Built 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026)

Franklin Threshold Days by Year

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Franklin (USC00413321): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Franklin Thresholds

  • Franklin: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 43 years, most in 1979 with 43.
  • Franklin: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 43 years, most in 2001 with 18.
  • Franklin: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 41 years, most in 1998 with 8.
  • Franklin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 35 years, most in 1972 with 164.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Franklin.
35 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Franklin Days per year at Franklin with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 164 in 1972. 0501001502001969: 1421970: 1161971: 1421972: 1641974: 1201975: 1211976: 1181977: 1471978: 1441979: 1211980: 1391981: 1381982: 1421983: 1231984: 1501985: 1401986: 1281987: 1261988: 1251989: 1201990: 1301991: 1211992: 1121993: 1151994: 1181995: 1261996: 1521997: 1331998: 1441999: 1572000: 1412001: 1192002: 1452003: 1222004: 152196919741978198219861990199419982002
Days per year at Franklin with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 164 in 1972.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Franklin
YearDaysDecade average
1969142142
1970116132.6
1971142132.6
1972164132.6
1974120132.6
1975121132.6
1976118132.6
1977147132.6
1978144132.6
1979121132.6
1980139133.1
1981138133.1
1982142133.1
1983123133.1
1984150133.1
1985140133.1
1986128133.1
1987126133.1
1988125133.1
1989120133.1
1990130130.8
1991121130.8
1992112130.8
1993115130.8
1994118130.8
1995126130.8
1996152130.8
1997133130.8
1998144130.8
1999157130.8
2000141135.8
2001119135.8
2002145135.8
2003122135.8
2004152135.8
First to last qualifying date each year at Franklin For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Franklin meeting 30 C (86 F). 1969: 23 April 1969 to 9 November 19691970: 10 May 1970 to 8 October 19701971: 30 January 1971 to 28 October 19711972: 23 January 1972 to 31 October 19721974: 11 March 1974 to 20 September 19741975: 18 April 1975 to 25 October 19751976: 29 March 1976 to 11 October 19761977: 6 May 1977 to 31 October 19771978: 4 April 1978 to 2 November 19781979: 16 April 1979 to 22 October 19791980: 7 April 1980 to 9 November 19801981: 1 April 1981 to 17 October 19811982: 17 February 1982 to 6 October 19821983: 28 April 1983 to 18 October 19831984: 27 March 1984 to 17 October 19841985: 16 April 1985 to 18 October 19851986: 19 February 1986 to 4 October 19861987: 11 April 1987 to 18 October 19871988: 3 April 1988 to 27 October 19881989: 14 March 1989 to 14 November 19891990: 29 April 1990 to 15 October 19901991: 5 March 1991 to 24 October 19911992: 12 May 1992 to 31 October 19921993: 16 May 1993 to 18 October 19931994: 26 April 1994 to 7 October 19941995: 23 March 1995 to 10 November 19951996: 20 February 1996 to 1 November 19961997: 21 March 1997 to 24 October 19971998: 7 April 1998 to 5 October 19981999: 8 April 1999 to 22 October 19992000: 23 April 2000 to 15 October 20002001: 14 April 2001 to 24 October 20012002: 18 April 2002 to 7 October 20022003: 25 April 2003 to 1 November 20032004: 19 March 2004 to 29 October 20041969197519801985199019952000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Franklin meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Franklin
YearFirst dateLast date
19691969-04-231969-11-09
19701970-05-101970-10-08
19711971-01-301971-10-28
19721972-01-231972-10-31
19741974-03-111974-09-20
19751975-04-181975-10-25
19761976-03-291976-10-11
19771977-05-061977-10-31
19781978-04-041978-11-02
19791979-04-161979-10-22
19801980-04-071980-11-09
19811981-04-011981-10-17
19821982-02-171982-10-06
19831983-04-281983-10-18
19841984-03-271984-10-17
19851985-04-161985-10-18
19861986-02-191986-10-04
19871987-04-111987-10-18
19881988-04-031988-10-27
19891989-03-141989-11-14
19901990-04-291990-10-15
19911991-03-051991-10-24
19921992-05-121992-10-31
19931993-05-161993-10-18
19941994-04-261994-10-07
19951995-03-231995-11-10
19961996-02-201996-11-01
19971997-03-211997-10-24
19981998-04-071998-10-05
19991999-04-081999-10-22
20002000-04-232000-10-15
20012001-04-142001-10-24
20022002-04-182002-10-07
20032003-04-252003-11-01
20042004-03-192004-10-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Franklin
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days351641972152
35 C (95 F): Days3594199853
40 C (104 F): Days131520001
90 F (32.2 C): Days351301998114
100 F (37.8 C): Days295919987
110 F (43.3 C): Days2220002
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max12719832
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min3443197829
-10 C (14 F): Days with min10519832
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min341481998112
25 C (77 F): Days with min283119985
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4343197929
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4318200112
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain41819985
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain14220041
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall2119851

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1969.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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