Dunhuang Threshold Days by Year (CHM00052418)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Dunhuang (CHM00052418): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Dunhuang Thresholds

Dunhuang: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 66 years, most in 2021 with 129.
Dunhuang: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 66 years, most in 1951 with 59.
Dunhuang: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 66 years, most in 1951 with 97.
Dunhuang: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 66 years, most in 1967 with 71.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Dunhuang.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

66 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Dunhuang with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 129 in 2021.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dunhuang
Year	Days	Decade average
1951	121	88
1952	94	88
1953	106	88
1954	77	88
1955	79	88
1956	82	88
1957	68	88
1958	85	88
1959	80	88
1960	93	87.9
1961	95	87.9
1962	97	87.9
1963	88	87.9
1964	83	87.9
1965	87	87.9
1966	81	87.9
1967	89	87.9
1968	81	87.9
1969	85	87.9
1970	77	74.4
1971	70	74.4
1972	85	74.4
1973	78	74.4
1974	81	74.4
1975	77	74.4
1976	56	74.4
1977	74	74.4
1978	87	74.4
1979	59	74.4
1980	76	80
1981	75	80
1982	83	80
1983	76	80
1984	70	80
1985	87	80
1986	81	80
1987	83	80
1988	90	80
1989	79	80
1990	92	85.5
1991	87	85.5
1992	75	85.5
1993	63	85.5
1994	89	85.5
1995	83	85.5
1996	80	85.5
1997	89	85.5
1998	105	85.5
1999	92	85.5
2000	95	97.7
2001	97	97.7
2002	92	97.7
2003	96	97.7
2004	97	97.7
2005	98	97.7
2006	101	97.7
2007	95	97.7
2008	114	97.7
2009	92	97.7
2010	93	93.3
2011	99	93.3
2012	97	93.3
2014	84	93.3
2020	112	121.7
2021	129	121.7
2022	124	121.7

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Dunhuang meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Dunhuang
Year	First date	Last date
1951	1951-05-07	1951-10-13
1952	1952-04-16	1952-09-20
1953	1953-05-04	1953-09-21
1954	1954-06-01	1954-09-13
1955	1955-05-05	1955-09-04
1956	1956-04-29	1956-09-25
1957	1957-05-12	1957-08-27
1958	1958-04-14	1958-09-20
1959	1959-04-28	1959-09-11
1960	1960-05-01	1960-09-20
1961	1961-04-27	1961-09-16
1962	1962-04-30	1962-09-12
1963	1963-05-09	1963-09-11
1964	1964-04-11	1964-09-07
1965	1965-04-23	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-06	1966-09-04
1967	1967-04-27	1967-09-22
1968	1968-04-20	1968-09-14
1969	1969-05-06	1969-09-14
1970	1970-05-06	1970-09-04
1971	1971-05-09	1971-09-05
1972	1972-05-05	1972-09-17
1973	1973-04-26	1973-09-22
1974	1974-05-01	1974-09-07
1975	1975-05-29	1975-09-14
1976	1976-05-23	1976-09-02
1977	1977-05-25	1977-09-05
1978	1978-04-12	1978-09-27
1979	1979-04-19	1979-09-08
1980	1980-05-10	1980-09-11
1981	1981-05-05	1981-09-24
1982	1982-05-19	1982-09-21
1983	1983-05-08	1983-09-15
1984	1984-04-13	1984-09-13
1985	1985-04-29	1985-09-05
1986	1986-05-07	1986-09-21
1987	1987-04-22	1987-09-21
1988	1988-04-29	1988-09-14
1989	1989-05-01	1989-09-21
1990	1990-05-05	1990-09-18
1991	1991-05-13	1991-09-12
1992	1992-05-01	1992-09-09
1993	1993-04-23	1993-09-15
1994	1994-04-28	1994-09-13
1995	1995-05-06	1995-09-21
1996	1996-05-21	1996-09-25
1997	1997-04-29	1997-09-07
1998	1998-04-18	1998-09-28
1999	1999-04-20	1999-09-15
2000	2000-05-02	2000-09-20
2001	2001-05-10	2001-09-10
2002	2002-05-10	2002-09-16
2003	2003-04-15	2003-09-22
2004	2004-04-19	2004-09-14
2005	2005-04-28	2005-09-17
2006	2006-04-28	2006-09-19
2007	2007-05-01	2007-09-21
2008	2008-04-30	2008-10-01
2009	2009-04-15	2009-09-18
2010	2010-04-30	2010-09-12
2011	2011-04-26	2011-09-13
2012	2012-05-06	2012-09-09
2014	2014-05-19	2014-10-08
2020	2020-04-27	2020-09-19
2021	2021-04-30	2021-10-02
2022	2022-05-03	2022-10-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Dunhuang
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	66	129	2021	124
35 C (95 F): Days	66	59	1951	47
40 C (104 F): Days	13	4	1951	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	66	97	1951	97
100 F (37.8 C): Days	47	16	1951	16
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1952	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	66	71	1967	20
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	65	176	1954	156
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	65	96	1967	88
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	45	21	2008	3
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	1	1	1991	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	65	25	2002	20
25 C (77 F): Days with min	12	4	1999	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	30	3	1971	1
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	3	1	1971	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1951.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Dunhuang Threshold Days by Year (CHM00052418)

Key Facts for Dunhuang Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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