Townsend Threshold Days by Year (USC00478561)
15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Townsend (USC00478561): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Townsend Thresholds
- Townsend: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 17 years, most in 1947 with 38.
- Townsend: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 17 years, most in 1955 with 109.
- Townsend: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 17 years, most in 1965 with 33.
- Townsend: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 17 years, most in 1967 with 12.
- 15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Townsend.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
17 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 13 | 24.7 |
| 1947 | 38 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 23 | 24.7 |
| 1952 | 18 | 12.7 |
| 1953 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 1954 | 6 | 12.7 |
| 1955 | 22 | 12.7 |
| 1956 | 5 | 12.7 |
| 1957 | 12 | 12.7 |
| 1960 | 11 | 14 |
| 1961 | 14 | 14 |
| 1962 | 10 | 14 |
| 1963 | 26 | 14 |
| 1964 | 20 | 14 |
| 1965 | 7 | 14 |
| 1966 | 22 | 14 |
| 1967 | 2 | 14 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1945-06-24 | 1945-09-07 |
| 1947 | 1947-06-28 | 1947-10-15 |
| 1949 | 1949-05-03 | 1949-08-27 |
| 1952 | 1952-04-28 | 1952-09-13 |
| 1953 | 1953-07-01 | 1953-09-02 |
| 1954 | 1954-06-13 | 1954-08-24 |
| 1955 | 1955-05-03 | 1955-09-18 |
| 1956 | 1956-06-09 | 1956-06-13 |
| 1957 | 1957-06-18 | 1957-08-07 |
| 1960 | 1960-07-12 | 1960-09-07 |
| 1961 | 1961-06-05 | 1961-09-10 |
| 1962 | 1962-05-14 | 1962-08-28 |
| 1963 | 1963-06-03 | 1963-08-21 |
| 1964 | 1964-05-22 | 1964-08-03 |
| 1965 | 1965-05-25 | 1965-08-14 |
| 1966 | 1966-06-23 | 1966-08-30 |
| 1967 | 1967-07-21 | 1967-07-22 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 17 | 38 | 1947 | 2 |
| 35 C (95 F): Days | 5 | 9 | 1947 | 1 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 14 | 14 | 1947 | 11 |
| 100 F (37.8 C): Days | 2 | 1 | 1947 | 1 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 17 | 109 | 1955 | 84 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 16 | 196 | 1945 | 194 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 16 | 93 | 1955 | 81 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 16 | 40 | 1963 | 29 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 8 | 6 | 1962 | 4 |
| 20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min | 12 | 6 | 1955 | 2 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 17 | 33 | 1965 | 25 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 17 | 12 | 1967 | 12 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 6 | 3 | 1954 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 13 | 7 | 1945 | 3 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 2 | 1 | 1955 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1945.
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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).