Big Meadows Threshold Days by Year (USC00440720)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Big Meadows (USC00440720): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Big Meadows Thresholds

Big Meadows: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 58 years, most in 1969 with 65.
Big Meadows: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1996 with 54.
Big Meadows: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1979 with 24.
Big Meadows: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 57 years, most in 1987 with 163.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Big Meadows.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

32 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Big Meadows with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 21 in 1941.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Meadows
Year	Days	Decade average
1937	1	1
1938	1	1
1939	1	1
1941	21	6
1943	5	6
1945	4	6
1946	1	6
1947	2	6
1948	7	6
1949	2	6
1951	1	3.2
1952	2	3.2
1953	6	3.2
1954	8	3.2
1957	1	3.2
1959	1	3.2
1964	2	1.7
1965	2	1.7
1966	1	1.7
1970	2	2.7
1974	1	2.7
1977	5	2.7
1980	2	6
1983	3	6
1987	10	6
1988	9	6
1991	10	5.3
1993	4	5.3
1998	1	5.3
1999	6	5.3
2000	1	1
2001	1	1

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Big Meadows
Year	First date	Last date
1937	1937-08-20	1937-08-20
1938	1938-06-12	1938-06-12
1939	1939-07-13	1939-07-13
1941	1941-04-20	1941-10-10
1943	1943-06-16	1943-09-01
1945	1945-06-29	1945-09-21
1946	1946-07-20	1946-07-20
1947	1947-06-11	1947-08-09
1948	1948-06-19	1948-08-29
1949	1949-05-07	1949-08-13
1951	1951-07-23	1951-07-23
1952	1952-07-22	1952-07-28
1953	1953-07-30	1953-09-02
1954	1954-07-14	1954-09-07
1957	1957-07-22	1957-07-22
1959	1959-06-30	1959-06-30
1964	1964-06-20	1964-06-27
1965	1965-07-25	1965-08-16
1966	1966-07-03	1966-07-03
1970	1970-06-04	1970-07-22
1974	1974-07-15	1974-07-15
1977	1977-07-07	1977-07-20
1980	1980-07-17	1980-09-03
1983	1983-07-22	1983-08-23
1987	1987-05-19	1987-08-19
1988	1988-06-23	1988-08-18
1991	1991-06-18	1991-08-03
1993	1993-07-06	1993-07-29
1998	1998-07-25	1998-07-25
1999	1999-07-07	1999-08-15
2000	2000-06-26	2000-06-26
2001	2001-04-10	2001-04-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Big Meadows
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	32	21	1941	1
35 C (95 F): Days	1	1	1991	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	8	5	1941	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	58	65	1969	33
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	57	163	1987	114
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	57	54	1960	27
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	34	9	1981	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	18	6	1937	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	58	54	1996	40
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	58	24	1979	11
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	54	10	1985	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	22	3	1984	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	3	1	1954	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	57	9	1961	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	26	4	1960	1
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	3	1	1962	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1937.

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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 Meadows Threshold Days by Year (USC00440720)

Key Facts for Big Meadows Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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