Big Lake 2 Threshold Days by Year (USC00410779)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Big Lake 2 (USC00410779): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Big Lake 2 Thresholds

Big Lake 2: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 45 years, most in 1974 with 28.
Big Lake 2: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 45 years, most in 1974 with 14.
Big Lake 2: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 43 years, most in 1975 with 89.
Big Lake 2: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 43 years, most in 2018 with 105.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Big Lake 2.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

42 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Big Lake 2 with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 167 in 2011.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Lake 2
Year	Days	Decade average
1964	139	128
1965	133	128
1966	119	128
1967	131	128
1968	118	128
1970	132	132.5
1971	132	132.5
1972	146	132.5
1973	126	132.5
1974	139	132.5
1975	130	132.5
1976	109	132.5
1977	135	132.5
1978	138	132.5
1979	138	132.5
1980	132	128.6
1981	135	128.6
1982	141	128.6
1986	111	128.6
1987	105	128.6
1988	123	128.6
1989	153	128.6
1990	112	131.4
1991	134	131.4
1992	124	131.4
1993	146	131.4
1994	148	131.4
1995	117	131.4
1996	106	131.4
1997	133	131.4
1998	163	131.4
2010	129	141.2
2011	167	141.2
2012	147	141.2
2013	139	141.2
2014	153	141.2
2015	122	141.2
2016	120	141.2
2017	160	141.2
2018	131	141.2
2019	144	141.2
2020	141	141

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Big Lake 2 meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Big Lake 2
Year	First date	Last date
1964	1964-04-03	1964-10-18
1965	1965-04-05	1965-10-16
1966	1966-03-18	1966-10-14
1967	1967-03-04	1967-10-26
1968	1968-04-19	1968-10-31
1970	1970-04-22	1970-10-08
1971	1971-02-15	1971-09-27
1972	1972-03-08	1972-10-19
1973	1973-04-21	1973-11-03
1974	1974-03-01	1974-09-13
1975	1975-03-21	1975-11-10
1976	1976-03-03	1976-10-04
1977	1977-05-03	1977-10-29
1978	1978-03-23	1978-10-12
1979	1979-04-11	1979-10-28
1980	1980-04-07	1980-11-09
1981	1981-04-09	1981-11-19
1982	1982-03-12	1982-11-02
1986	1986-02-20	1986-09-28
1987	1987-04-12	1987-11-05
1988	1988-03-25	1988-11-08
1989	1989-02-27	1989-10-25
1990	1990-04-15	1990-10-18
1991	1991-03-06	1991-10-14
1992	1992-04-12	1992-11-01
1993	1993-03-10	1993-10-19
1994	1994-03-19	1994-10-23
1995	1995-03-20	1995-10-20
1996	1996-02-23	1996-11-21
1997	1997-03-18	1997-11-01
1998	1998-03-24	1998-10-18
2010	2010-04-01	2010-11-01
2011	2011-02-28	2011-10-27
2012	2012-03-24	2012-10-23
2013	2013-03-17	2013-10-12
2014	2014-02-17	2014-10-28
2015	2015-04-03	2015-10-16
2016	2016-03-30	2016-11-02
2017	2017-02-11	2017-11-18
2018	2018-03-25	2018-10-04
2019	2019-03-29	2019-11-05
2020	2020-03-26	2020-10-26

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Big Lake 2
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	42	167	2011	141
35 C (95 F): Days	42	99	2011	63
40 C (104 F): Days	21	11	1998	4
90 F (32.2 C): Days	42	145	1998	111
100 F (37.8 C): Days	40	41	1998	19
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1998	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	39	11	1989	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	43	89	1975	36
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	30	13	1989	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	43	105	2018	86
25 C (77 F): Days with min	8	5	2020	5
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	45	28	1974	13
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	45	14	1974	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	28	5	1974	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	1	1964	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	5	1	1980	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1964.

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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).

Big Lake 2 Threshold Days by Year (USC00410779)

Key Facts for Big Lake 2 Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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