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El Salitre Threshold Days by Year (MXN00014056)

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at El Salitre (MXN00014056): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for El Salitre Thresholds

  • El Salitre: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 43 years, most in 1980 with 41.
  • El Salitre: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1977 with 17.
  • El Salitre: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 35 years, most in 1972 with 281.
  • El Salitre: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 35 years, most in 2011 with 93.
  • 11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at El Salitre.
35 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at El Salitre Days per year at El Salitre with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 281 in 1972. 01002003001965: 2381966: 2401970: 2251972: 2811974: 2741976: 2361977: 2651978: 2461979: 1581980: 1671981: 1671982: 2011984: 1591985: 1241986: 1421987: 1241988: 1531989: 1821990: 1261991: 1611992: 1231993: 1951995: 2361996: 2181997: 2501998: 2551999: 2752004: 2772005: 2632006: 2542007: 2232008: 1832009: 2442010: 1702011: 272196519741979198419881992199720052009
Days per year at El Salitre with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 281 in 1972.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at El Salitre
YearDaysDecade average
1965238239
1966240239
1970225240.7
1972281240.7
1974274240.7
1976236240.7
1977265240.7
1978246240.7
1979158240.7
1980167157.7
1981167157.7
1982201157.7
1984159157.7
1985124157.7
1986142157.7
1987124157.7
1988153157.7
1989182157.7
1990126204.3
1991161204.3
1992123204.3
1993195204.3
1995236204.3
1996218204.3
1997250204.3
1998255204.3
1999275204.3
2004277240.7
2005263240.7
2006254240.7
2007223240.7
2008183240.7
2009244240.7
2010170221
2011272221
First to last qualifying date each year at El Salitre For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at El Salitre meeting 30 C (86 F). 1965: 23 February 1965 to 31 December 19651966: 1 January 1966 to 28 December 19661970: 27 January 1970 to 31 October 19701972: 6 January 1972 to 16 December 19721974: 1 January 1974 to 25 December 19741976: 8 January 1976 to 14 December 19761977: 13 January 1977 to 31 December 19771978: 23 January 1978 to 31 December 19781979: 5 January 1979 to 26 November 19791980: 8 January 1980 to 25 October 19801981: 31 January 1981 to 30 November 19811982: 5 January 1982 to 23 November 19821984: 20 January 1984 to 10 November 19841985: 11 February 1985 to 14 November 19851986: 14 February 1986 to 22 November 19861987: 15 February 1987 to 7 December 19871988: 8 January 1988 to 19 December 19881989: 8 January 1989 to 21 November 19891990: 10 February 1990 to 16 October 19901991: 12 February 1991 to 6 November 19911992: 3 March 1992 to 12 November 19921993: 12 February 1993 to 31 December 19931995: 6 January 1995 to 14 December 19951996: 7 January 1996 to 31 December 19961997: 1 January 1997 to 31 December 19971998: 2 January 1998 to 31 December 19981999: 1 January 1999 to 31 December 19992004: 2 January 2004 to 27 December 20042005: 2 January 2005 to 30 December 20052006: 1 January 2006 to 3 December 20062007: 8 January 2007 to 31 December 20072008: 1 February 2008 to 28 December 20082009: 18 January 2009 to 14 December 20092010: 22 January 2010 to 25 December 20102011: 3 January 2011 to 31 December 20111965197619811987199219982007JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at El Salitre meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at El Salitre
YearFirst dateLast date
19651965-02-231965-12-31
19661966-01-011966-12-28
19701970-01-271970-10-31
19721972-01-061972-12-16
19741974-01-011974-12-25
19761976-01-081976-12-14
19771977-01-131977-12-31
19781978-01-231978-12-31
19791979-01-051979-11-26
19801980-01-081980-10-25
19811981-01-311981-11-30
19821982-01-051982-11-23
19841984-01-201984-11-10
19851985-02-111985-11-14
19861986-02-141986-11-22
19871987-02-151987-12-07
19881988-01-081988-12-19
19891989-01-081989-11-21
19901990-02-101990-10-16
19911991-02-121991-11-06
19921992-03-031992-11-12
19931993-02-121993-12-31
19951995-01-061995-12-14
19961996-01-071996-12-31
19971997-01-011997-12-31
19981998-01-021998-12-31
19991999-01-011999-12-31
20042004-01-022004-12-27
20052005-01-022005-12-30
20062006-01-012006-12-03
20072007-01-082007-12-31
20082008-02-012008-12-28
20092009-01-182009-12-14
20102010-01-222010-12-25
20112011-01-032011-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at El Salitre
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days352811972272
35 C (95 F): Days3593201193
40 C (104 F): Days61020054
90 F (32.2 C): Days351671999139
100 F (37.8 C): Days2535200529
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min174419881
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min15719664
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4341198030
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain421719779
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain32520104
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain2119971

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1965.

Download the Data

  • Data for El Salitre 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).