Santa Barbara Threshold Days by Year (USC00047902)

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Santa Barbara (USC00047902): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Santa Barbara Thresholds

Santa Barbara: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 118 years, most in 1931 with 47.
Santa Barbara: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 111 years, most in 1931 with 23.
Santa Barbara: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 106 years, most in 1941 with 31.
Santa Barbara: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 104 years, most in 1909 with 16.
13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Santa Barbara.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

118 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Santa Barbara with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 47 in 1931.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Santa Barbara
Year	Days	Decade average
1893	2	7
1895	10	7
1896	7	7
1898	13	7
1899	3	7
1901	8	11.6
1902	3	11.6
1903	9	11.6
1904	15	11.6
1905	12	11.6
1906	19	11.6
1907	9	11.6
1908	12	11.6
1909	17	11.6
1910	10	13.6
1911	10	13.6
1912	9	13.6
1913	19	13.6
1914	15	13.6
1915	17	13.6
1916	6	13.6
1917	22	13.6
1918	15	13.6
1919	13	13.6
1920	23	22.4
1921	20	22.4
1922	26	22.4
1923	22	22.4
1924	21	22.4
1925	21	22.4
1926	28	22.4
1927	13	22.4
1928	7	22.4
1929	43	22.4
1930	42	24.3
1931	47	24.3
1932	18	24.3
1933	17	24.3
1934	22	24.3
1935	17	24.3
1936	22	24.3
1937	12	24.3
1938	16	24.3
1939	30	24.3
1940	17	17.3
1941	20	17.3
1942	14	17.3
1943	15	17.3
1944	9	17.3
1945	22	17.3
1946	20	17.3
1947	21	17.3
1948	9	17.3
1949	26	17.3
1950	11	18.6
1951	12	18.6
1952	13	18.6
1953	19	18.6
1954	19	18.6
1955	14	18.6
1956	24	18.6
1957	17	18.6
1958	30	18.6
1959	27	18.6
1960	18	12
1961	15	12
1962	7	12
1963	15	12
1964	6	12
1965	15	12
1966	13	12
1967	12	12
1968	12	12
1969	7	12
1970	11	7.9
1971	14	7.9
1972	8	7.9
1974	4	7.9
1975	2	7.9
1976	12	7.9
1977	4	7.9
1980	1	8.1
1983	17	8.1
1985	11	8.1
1986	4	8.1
1987	10	8.1
1988	8	8.1
1989	6	8.1
1991	3	7.5
1993	3	7.5
1994	4	7.5
1995	3	7.5
1996	12	7.5
1997	23	7.5
1998	6	7.5
1999	6	7.5
2000	1	6.7
2001	4	6.7
2002	6	6.7
2003	4	6.7
2004	14	6.7
2005	9	6.7
2006	9	6.7
2012	6	17.5
2013	9	17.5
2014	24	17.5
2015	33	17.5
2016	19	17.5
2017	26	17.5
2018	12	17.5
2019	11	17.5
2020	20	14.1
2021	14	14.1
2022	25	14.1
2023	6	14.1
2024	1	14.1
2025	9	14.1
2026	24	14.1

