Built 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026)

Candle Threshold Days by Year

6 fixed thresholds counted per year at Candle (USC00501230): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Candle Thresholds

  • Candle: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 10 years, most in 1909 with 269.
  • Candle: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 10 years, most in 1918 with 178.
  • Candle: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 10 years, most in 1918 with 144.
  • Candle: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -30 C (-22 F) in 10 years, most in 1925 with 69.
  • 6 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Candle.
10 years with a qualifying day
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Candle Days per year at Candle with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 269 in 1909. 01002003001909: 2691911: 2501916: 2381918: 2631919: 2631923: 2561924: 2541925: 2441947: 2691948: 2631909191119161918191919231924192519471948
Days per year at Candle with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 269 in 1909.
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Candle
YearDaysDecade average
1909269269
1911250253.5
1916238253.5
1918263253.5
1919263253.5
1923256251.3
1924254251.3
1925244251.3
1947269266
1948263266
First to last qualifying date each year at Candle For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Candle meeting 0 C (32 F). 1909: 1 January 1909 to 31 December 19091911: 1 January 1911 to 31 December 19111916: 1 January 1916 to 31 December 19161918: 1 January 1918 to 30 December 19181919: 1 January 1919 to 31 December 19191923: 1 January 1923 to 31 December 19231924: 1 January 1924 to 31 December 19241925: 1 January 1925 to 31 December 19251947: 1 January 1947 to 31 December 19471948: 1 January 1948 to 31 December 194819091916191919241947JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Candle meeting 0 C (32 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Candle
YearFirst dateLast date
19091909-01-011909-12-31
19111911-01-011911-12-31
19161916-01-011916-12-31
19181918-01-011918-12-30
19191919-01-011919-12-31
19231923-01-011923-12-31
19241924-01-011924-12-31
19251925-01-011925-12-31
19471947-01-011947-12-31
19481948-01-011948-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Candle
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max91981918187
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min102691909263
-10 C (14 F): Days with min101781918174
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min101441918112
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min1069192562
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min101419185

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1909.

Download the Data

  • Data for Candle 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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