Oxford Threshold Days by Year (UK000056225)

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Oxford (UK000056225): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Oxford Thresholds

Oxford: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 211 years, most in 1816 with 108.
Oxford: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 200 years, most in 2023 with 32.
Oxford: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 148 years, most in 2024 with 7.
Oxford: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 133 years, most in 1829 with 21.
11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Oxford.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

86 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Oxford with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 14 in 1976.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Oxford
Year	Days	Decade average
1818	4	4
1820	3	4.3
1825	5	4.3
1826	5	4.3
1841	1	1
1852	2	2
1856	3	2
1858	1	2
1859	2	2
1868	6	5
1869	4	5
1870	5	3.8
1873	1	3.8
1874	3	3.8
1876	9	3.8
1878	1	3.8
1881	2	2.5
1884	3	2.5
1893	2	1.3
1898	1	1.3
1899	1	1.3
1900	2	2.7
1901	3	2.7
1906	3	2.7
1911	10	3.3
1912	1	3.3
1914	1	3.3
1917	1	3.3
1921	6	3.5
1923	5	3.5
1928	1	3.5
1929	2	3.5
1930	3	2.2
1932	2	2.2
1933	4	2.2
1934	2	2.2
1935	1	2.2
1937	1	2.2
1941	5	3.7
1942	2	3.7
1943	2	3.7
1944	1	3.7
1947	8	3.7
1948	5	3.7
1949	3	3.7
1950	1	1.8
1952	1	1.8
1953	1	1.8
1955	3	1.8
1957	2	1.8
1959	3	1.8
1961	1	1
1964	1	1
1968	1	1
1969	1	1
1970	1	7
1975	6	7
1976	14	7
1983	6	4
1984	2	4
1989	4	4
1990	7	4.7
1994	2	4.7
1995	13	4.7
1996	1	4.7
1997	2	4.7
1999	3	4.7
2000	2	3.9
2001	2	3.9
2002	1	3.9
2003	8	3.9
2005	2	3.9
2006	8	3.9
2009	4	3.9
2013	5	3.7
2015	1	3.7
2016	1	3.7
2017	4	3.7
2018	5	3.7
2019	6	3.7
2020	7	7
2021	3	7
2022	10	7
2023	3	7
2024	1	7
2026	18	7

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Oxford
Year	First date	Last date
1818	1818-07-15	1818-08-04
1820	1820-06-23	1820-06-26
1825	1825-07-14	1825-07-31
1826	1826-06-25	1826-07-30
1841	1841-05-26	1841-05-26
1852	1852-07-04	1852-07-05
1856	1856-07-31	1856-08-02
1858	1858-06-14	1858-06-14
1859	1859-07-11	1859-07-17
1868	1868-07-14	1868-08-04
1869	1869-07-11	1869-07-21
1870	1870-06-15	1870-07-24
1873	1873-07-21	1873-07-21
1874	1874-07-08	1874-07-18
1876	1876-07-13	1876-08-16
1878	1878-06-25	1878-06-25
1881	1881-07-05	1881-07-15
1884	1884-08-07	1884-08-10
1893	1893-08-16	1893-08-17
1898	1898-09-07	1898-09-07
1899	1899-07-19	1899-07-19
1900	1900-07-18	1900-07-24
1901	1901-07-17	1901-07-19
1906	1906-08-30	1906-09-01
1911	1911-07-07	1911-09-07
1912	1912-07-14	1912-07-14
1914	1914-06-30	1914-06-30
1917	1917-06-16	1917-06-16
1921	1921-07-08	1921-07-18
1923	1923-07-05	1923-07-12
1928	1928-07-14	1928-07-14
1929	1929-07-15	1929-09-03
1930	1930-08-26	1930-08-28
1932	1932-08-10	1932-08-18
1933	1933-07-03	1933-08-27
1934	1934-07-07	1934-07-08
1935	1935-07-12	1935-07-12
1937	1937-08-05	1937-08-05
1941	1941-06-20	1941-07-10
1942	1942-06-05	1942-08-27
1943	1943-07-29	1943-07-30
1944	1944-05-28	1944-05-28
1947	1947-05-29	1947-08-17
1948	1948-07-25	1948-07-29
1949	1949-07-10	1949-07-24
1950	1950-06-05	1950-06-05
1952	1952-06-30	1952-06-30
1953	1953-08-11	1953-08-11
1955	1955-07-16	1955-08-22
1957	1957-06-27	1957-06-28
1959	1959-07-03	1959-07-07
1961	1961-08-28	1961-08-28
1964	1964-08-25	1964-08-25
1968	1968-06-30	1968-06-30
1969	1969-07-15	1969-07-15
1970	1970-07-06	1970-07-06
1975	1975-07-29	1975-08-07
1976	1976-06-24	1976-07-07
1983	1983-07-11	1983-07-29
1984	1984-07-07	1984-07-27
1989	1989-07-20	1989-07-24
1990	1990-07-14	1990-08-03
1994	1994-07-11	1994-07-23
1995	1995-06-29	1995-08-21
1996	1996-07-21	1996-07-21
1997	1997-08-09	1997-08-18
1999	1999-07-30	1999-08-01
2000	2000-06-17	2000-06-18
2001	2001-06-25	2001-07-28
2002	2002-07-28	2002-07-28
2003	2003-07-13	2003-08-10
2005	2005-06-18	2005-06-22
2006	2006-06-11	2006-07-24
2009	2009-06-28	2009-07-01
2013	2013-07-12	2013-07-31
2015	2015-06-30	2015-06-30
2016	2016-07-18	2016-07-18
2017	2017-06-18	2017-07-05
2018	2018-06-30	2018-08-04
2019	2019-06-28	2019-08-25
2020	2020-06-23	2020-08-11
2021	2021-07-17	2021-07-19
2022	2022-06-16	2022-08-13
2023	2023-09-06	2023-09-08
2024	2024-08-10	2024-08-10
2026	2026-05-23	2026-08-12

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Oxford
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	86	14	1976	18
35 C (95 F): Days	6	2	2022	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	29	8	1976	11
100 F (37.8 C): Days	1	1	2022	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	133	21	1829	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	211	108	1816	12
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	49	8	1881	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	10	2	1997	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	200	32	2023	10
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	148	7	2024	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	12	1	1903	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1818.

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Oxford Threshold Days by Year (UK000056225)

Key Facts for Oxford Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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