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Big Spring Threshold Days by Year (USW00023041)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Big Spring (USW00023041): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Big Spring Thresholds

  • Big Spring: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 59 years, most in 1991 with 30.
  • Big Spring: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 58 years, most in 2011 with 176.
  • Big Spring: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 58 years, most in 2011 with 123.
  • Big Spring: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 58 years, most in 2011 with 149.
  • 18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Big Spring.
58 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Spring Days per year at Big Spring with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 176 in 2011. 0501001502001948: 1501949: 1241950: 1451951: 1461952: 1421953: 1471954: 1501955: 1581956: 1601957: 1161958: 1031960: 1421961: 1411962: 1431965: 1401966: 1301967: 1521968: 1391969: 1251970: 1361971: 1111972: 1291973: 1201974: 1241975: 1141976: 991977: 1391979: 1331980: 1401981: 1281982: 1101983: 1121985: 1291987: 1131988: 1311989: 1451990: 1111991: 1251992: 1151993: 1461994: 1291995: 1431997: 1271998: 1661999: 1472001: 1472004: 1222005: 1462007: 1202008: 1322009: 1322010: 1392011: 1762012: 1552016: 1602017: 1552018: 1502019: 1511948195419611969197519821990199720072016
Days per year at Big Spring with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 176 in 2011.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Big Spring
YearDaysDecade average
1948150137
1949124137
1950145140.8
1951146140.8
1952142140.8
1953147140.8
1954150140.8
1955158140.8
1956160140.8
1957116140.8
1958103140.8
1960142139
1961141139
1962143139
1965140139
1966130139
1967152139
1968139139
1969125139
1970136122.8
1971111122.8
1972129122.8
1973120122.8
1974124122.8
1975114122.8
197699122.8
1977139122.8
1979133122.8
1980140126
1981128126
1982110126
1983112126
1985129126
1987113126
1988131126
1989145126
1990111134.3
1991125134.3
1992115134.3
1993146134.3
1994129134.3
1995143134.3
1997127134.3
1998166134.3
1999147134.3
2001147133.2
2004122133.2
2005146133.2
2007120133.2
2008132133.2
2009132133.2
2010139155.1
2011176155.1
2012155155.1
2016160155.1
2017155155.1
2018150155.1
2019151155.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Big Spring For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Big Spring meeting 30 C (86 F). 1948: 5 April 1948 to 15 October 19481949: 25 March 1949 to 27 November 19491950: 25 March 1950 to 8 November 19501951: 22 March 1951 to 21 October 19511952: 31 March 1952 to 1 November 19521953: 20 March 1953 to 12 October 19531954: 11 March 1954 to 4 December 19541955: 4 March 1955 to 1 November 19551956: 6 March 1956 to 16 October 19561957: 10 February 1957 to 7 October 19571958: 22 April 1958 to 21 October 19581960: 23 March 1960 to 15 October 19601961: 16 March 1961 to 25 October 19611962: 12 February 1962 to 16 October 19621965: 7 April 1965 to 25 November 19651966: 16 March 1966 to 21 October 19661967: 3 March 1967 to 26 October 19671968: 16 April 1968 to 31 October 19681969: 7 April 1969 to 15 October 19691970: 11 April 1970 to 7 October 19701971: 14 March 1971 to 16 October 19711972: 22 February 1972 to 18 October 19721973: 22 April 1973 to 2 November 19731974: 3 March 1974 to 12 September 19741975: 17 April 1975 to 14 October 19751976: 10 February 1976 to 5 October 19761977: 23 February 1977 to 21 October 19771979: 15 April 1979 to 27 October 19791980: 8 April 1980 to 9 November 19801981: 8 April 1981 to 17 October 19811982: 13 March 1982 to 28 October 19821983: 1 April 1983 to 16 October 19831985: 11 March 1985 to 28 September 19851987: 12 April 1987 to 31 October 19871988: 22 March 1988 to 9 November 19881989: 12 March 1989 to 25 October 19891990: 6 April 1990 to 28 September 19901991: 6 March 1991 to 19 October 19911992: 8 April 1992 to 26 October 19921993: 10 March 1993 to 19 October 19931994: 18 March 1994 to 23 October 19941995: 19 March 1995 to 27 October 19951997: 14 March 1997 to 1 November 19971998: 24 March 1998 to 15 October 19981999: 23 March 1999 to 14 October 19992001: 3 April 2001 to 24 October 20012004: 19 March 2004 to 22 October 20042005: 5 April 2005 to 9 November 20052007: 3 April 2007 to 9 November 20072008: 15 March 2008 to 11 October 20082009: 4 March 2009 to 15 October 20092010: 31 March 2010 to 1 November 20102011: 17 February 2011 to 26 October 20112012: 19 March 2012 to 24 October 20122016: 5 April 2016 to 2 November 20162017: 12 February 2017 to 21 November 20172018: 10 March 2018 to 6 October 20182019: 9 April 2019 to 20 October 201919481956196719751985199420072018JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Big Spring meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Big Spring
YearFirst dateLast date
19481948-04-051948-10-15
19491949-03-251949-11-27
19501950-03-251950-11-08
19511951-03-221951-10-21
19521952-03-311952-11-01
19531953-03-201953-10-12
19541954-03-111954-12-04
19551955-03-041955-11-01
19561956-03-061956-10-16
19571957-02-101957-10-07
19581958-04-221958-10-21
19601960-03-231960-10-15
19611961-03-161961-10-25
19621962-02-121962-10-16
19651965-04-071965-11-25
19661966-03-161966-10-21
19671967-03-031967-10-26
19681968-04-161968-10-31
19691969-04-071969-10-15
19701970-04-111970-10-07
19711971-03-141971-10-16
19721972-02-221972-10-18
19731973-04-221973-11-02
19741974-03-031974-09-12
19751975-04-171975-10-14
19761976-02-101976-10-05
19771977-02-231977-10-21
19791979-04-151979-10-27
19801980-04-081980-11-09
19811981-04-081981-10-17
19821982-03-131982-10-28
19831983-04-011983-10-16
19851985-03-111985-09-28
19871987-04-121987-10-31
19881988-03-221988-11-09
19891989-03-121989-10-25
19901990-04-061990-09-28
19911991-03-061991-10-19
19921992-04-081992-10-26
19931993-03-101993-10-19
19941994-03-181994-10-23
19951995-03-191995-10-27
19971997-03-141997-11-01
19981998-03-241998-10-15
19991999-03-231999-10-14
20012001-04-032001-10-24
20042004-03-192004-10-22
20052005-04-052005-11-09
20072007-04-032007-11-09
20082008-03-152008-10-11
20092009-03-042009-10-15
20102010-03-312010-11-01
20112011-02-172011-10-26
20122012-03-192012-10-24
20162016-04-052016-11-02
20172017-02-122017-11-21
20182018-03-102018-10-06
20192019-04-092019-10-20

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Big Spring
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days581762011151
35 C (95 F): Days58123201176
40 C (104 F): Days3933201111
45 C (113 F): Days1119941
90 F (32.2 C): Days581492011118
100 F (37.8 C): Days5874201132
110 F (43.3 C): Days5319942
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max511219896
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min5580197559
-10 C (14 F): Days with min371419893
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1119851
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min55119201899
25 C (77 F): Days with min3659201117
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain5930199117
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain5715201610
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain39519802
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain5119751
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall7219801

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1948.

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  • Data for Big Spring 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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