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Santa Barbara
Year	First date	Last date
1893	1893-06-15	1893-10-12
1895	1895-06-04	1895-11-19
1896	1896-05-24	1896-08-30
1898	1898-04-12	1898-11-05
1899	1899-03-05	1899-10-08
1901	1901-06-27	1901-10-22
1902	1902-07-15	1902-09-26
1903	1903-08-18	1903-11-27
1904	1904-03-07	1904-11-10
1905	1905-05-15	1905-10-09
1906	1906-04-19	1906-10-26
1907	1907-06-16	1907-10-04
1908	1908-04-24	1908-09-29
1909	1909-05-30	1909-11-04
1910	1910-02-28	1910-10-24
1911	1911-05-21	1911-11-19
1912	1912-07-15	1912-10-17
1913	1913-06-20	1913-11-08
1914	1914-03-16	1914-11-08
1915	1915-03-15	1915-11-19
1916	1916-03-09	1916-08-01
1917	1917-06-14	1917-11-20
1918	1918-03-30	1918-10-31
1919	1919-06-02	1919-11-22
1920	1920-01-11	1920-10-25
1921	1921-02-24	1921-12-10
1922	1922-04-19	1922-11-25
1923	1923-01-08	1923-11-16
1924	1924-02-12	1924-11-28
1925	1925-03-19	1925-11-21
1926	1926-02-27	1926-11-17
1927	1927-05-12	1927-11-03
1928	1928-05-04	1928-09-28
1929	1929-05-01	1929-12-18
1930	1930-02-16	1930-11-11
1931	1931-03-03	1931-10-30
1932	1932-03-25	1932-11-19
1933	1933-05-24	1933-11-25
1934	1934-03-09	1934-10-25
1935	1935-02-18	1935-10-27
1936	1936-03-02	1936-11-20
1937	1937-04-20	1937-10-10
1938	1938-04-17	1938-12-08
1939	1939-04-06	1939-11-23
1940	1940-04-09	1940-12-05
1941	1941-05-05	1941-11-05
1942	1942-05-19	1942-11-11
1943	1943-02-13	1943-10-05
1944	1944-03-24	1944-09-24
1945	1945-05-15	1945-11-04
1946	1946-04-11	1946-10-25
1947	1947-04-11	1947-09-25
1948	1948-05-04	1948-10-07
1949	1949-04-11	1949-11-18
1950	1950-04-02	1950-11-23
1951	1951-03-14	1951-10-13
1952	1952-06-15	1952-11-04
1953	1953-02-06	1953-11-25
1954	1954-02-02	1954-11-22
1955	1955-03-26	1955-11-09
1956	1956-03-28	1956-12-29
1957	1957-06-02	1957-12-09
1958	1958-04-11	1958-12-03
1959	1959-03-11	1959-12-02
1960	1960-03-18	1960-09-13
1961	1961-01-17	1961-10-16
1962	1962-01-07	1962-10-31
1963	1963-02-03	1963-09-29
1964	1964-04-15	1964-10-21
1965	1965-04-25	1965-10-27
1966	1966-04-14	1966-11-02
1967	1967-05-16	1967-10-17
1968	1968-04-09	1968-10-25
1969	1969-08-22	1969-11-02
1970	1970-04-06	1970-10-09
1971	1971-02-13	1971-10-07
1972	1972-03-05	1972-10-07
1974	1974-10-17	1974-11-24
1975	1975-01-20	1975-09-25
1976	1976-06-23	1976-11-05
1977	1977-02-16	1977-11-29
1980	1980-08-01	1980-08-01
1983	1983-07-10	1983-10-26
1985	1985-04-01	1985-10-15
1986	1986-02-24	1986-10-05
1987	1987-04-21	1987-10-04
1988	1988-03-19	1988-10-09
1989	1989-03-31	1989-04-07
1991	1991-05-06	1991-10-11
1993	1993-05-09	1993-10-26
1994	1994-08-12	1994-10-09
1995	1995-02-19	1995-10-02
1996	1996-04-06	1996-11-09
1997	1997-03-10	1997-11-04
1998	1998-08-29	1998-10-06
1999	1999-07-12	1999-10-30
2000	2000-08-16	2000-08-16
2001	2001-02-04	2001-09-30
2002	2002-02-26	2002-11-21
2003	2003-01-31	2003-10-27
2004	2004-03-08	2004-09-24
2005	2005-09-28	2005-10-31
2006	2006-06-04	2006-11-07
2012	2012-10-01	2012-11-05
2013	2013-05-02	2013-10-07
2014	2014-03-16	2014-11-06
2015	2015-03-13	2015-10-29
2016	2016-04-05	2016-11-09
2017	2017-04-21	2017-11-23
2018	2018-04-09	2018-10-20
2019	2019-07-24	2019-11-17
2020	2020-04-23	2020-10-17
2021	2021-04-01	2021-11-06
2022	2022-03-01	2022-10-21
2023	2023-07-26	2023-10-07
2024	2024-09-06	2024-09-06
2025	2025-08-21	2025-10-30
2026	2026-03-12	2026-10-07

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Santa Barbara
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	118	47	1931	24
35 C (95 F): Days	79	13	1939	6
40 C (104 F): Days	5	2	1939	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	111	23	1931	9
100 F (37.8 C): Days	32	5	1939	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	55	35	1949	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	26	12	2015	11
25 C (77 F): Days with min	1	1	1937	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	106	31	1941	8
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	104	16	1909	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	79	6	1909	5
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	17	2	1914	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1995	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1893.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Santa Barbara Threshold Days by Year (USC00047902)

Key Facts for Santa Barbara Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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