Howard Threshold Days by Year (USC00394037)

21 fixed thresholds counted per year at Howard (USC00394037): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Howard Thresholds

Howard: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 103 years, most in 1931 with 86.
Howard: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 103 years, most in 1993 with 97.
Howard: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 102 years, most in 1976 with 66.
Howard: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 96 years, most in 2019 with 29.
21 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Howard.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

103 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Howard with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 86 in 1931.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Howard
Year	Days	Decade average
1895	56	47.3
1898	51	47.3
1899	35	47.3
1904	24	28
1905	28	28
1906	30	28
1907	20	28
1908	38	28
1911	51	51
1921	57	48.5
1926	54	48.5
1927	45	48.5
1928	38	48.5
1930	57	71.9
1931	86	71.9
1932	59	71.9
1933	75	71.9
1934	73	71.9
1935	60	71.9
1936	81	71.9
1937	70	71.9
1939	86	71.9
1940	64	49.9
1941	71	49.9
1942	31	49.9
1943	59	49.9
1944	39	49.9
1945	35	49.9
1946	38	49.9
1947	50	49.9
1948	51	49.9
1949	61	49.9
1950	28	48
1951	19	48
1952	64	48
1953	45	48
1954	48	48
1955	75	48
1956	51	48
1957	47	48
1958	55	48
1961	55	46.2
1962	24	46.2
1963	41	46.2
1964	58	46.2
1965	40	46.2
1966	54	46.2
1967	46	46.2
1968	49	46.2
1969	49	46.2
1970	73	58.2
1971	54	58.2
1973	60	58.2
1974	59	58.2
1975	59	58.2
1976	77	58.2
1977	56	58.2
1978	50	58.2
1979	36	58.2
1980	62	49.8
1981	52	49.8
1982	37	49.8
1983	60	49.8
1984	38	49.8
1985	38	49.8
1987	60	49.8
1988	62	49.8
1989	39	49.8
1990	40	28.2
1991	44	28.2
1992	9	28.2
1993	6	28.2
1994	19	28.2
1995	37	28.2
1996	18	28.2
1997	32	28.2
1998	41	28.2
1999	36	28.2
2000	46	33.5
2001	51	33.5
2002	46	33.5
2003	33	33.5
2004	16	33.5
2005	37	33.5
2006	38	33.5
2007	39	33.5
2008	17	33.5
2009	12	33.5
2010	23	31
2011	31	31
2012	58	31
2013	23	31
2014	6	31
2015	19	31
2016	29	31
2017	22	31
2018	56	31
2019	43	31
2020	40	47
2021	57	47
2024	35	47
2025	55	47
2026	48	47

