Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Birdsnest Threshold Days by Year (USC00440755)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Birdsnest (USC00440755): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Birdsnest Thresholds

  • Birdsnest: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 21 years, most in 1889 with 54.
  • Birdsnest: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 21 years, most in 1889 with 22.
  • Birdsnest: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 20 years, most in 1889 with 7.
  • Birdsnest: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 9 years, most in 1872 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Birdsnest.
21 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Birdsnest Days per year at Birdsnest with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 54 in 1889. 02040601869: 361870: 301871: 411872: 341873: 361876: 351877: 381878: 381879: 321880: 421881: 361882: 431883: 361884: 321887: 441888: 391889: 541890: 441891: 471892: 471900: 221869187218771880188318881891
Days per year at Birdsnest with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 54 in 1889.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Birdsnest
YearDaysDecade average
18693636
18703035.5
18714135.5
18723435.5
18733635.5
18763535.5
18773835.5
18783835.5
18793235.5
18804240.8
18813640.8
18824340.8
18833640.8
18843240.8
18874440.8
18883940.8
18895440.8
18904446
18914746
18924746
19002222
First to last qualifying date each year at Birdsnest For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Birdsnest meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1869: 1 January 1869 to 28 December 18691870: 2 January 1870 to 29 December 18701871: 16 January 1871 to 15 December 18711872: 8 January 1872 to 26 December 18721873: 5 January 1873 to 26 December 18731876: 3 January 1876 to 26 December 18761877: 2 January 1877 to 30 December 18771878: 4 January 1878 to 27 December 18781879: 12 January 1879 to 26 December 18791880: 13 January 1880 to 28 December 18801881: 2 January 1881 to 29 December 18811882: 5 January 1882 to 30 December 18821883: 7 January 1883 to 31 December 18831884: 8 January 1884 to 22 December 18841887: 15 February 1887 to 25 December 18871888: 2 January 1888 to 17 December 18881889: 5 January 1889 to 31 December 18891890: 30 January 1890 to 26 December 18901891: 2 January 1891 to 7 December 18911892: 10 January 1892 to 28 December 18921900: 12 January 1900 to 31 December 19001869187218771880188318881891JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Birdsnest meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Birdsnest
YearFirst dateLast date
18691869-01-011869-12-28
18701870-01-021870-12-29
18711871-01-161871-12-15
18721872-01-081872-12-26
18731873-01-051873-12-26
18761876-01-031876-12-26
18771877-01-021877-12-30
18781878-01-041878-12-27
18791879-01-121879-12-26
18801880-01-131880-12-28
18811881-01-021881-12-29
18821882-01-051882-12-30
18831883-01-071883-12-31
18841884-01-081884-12-22
18871887-02-151887-12-25
18881888-01-021888-12-17
18891889-01-051889-12-31
18901890-01-301890-12-26
18911891-01-021891-12-07
18921892-01-101892-12-28
19001900-01-121900-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Birdsnest
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2154188922
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain2122188911
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain20718893
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain9118721

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1869.

Download the Data

  • Data for Birdsnest 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).