Independence Threshold Days by Year (USC00134052)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Independence (USC00134052): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Independence Thresholds

Independence: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 79 years, most in 1901 with 70.
Independence: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 79 years, most in 1978 with 88.
Independence: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 79 years, most in 1976 with 193.
Independence: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 79 years, most in 1978 with 93.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Independence.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

79 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Independence with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 70 in 1901.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Independence
Year	Days	Decade average
1894	67	45.8
1895	60	45.8
1896	28	45.8
1897	43	45.8
1898	41	45.8
1899	36	45.8
1900	41	28.1
1901	70	28.1
1902	8	28.1
1903	9	28.1
1905	21	28.1
1907	9	28.1
1908	32	28.1
1909	35	28.1
1911	46	41.8
1912	38	41.8
1913	65	41.8
1914	45	41.8
1915	6	41.8
1916	54	41.8
1917	31	41.8
1918	37	41.8
1919	54	41.8
1920	27	34.2
1921	64	34.2
1922	37	34.2
1923	37	34.2
1924	18	34.2
1925	45	34.2
1926	28	34.2
1927	30	34.2
1928	26	34.2
1929	30	34.2
1930	43	46.1
1931	64	46.1
1932	21	46.1
1933	44	46.1
1934	53	46.1
1935	46	46.1
1937	52	46.1
1938	46	46.1
1939	46	46.1
1940	39	43.6
1942	31	43.6
1943	51	43.6
1944	48	43.6
1945	33	43.6
1946	31	43.6
1947	61	43.6
1949	55	43.6
1950	15	36.4
1951	5	36.4
1952	48	36.4
1953	42	36.4
1954	49	36.4
1955	66	36.4
1956	34	36.4
1958	22	36.4
1959	47	36.4
1961	37	31
1962	34	31
1963	44	31
1964	48	31
1965	18	31
1966	29	31
1967	15	31
1968	33	31
1969	21	31
1970	44	37.2
1971	37	37.2
1972	41	37.2
1973	34	37.2
1974	23	37.2
1975	43	37.2
1976	40	37.2
1977	42	37.2
1978	40	37.2
1979	28	37.2
1980	51	51

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Independence
Year	First date	Last date
1894	1894-05-14	1894-09-28
1895	1895-03-29	1895-09-21
1896	1896-05-06	1896-08-10
1897	1897-06-13	1897-10-15
1898	1898-06-03	1898-09-29
1899	1899-06-04	1899-10-22
1900	1900-05-12	1900-09-10
1901	1901-04-29	1901-09-24
1902	1902-04-21	1902-08-02
1903	1903-06-30	1903-08-24
1905	1905-06-04	1905-08-12
1907	1907-06-17	1907-09-17
1908	1908-06-22	1908-09-25
1909	1909-05-05	1909-08-27
1911	1911-05-09	1911-09-14
1912	1912-06-25	1912-09-10
1913	1913-05-28	1913-09-08
1914	1914-05-25	1914-08-30
1915	1915-04-28	1915-09-13
1916	1916-06-29	1916-10-07
1917	1917-05-18	1917-09-05
1918	1918-05-03	1918-08-26
1919	1919-05-30	1919-09-20
1920	1920-06-10	1920-09-25
1921	1921-05-20	1921-09-04
1922	1922-06-15	1922-10-05
1923	1923-06-19	1923-08-15
1924	1924-05-05	1924-08-31
1925	1925-04-22	1925-09-20
1926	1926-05-01	1926-09-17
1927	1927-06-10	1927-09-18
1928	1928-05-03	1928-10-10
1929	1929-04-04	1929-09-04
1930	1930-04-10	1930-09-23
1931	1931-05-27	1931-09-21
1932	1932-05-14	1932-08-30
1933	1933-06-03	1933-09-18
1934	1934-05-05	1934-08-18
1935	1935-06-13	1935-09-24
1937	1937-06-23	1937-09-30
1938	1938-06-14	1938-10-04
1939	1939-04-25	1939-10-07
1940	1940-05-13	1940-09-20
1942	1942-05-28	1942-09-11
1943	1943-05-28	1943-09-03
1944	1944-05-14	1944-09-17
1945	1945-06-23	1945-09-23
1946	1946-06-10	1946-09-06
1947	1947-06-09	1947-10-21
1949	1949-04-25	1949-08-27
1950	1950-05-24	1950-09-18
1951	1951-06-18	1951-08-31
1952	1952-04-29	1952-09-30
1953	1953-05-25	1953-10-03
1954	1954-04-26	1954-09-27
1955	1955-05-02	1955-09-19
1956	1956-05-22	1956-08-27
1958	1958-05-14	1958-09-03
1959	1959-05-02	1959-09-09
1961	1961-05-31	1961-09-11
1962	1962-05-18	1962-10-10
1963	1963-05-08	1963-10-06
1964	1964-05-18	1964-09-09
1965	1965-05-03	1965-09-09
1966	1966-05-27	1966-09-02
1967	1967-05-19	1967-08-01
1968	1968-03-30	1968-08-24
1969	1969-05-28	1969-10-05
1970	1970-04-28	1970-09-21
1971	1971-05-16	1971-09-29
1972	1972-05-18	1972-09-19
1973	1973-06-09	1973-09-02
1974	1974-06-15	1974-08-27
1975	1975-05-19	1975-10-14
1976	1976-06-07	1976-10-04
1977	1977-04-17	1977-09-09
1978	1978-05-26	1978-09-20
1979	1979-05-10	1979-09-12
1980	1980-04-22	1980-09-21

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Independence
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	79	70	1901	51
35 C (95 F): Days	52	25	1901	2
40 C (104 F): Days	3	4	1901	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	77	47	1955	21
100 F (37.8 C): Days	18	13	1901	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	79	88	1978	69
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	79	193	1976	170
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	79	93	1978	65
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	79	46	1978	16
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	41	6	1942	4
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	78	29	1934	7
25 C (77 F): Days with min	6	2	1917	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	79	42	1902	22
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	79	16	1947	10
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	56	4	1907	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	9	1	1912	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	42	6	1951	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1934	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1894.

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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).

Independence Threshold Days by Year (USC00134052)

Key Facts for Independence Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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