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Chain Lake Threshold Days by Year (CA008200800)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Chain Lake (CA008200800): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Chain Lake Thresholds

  • Chain Lake: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 31 years, most in 1967 with 63.
  • Chain Lake: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 31 years, most in 1959 with 31.
  • Chain Lake: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 31 years, most in 1967 with 14.
  • Chain Lake: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 28 years, most in 1972 with 7.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Chain Lake.
11 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Chain Lake Days per year at Chain Lake with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 13 in 1955. 0510151950: 11952: 31954: 71955: 131956: 101968: 11969: 21970: 11973: 21975: 41976: 5195019541956196919731976
Days per year at Chain Lake with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 13 in 1955.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Chain Lake
YearDaysDecade average
195016.8
195236.8
195476.8
1955136.8
1956106.8
196811.5
196921.5
197013
197323
197543
197653
First to last qualifying date each year at Chain Lake For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Chain Lake meeting 30 C (86 F). 1950: 8 June 1950 to 8 June 19501952: 7 July 1952 to 23 July 19521954: 12 July 1954 to 30 August 19541955: 19 June 1955 to 22 August 19551956: 14 June 1956 to 6 September 19561968: 16 July 1968 to 16 July 19681969: 16 July 1969 to 1 September 19691970: 26 July 1970 to 26 July 19701973: 9 July 1973 to 31 August 19731975: 23 June 1975 to 19 July 19751976: 24 June 1976 to 22 August 1976195019541956196919731976JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Chain Lake meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Chain Lake
YearFirst dateLast date
19501950-06-081950-06-08
19521952-07-071952-07-23
19541954-07-121954-08-30
19551955-06-191955-08-22
19561956-06-141956-09-06
19681968-07-161968-07-16
19691969-07-161969-09-01
19701970-07-261970-07-26
19731973-07-091973-08-31
19751975-06-231975-07-19
19761976-06-241976-08-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Chain Lake
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days111319555
90 F (32.2 C): Days4619552
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max1870197047
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min181871955155
-10 C (14 F): Days with min1863197254
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1612196712
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min2219541
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min1119761
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3163196743
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain3131195918
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain28719723
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain6219722
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain1119711
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall311419676
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall21419641
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall3219602

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).