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Houston Ellington AFB Threshold Days by Year (USW00012906)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Houston Ellington AFB (USW00012906): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Houston Ellington AFB Thresholds

  • Houston Ellington AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 22 years, most in 1955 with 166.
  • Houston Ellington AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 22 years, most in 1954 with 49.
  • Houston Ellington AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 22 years, most in 1956 with 121.
  • Houston Ellington AFB: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 22 years, most in 1963 with 24.
  • 14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Houston Ellington AFB.
22 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Houston Ellington AFB Days per year at Houston Ellington AFB with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 166 in 1955. 0501001502001950: 1381951: 1331952: 1251953: 1381954: 1401955: 1661956: 1581957: 1241958: 1381959: 1361960: 1251961: 1141962: 1221963: 1261964: 1191965: 1281966: 1181967: 1021968: 1001969: 1311970: 1072025: 14519501953195619591962196519682025
Days per year at Houston Ellington AFB with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 166 in 1955.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Houston Ellington AFB
YearDaysDecade average
1950138139.6
1951133139.6
1952125139.6
1953138139.6
1954140139.6
1955166139.6
1956158139.6
1957124139.6
1958138139.6
1959136139.6
1960125118.5
1961114118.5
1962122118.5
1963126118.5
1964119118.5
1965128118.5
1966118118.5
1967102118.5
1968100118.5
1969131118.5
1970107107
2025145145
First to last qualifying date each year at Houston Ellington AFB For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Houston Ellington AFB meeting 30 C (86 F). 1950: 5 May 1950 to 2 November 19501951: 7 March 1951 to 14 November 19511952: 4 May 1952 to 5 October 19521953: 31 March 1953 to 18 October 19531954: 27 February 1954 to 26 October 19541955: 25 March 1955 to 14 November 19551956: 3 March 1956 to 29 October 19561957: 3 May 1957 to 2 November 19571958: 3 April 1958 to 25 October 19581959: 29 April 1959 to 31 October 19591960: 17 May 1960 to 13 October 19601961: 8 May 1961 to 11 October 19611962: 9 February 1962 to 20 October 19621963: 9 April 1963 to 5 November 19631964: 27 April 1964 to 4 October 19641965: 23 March 1965 to 24 November 19651966: 9 May 1966 to 14 October 19661967: 23 April 1967 to 5 October 19671968: 17 May 1968 to 30 October 19681969: 21 May 1969 to 9 November 19691970: 28 April 1970 to 27 October 19702025: 13 March 2025 to 21 November 202519501953195619591962196519682025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Houston Ellington AFB meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Houston Ellington AFB
YearFirst dateLast date
19501950-05-051950-11-02
19511951-03-071951-11-14
19521952-05-041952-10-05
19531953-03-311953-10-18
19541954-02-271954-10-26
19551955-03-251955-11-14
19561956-03-031956-10-29
19571957-05-031957-11-02
19581958-04-031958-10-25
19591959-04-291959-10-31
19601960-05-171960-10-13
19611961-05-081961-10-11
19621962-02-091962-10-20
19631963-04-091963-11-05
19641964-04-271964-10-04
19651965-03-231965-11-24
19661966-05-091966-10-14
19671967-04-231967-10-05
19681968-05-171968-10-30
19691969-05-211969-11-09
19701970-04-281970-10-27
20252025-03-132025-11-21

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Houston Ellington AFB
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days221661955145
35 C (95 F): Days2249195413
40 C (104 F): Days1119541
90 F (32.2 C): Days22121195680
100 F (37.8 C): Days7519541
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max3419512
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min222419638
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min221902025190
25 C (77 F): Days with min2286202586
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2144195742
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain2123195916
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain191019596
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain10419613
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall1119601

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1950.

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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).