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Howard
Year	First date	Last date
1895	1895-05-08	1895-09-19
1898	1898-04-15	1898-09-28
1899	1899-05-11	1899-09-06
1904	1904-05-22	1904-09-09
1905	1905-06-01	1905-10-04
1906	1906-04-23	1906-09-10
1907	1907-06-15	1907-10-06
1908	1908-04-12	1908-10-16
1911	1911-05-09	1911-09-17
1921	1921-05-21	1921-09-28
1926	1926-04-20	1926-09-16
1927	1927-06-08	1927-10-26
1928	1928-05-08	1928-10-10
1930	1930-04-09	1930-09-23
1931	1931-04-12	1931-09-13
1932	1932-05-13	1932-09-30
1933	1933-05-18	1933-09-29
1934	1934-04-28	1934-09-13
1935	1935-06-13	1935-09-24
1936	1936-05-05	1936-09-22
1937	1937-05-28	1937-10-28
1939	1939-04-23	1939-10-06
1940	1940-05-12	1940-09-22
1941	1941-05-14	1941-09-21
1942	1942-06-11	1942-10-07
1943	1943-03-30	1943-09-18
1944	1944-05-15	1944-09-17
1945	1945-06-22	1945-09-07
1946	1946-06-06	1946-09-25
1947	1947-07-03	1947-10-21
1948	1948-05-19	1948-09-18
1949	1949-05-03	1949-08-27
1950	1950-05-22	1950-10-30
1951	1951-07-15	1951-10-01
1952	1952-04-27	1952-09-30
1953	1953-05-29	1953-10-03
1954	1954-04-13	1954-09-26
1955	1955-05-01	1955-09-19
1956	1956-05-20	1956-10-05
1957	1957-05-07	1957-08-31
1958	1958-04-16	1958-10-15
1961	1961-06-09	1961-10-06
1962	1962-04-24	1962-08-28
1963	1963-05-07	1963-10-05
1964	1964-04-16	1964-09-09
1965	1965-04-29	1965-09-02
1966	1966-05-22	1966-09-09
1967	1967-05-22	1967-09-25
1968	1968-04-30	1968-09-14
1969	1969-05-26	1969-09-14
1970	1970-05-07	1970-10-05
1971	1971-06-15	1971-09-13
1973	1973-06-07	1973-09-02
1974	1974-05-20	1974-09-27
1975	1975-05-19	1975-09-11
1976	1976-06-05	1976-09-18
1977	1977-04-09	1977-09-08
1978	1978-05-25	1978-09-12
1979	1979-05-28	1979-09-10
1980	1980-04-20	1980-10-07
1981	1981-05-02	1981-09-19
1982	1982-06-23	1982-09-10
1983	1983-05-27	1983-09-27
1984	1984-05-20	1984-09-21
1985	1985-04-17	1985-09-07
1987	1987-04-19	1987-09-26
1988	1988-05-12	1988-09-17
1989	1989-05-23	1989-09-30
1990	1990-04-22	1990-09-25
1991	1991-05-14	1991-09-14
1992	1992-04-30	1992-10-02
1993	1993-07-30	1993-08-26
1994	1994-05-23	1994-09-14
1995	1995-06-06	1995-09-15
1996	1996-05-17	1996-08-29
1997	1997-05-17	1997-10-02
1998	1998-05-14	1998-09-18
1999	1999-06-05	1999-09-02
2000	2000-05-04	2000-10-19
2001	2001-04-28	2001-10-02
2002	2002-04-15	2002-09-08
2003	2003-04-13	2003-09-07
2004	2004-04-28	2004-09-19
2005	2005-06-06	2005-09-21
2006	2006-04-13	2006-08-23
2007	2007-04-29	2007-10-06
2008	2008-07-01	2008-09-26
2009	2009-04-23	2009-08-14
2010	2010-05-22	2010-09-20
2011	2011-05-30	2011-09-28
2012	2012-04-01	2012-09-15
2013	2013-05-12	2013-09-19
2014	2014-05-31	2014-08-22
2015	2015-06-10	2015-10-12
2016	2016-05-07	2016-09-25
2017	2017-06-03	2017-09-23
2018	2018-05-17	2018-09-17
2019	2019-04-21	2019-09-21
2020	2020-06-02	2020-09-15
2021	2021-04-05	2021-09-29
2024	2024-04-14	2024-09-30
2025	2025-05-10	2025-10-05
2026	2026-04-17	2026-09-12

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Howard
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	103	86	1931	48
35 C (95 F): Days	91	48	1936	10
40 C (104 F): Days	28	18	1936	1
45 C (113 F): Days	1	2	1934	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	102	66	1976	31
100 F (37.8 C): Days	58	32	1936	1
110 F (43.3 C): Days	5	5	1934	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	103	97	1993	32
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	94	189	2013	110
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	94	101	1955	34
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	94	48	1978	9
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	73	16	1936	1
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	1	1	1899	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	92	38	2018	14
25 C (77 F): Days with min	12	5	1931	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	96	29	2019	12
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	96	13	1942	6
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	47	4	1908	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	3	1	1942	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	53	9	2019	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	3	2	1998	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1895.

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Howard Threshold Days by Year (USC00394037)

Key Facts for Howard Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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