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.
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)
10 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 269 | 269 |
| 1911 | 250 | 253.5 |
| 1916 | 238 | 253.5 |
| 1918 | 263 | 253.5 |
| 1919 | 263 | 253.5 |
| 1923 | 256 | 251.3 |
| 1924 | 254 | 251.3 |
| 1925 | 244 | 251.3 |
| 1947 | 269 | 266 |
| 1948 | 263 | 266 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 1909-01-01 | 1909-12-31 |
| 1911 | 1911-01-01 | 1911-12-31 |
| 1916 | 1916-01-01 | 1916-12-31 |
| 1918 | 1918-01-01 | 1918-12-30 |
| 1919 | 1919-01-01 | 1919-12-31 |
| 1923 | 1923-01-01 | 1923-12-31 |
| 1924 | 1924-01-01 | 1924-12-31 |
| 1925 | 1925-01-01 | 1925-12-31 |
| 1947 | 1947-01-01 | 1947-12-31 |
| 1948 | 1948-01-01 | 1948-12-31 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 9 | 198 | 1918 | 187 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 10 | 269 | 1909 | 263 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 10 | 178 | 1918 | 174 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 10 | 144 | 1918 | 112 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 10 | 69 | 1925 | 62 |
| -40 C (-40 F): Days with min | 10 | 14 | 1918 | 5 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1909.
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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.
Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).