Base Camp Threshold Days by Year
11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Base Camp (USS0010F02S): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Base Camp Thresholds
- Base Camp: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 45 years, most in 1996 with 45.
- Base Camp: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 41 years, most in 2017 with 9.
- Base Camp: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 38 years, most in 2020 with 107.
- Base Camp: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 36 years, most in 2007 with 26.
- 11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Base Camp.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
36 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 9 | 9 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6.3 |
| 1991 | 1 | 6.3 |
| 1992 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 10 | 6.3 |
| 1995 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 1998 | 13 | 6.3 |
| 1999 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 2001 | 13 | 12.3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 2003 | 25 | 12.3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 12.3 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 2006 | 16 | 12.3 |
| 2007 | 26 | 12.3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12.3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12.3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5.8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | 11 | 5.8 |
| 2013 | 13 | 5.8 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5.8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 13 |
| 2021 | 18 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026 | 20 | 13 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1989-07-04 | 1989-07-31 |
| 1990 | 1990-06-24 | 1990-08-09 |
| 1991 | 1991-08-10 | 1991-08-10 |
| 1992 | 1992-08-02 | 1992-08-14 |
| 1994 | 1994-06-20 | 1994-08-07 |
| 1995 | 1995-07-28 | 1995-08-06 |
| 1996 | 1996-07-02 | 1996-08-25 |
| 1998 | 1998-07-02 | 1998-09-03 |
| 1999 | 1999-07-23 | 1999-08-10 |
| 2000 | 2000-07-13 | 2000-08-09 |
| 2001 | 2001-06-29 | 2001-08-28 |
| 2002 | 2002-06-25 | 2002-07-15 |
| 2003 | 2003-07-10 | 2003-08-14 |
| 2004 | 2004-07-14 | 2004-07-16 |
| 2005 | 2005-07-08 | 2005-08-07 |
| 2006 | 2006-07-14 | 2006-08-22 |
| 2007 | 2007-06-28 | 2007-08-16 |
| 2008 | 2008-07-26 | 2008-08-25 |
| 2009 | 2009-07-23 | 2009-08-22 |
| 2010 | 2010-07-26 | 2010-08-26 |
| 2011 | 2011-07-03 | 2011-08-26 |
| 2012 | 2012-06-24 | 2012-08-28 |
| 2013 | 2013-06-28 | 2013-08-19 |
| 2014 | 2014-07-23 | 2014-07-23 |
| 2015 | 2015-06-27 | 2015-08-25 |
| 2016 | 2016-07-18 | 2016-08-31 |
| 2017 | 2017-07-05 | 2017-09-03 |
| 2018 | 2018-07-06 | 2018-08-12 |
| 2019 | 2019-07-12 | 2019-08-20 |
| 2020 | 2020-07-31 | 2020-09-05 |
| 2021 | 2021-06-13 | 2021-08-14 |
| 2022 | 2022-07-08 | 2022-09-07 |
| 2023 | 2023-07-22 | 2023-08-17 |
| 2024 | 2024-07-09 | 2024-08-05 |
| 2025 | 2025-07-01 | 2025-08-23 |
| 2026 | 2026-07-11 | 2026-08-21 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 36 | 26 | 2007 | 20 |
| 35 C (95 F): Days | 2 | 1 | 2002 | 1 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 15 | 9 | 2003 | 8 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 38 | 107 | 2020 | 33 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 33 | 271 | 2008 | 156 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 33 | 128 | 2008 | 50 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 33 | 40 | 2022 | 5 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 14 | 5 | 1996 | 1 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 45 | 45 | 1996 | 20 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 41 | 9 | 2017 | 1 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 3 | 1 | 1986 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1989.
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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 (2026-10-14).