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Wind Cave Threshold Days by Year

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Wind Cave (USC00399347): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Wind Cave Thresholds

  • Wind Cave: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 34 years, most in 2000 with 68.
  • Wind Cave: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 34 years, most in 2007 with 43.
  • Wind Cave: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 34 years, most in 2019 with 45.
  • Wind Cave: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 34 years, most in 2013 with 190.
  • 17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Wind Cave.
34 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Wind Cave Days per year at Wind Cave with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 68 in 2000. 0204060801991: 391992: 231993: 101994: 671995: 451997: 191998: 301999: 282000: 682001: 482002: 542003: 522004: 362005: 462006: 592007: 682009: 312010: 402011: 492012: 662013: 312014: 232015: 372016: 402017: 462018: 282019: 222020: 492021: 582022: 512023: 222024: 542025: 472026: 56199119952000200420092013201720212025
Days per year at Wind Cave with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 68 in 2000.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Wind Cave
YearDaysDecade average
19913932.6
19922332.6
19931032.6
19946732.6
19954532.6
19971932.6
19983032.6
19992832.6
20006851.3
20014851.3
20025451.3
20035251.3
20043651.3
20054651.3
20065951.3
20076851.3
20093151.3
20104038.2
20114938.2
20126638.2
20133138.2
20142338.2
20153738.2
20164038.2
20174638.2
20182838.2
20192238.2
20204948.1
20215848.1
20225148.1
20232248.1
20245448.1
20254748.1
20265648.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Wind Cave For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wind Cave meeting 30 C (86 F). 1991: 26 June 1991 to 8 September 19911992: 30 April 1992 to 2 October 19921993: 30 July 1993 to 12 September 19931994: 23 April 1994 to 30 September 19941995: 14 June 1995 to 16 September 19951997: 22 June 1997 to 1 September 19971998: 11 July 1998 to 19 September 19981999: 20 June 1999 to 1 September 19992000: 1 May 2000 to 19 September 20002001: 13 May 2001 to 6 September 20012002: 2 June 2002 to 17 September 20022003: 30 May 2003 to 7 September 20032004: 5 May 2004 to 19 September 20042005: 18 June 2005 to 10 September 20052006: 23 May 2006 to 15 September 20062007: 13 May 2007 to 23 September 20072009: 18 May 2009 to 2 September 20092010: 30 June 2010 to 29 September 20102011: 6 June 2011 to 3 October 20112012: 25 April 2012 to 16 September 20122013: 13 May 2013 to 18 September 20132014: 22 June 2014 to 27 September 20142015: 9 June 2015 to 21 September 20152016: 8 June 2016 to 4 September 20162017: 10 June 2017 to 14 September 20172018: 5 June 2018 to 13 September 20182019: 26 June 2019 to 17 September 20192020: 1 June 2020 to 25 September 20202021: 4 June 2021 to 29 September 20212022: 28 May 2022 to 20 September 20222023: 18 July 2023 to 5 September 20232024: 12 June 2024 to 30 September 20242025: 11 May 2025 to 4 October 20252026: 22 April 2026 to 7 September 20261991199720022007201320182023JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wind Cave meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Wind Cave
YearFirst dateLast date
19911991-06-261991-09-08
19921992-04-301992-10-02
19931993-07-301993-09-12
19941994-04-231994-09-30
19951995-06-141995-09-16
19971997-06-221997-09-01
19981998-07-111998-09-19
19991999-06-201999-09-01
20002000-05-012000-09-19
20012001-05-132001-09-06
20022002-06-022002-09-17
20032003-05-302003-09-07
20042004-05-052004-09-19
20052005-06-182005-09-10
20062006-05-232006-09-15
20072007-05-132007-09-23
20092009-05-182009-09-02
20102010-06-302010-09-29
20112011-06-062011-10-03
20122012-04-252012-09-16
20132013-05-132013-09-18
20142014-06-222014-09-27
20152015-06-092015-09-21
20162016-06-082016-09-04
20172017-06-102017-09-14
20182018-06-052018-09-13
20192019-06-262019-09-17
20202020-06-012020-09-25
20212021-06-042021-09-29
20222022-05-282022-09-20
20232023-07-182023-09-05
20242024-06-122024-09-30
20252025-05-112025-10-04
20262026-04-222026-09-07

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Wind Cave
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days3468200056
35 C (95 F): Days2827200614
40 C (104 F): Days1320063
90 F (32.2 C): Days3443200735
100 F (37.8 C): Days121120065
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max344520198
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min341902013100
-10 C (14 F): Days with min3465200216
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min331820146
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min10220161
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min17519991
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain342319986
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain32719951
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain11320233
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall30720003
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall10220171
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall1120231

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1991.

Download the Data

  • Data for Wind Cave threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-16).