Built 2026-10-18 (18 October 2026)

Big Sandy Threshold Days by Year

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Big Sandy (USC00400705): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Big Sandy Thresholds

  • Big Sandy: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 28 years, most in 2013 with 57.
  • Big Sandy: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 28 years, most in 2013 with 29.
  • Big Sandy: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 27 years, most in 2014 with 101.
  • Big Sandy: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 27 years, most in 2018 with 86.
  • 17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Big Sandy.
26 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Sandy Days per year at Big Sandy with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 140 in 2010. 0501001501998: 951999: 862000: 962001: 902002: 1072004: 682006: 872007: 1192008: 1002009: 672010: 1402011: 1012012: 1002013: 682014: 842015: 782016: 1022017: 782018: 1102019: 1092020: 722021: 652022: 842023: 732024: 832025: 89199820012006200920122015201820212024
Days per year at Big Sandy with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 140 in 2010.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Sandy
YearDaysDecade average
19989590.5
19998690.5
20009691.8
20019091.8
200210791.8
20046891.8
20068791.8
200711991.8
200810091.8
20096791.8
201014097
201110197
201210097
20136897
20148497
20157897
201610297
20177897
201811097
201910997
20207277.7
20216577.7
20228477.7
20237377.7
20248377.7
20258977.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Big Sandy For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Big Sandy meeting 30 C (86 F). 1998: 30 March 1998 to 6 October 19981999: 22 May 1999 to 28 September 19992000: 12 May 2000 to 1 November 20002001: 6 April 2001 to 23 September 20012002: 16 April 2002 to 3 October 20022004: 8 May 2004 to 16 September 20042006: 14 April 2006 to 4 October 20062007: 26 March 2007 to 9 October 20072008: 24 April 2008 to 7 October 20082009: 24 April 2009 to 11 September 20092010: 2 April 2010 to 19 October 20102011: 9 April 2011 to 30 September 20112012: 20 March 2012 to 10 September 20122013: 11 April 2013 to 6 October 20132014: 5 May 2014 to 6 October 20142015: 9 April 2015 to 25 September 20152016: 15 March 2016 to 20 October 20162017: 21 March 2017 to 15 October 20172018: 10 May 2018 to 9 October 20182019: 11 April 2019 to 6 October 20192020: 24 May 2020 to 12 September 20202021: 7 April 2021 to 15 September 20212022: 11 May 2022 to 24 September 20222023: 5 April 2023 to 4 October 20232024: 16 April 2024 to 7 October 20242025: 29 April 2025 to 3 October 20251998200220082012201620202024JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Big Sandy meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Big Sandy
YearFirst dateLast date
19981998-03-301998-10-06
19991999-05-221999-09-28
20002000-05-122000-11-01
20012001-04-062001-09-23
20022002-04-162002-10-03
20042004-05-082004-09-16
20062006-04-142006-10-04
20072007-03-262007-10-09
20082008-04-242008-10-07
20092009-04-242009-09-11
20102010-04-022010-10-19
20112011-04-092011-09-30
20122012-03-202012-09-10
20132013-04-112013-10-06
20142014-05-052014-10-06
20152015-04-092015-09-25
20162016-03-152016-10-20
20172017-03-212017-10-15
20182018-05-102018-10-09
20192019-04-112019-10-06
20202020-05-242020-09-12
20212021-04-072021-09-15
20222022-05-112022-09-24
20232023-04-052023-10-04
20242024-04-162024-10-07
20252025-04-292025-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Big Sandy
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days26140201089
35 C (95 F): Days214020108
40 C (104 F): Days2320073
90 F (32.2 C): Days2694201052
100 F (37.8 C): Days71420071
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max251620149
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min27101201476
-10 C (14 F): Days with min231820108
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1120241
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min2786201872
25 C (77 F): Days with min9520101
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2857201337
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain2829201313
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain26820134
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain2220011
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain1120021
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall4220042

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1998.

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  • Data for Big Sandy 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).