003	2003-04-14	2003-09-08

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Carrington
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	70	53	1988	19
35 C (95 F): Days	55	20	1936	2
40 C (104 F): Days	8	8	1936	2
45 C (113 F): Days	1	1	1936	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	70	38	1936	8
100 F (37.8 C): Days	25	12	1936	1
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	3	1936	3
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	70	127	1996	108
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	70	221	1945	188
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	70	128	1951	102
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	70	77	1950	52
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	60	35	1936	6
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	1	2	1936	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	40	9	1936	1
25 C (77 F): Days with min	1	1	1948	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	63	25	1964	17
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	58	8	1962	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	20	3	2000	3
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	39	13	1950	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	5	1	1972	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1930.

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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).

Carrington Threshold Days by Year (USC00321360)

Key Facts for Carrington Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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