Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Bitam Threshold Days by Year (GB000004510)

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Bitam (GB000004510): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Bitam Thresholds

  • Bitam: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 24 years, most in 1963 with 164.
  • Bitam: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 24 years, most in 1963 with 231.
  • Bitam: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 24 years, most in 1956 with 74.
  • Bitam: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 24 years, most in 1956 with 27.
  • 9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Bitam.
24 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bitam Days per year at Bitam with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 164 in 1963. 0501001502001954: 1021955: 651956: 711957: 1091958: 1611961: 961962: 1501963: 1641964: 1211965: 871967: 1451968: 1221969: 1211970: 1241971: 1061972: 1001973: 1181974: 771975: 901976: 601977: 1121978: 1151979: 1321980: 13919541957196219651969197219751978
Days per year at Bitam with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 164 in 1963.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bitam
YearDaysDecade average
1954102101.6
195565101.6
195671101.6
1957109101.6
1958161101.6
196196125.8
1962150125.8
1963164125.8
1964121125.8
196587125.8
1967145125.8
1968122125.8
1969121125.8
1970124103.4
1971106103.4
1972100103.4
1973118103.4
197477103.4
197590103.4
197660103.4
1977112103.4
1978115103.4
1979132103.4
1980139139
First to last qualifying date each year at Bitam For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Bitam meeting 30 C (86 F). 1954: 2 January 1954 to 20 December 19541955: 2 February 1955 to 19 December 19551956: 7 January 1956 to 25 December 19561957: 10 January 1957 to 31 December 19571958: 1 January 1958 to 31 December 19581961: 2 January 1961 to 31 December 19611962: 1 January 1962 to 31 December 19621963: 2 January 1963 to 23 December 19631964: 2 January 1964 to 21 December 19641965: 3 January 1965 to 21 December 19651967: 5 January 1967 to 30 December 19671968: 6 January 1968 to 31 December 19681969: 1 January 1969 to 28 December 19691970: 1 January 1970 to 18 December 19701971: 7 January 1971 to 13 December 19711972: 1 January 1972 to 29 December 19721973: 1 January 1973 to 6 December 19731974: 21 January 1974 to 1 December 19741975: 3 January 1975 to 18 December 19751976: 11 January 1976 to 10 December 19761977: 16 January 1977 to 19 December 19771978: 1 January 1978 to 27 December 19781979: 2 January 1979 to 29 December 19791980: 7 January 1980 to 29 December 198019541957196219651969197219751978JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Bitam meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Bitam
YearFirst dateLast date
19541954-01-021954-12-20
19551955-02-021955-12-19
19561956-01-071956-12-25
19571957-01-101957-12-31
19581958-01-011958-12-31
19611961-01-021961-12-31
19621962-01-011962-12-31
19631963-01-021963-12-23
19641964-01-021964-12-21
19651965-01-031965-12-21
19671967-01-051967-12-30
19681968-01-061968-12-31
19691969-01-011969-12-28
19701970-01-011970-12-18
19711971-01-071971-12-13
19721972-01-011972-12-29
19731973-01-011973-12-06
19741974-01-211974-12-01
19751975-01-031975-12-18
19761976-01-111976-12-10
19771977-01-161977-12-19
19781978-01-011978-12-27
19791979-01-021979-12-29
19801980-01-071980-12-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Bitam
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days241641963139
35 C (95 F): Days4119691
90 F (32.2 C): Days2324198024
100 F (37.8 C): Days1119771
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min242311963223
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2474195661
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain2427195617
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain24919645
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain4219641

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1954.

Download the Data

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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).