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Phoenix Luke AFB Threshold Days by Year (USW00023111)

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Phoenix Luke AFB (USW00023111): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Phoenix Luke AFB Thresholds

  • Phoenix Luke AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 20 years, most in 1956 with 203.
  • Phoenix Luke AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 20 years, most in 1952 with 153.
  • Phoenix Luke AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 20 years, most in 1958 with 80.
  • Phoenix Luke AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 20 years, most in 1954 with 184.
  • 13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Phoenix Luke AFB.
20 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Phoenix Luke AFB Days per year at Phoenix Luke AFB with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 203 in 1956. 01002003001952: 1941953: 1781954: 1991955: 1901956: 2031957: 1671958: 1831959: 1931960: 1861961: 1771962: 1801963: 1791964: 1721965: 1691966: 1851967: 1691968: 1721969: 1761970: 1562025: 1941952195419561958196019621964196619681970
Days per year at Phoenix Luke AFB with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 203 in 1956.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Phoenix Luke AFB
YearDaysDecade average
1952194188.4
1953178188.4
1954199188.4
1955190188.4
1956203188.4
1957167188.4
1958183188.4
1959193188.4
1960186176.5
1961177176.5
1962180176.5
1963179176.5
1964172176.5
1965169176.5
1966185176.5
1967169176.5
1968172176.5
1969176176.5
1970156156
2025194194
First to last qualifying date each year at Phoenix Luke AFB For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Phoenix Luke AFB meeting 30 C (86 F). 1952: 2 April 1952 to 31 October 19521953: 24 March 1953 to 12 November 19531954: 6 February 1954 to 11 November 19541955: 8 March 1955 to 6 November 19551956: 17 March 1956 to 11 November 19561957: 13 February 1957 to 25 October 19571958: 15 April 1958 to 3 December 19581959: 19 March 1959 to 28 October 19591960: 19 March 1960 to 3 November 19601961: 22 March 1961 to 26 October 19611962: 26 March 1962 to 12 November 19621963: 6 February 1963 to 14 November 19631964: 29 March 1964 to 29 October 19641965: 17 April 1965 to 1 November 19651966: 30 March 1966 to 1 November 19661967: 16 March 1967 to 13 November 19671968: 28 March 1968 to 29 October 19681969: 28 March 1969 to 26 October 19691970: 6 April 1970 to 15 October 19702025: 25 February 2025 to 10 November 20251952195519581961196419671970JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Phoenix Luke AFB meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Phoenix Luke AFB
YearFirst dateLast date
19521952-04-021952-10-31
19531953-03-241953-11-12
19541954-02-061954-11-11
19551955-03-081955-11-06
19561956-03-171956-11-11
19571957-02-131957-10-25
19581958-04-151958-12-03
19591959-03-191959-10-28
19601960-03-191960-11-03
19611961-03-221961-10-26
19621962-03-261962-11-12
19631963-02-061963-11-14
19641964-03-291964-10-29
19651965-04-171965-11-01
19661966-03-301966-11-01
19671967-03-161967-11-13
19681968-03-281968-10-29
19691969-03-281969-10-26
19701970-04-061970-10-15
20252025-02-252025-11-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Phoenix Luke AFB
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days202031956194
35 C (95 F): Days201531952141
40 C (104 F): Days2080195872
45 C (113 F): Days15819578
90 F (32.2 C): Days201841954163
100 F (37.8 C): Days201141956108
110 F (43.3 C): Days2027196026
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min183019645
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min201462025146
25 C (77 F): Days with min2098202598
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain191219657
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain11319671
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain2119541

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1952.

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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).