Built 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026)

Beacon Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Beacon (ASN00010004): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Beacon Thresholds

  • Beacon: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1963 with 25.
  • Beacon: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 44 years, most in 1963 with 7.
  • Beacon: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 11 years, most in 1999 with 3.
  • Beacon: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1967 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Beacon.
68 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Beacon Days per year at Beacon with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 25 in 1963. 01020301928: 71929: 81930: 141931: 81932: 111933: 81934: 71935: 71936: 41937: 41938: 51939: 121940: 31941: 31942: 71943: 181944: 81945: 71946: 131947: 91948: 91949: 71950: 91951: 111952: 71953: 81954: 31955: 111957: 121958: 141959: 91960: 91961: 71962: 91963: 251964: 91965: 91966: 51967: 91968: 131974: 171975: 71980: 71982: 51983: 81984: 91985: 71986: 91987: 11988: 41989: 81990: 111991: 61992: 121993: 61994: 51995: 141996: 121997: 51998: 101999: 172000: 92001: 92002: 32003: 112004: 122005: 92006: 141928193519421949195719641980198819952002
Days per year at Beacon with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 25 in 1963.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Beacon
YearDaysDecade average
192877.5
192987.5
1930148
193188
1932118
193388
193478
193578
193648
193748
193858
1939128
194038.4
194138.4
194278.4
1943188.4
194488.4
194578.4
1946138.4
194798.4
194898.4
194978.4
195099.3
1951119.3
195279.3
195389.3
195439.3
1955119.3
1957129.3
1958149.3
195999.3
1960910.6
1961710.6
1962910.6
19632510.6
1964910.6
1965910.6
1966510.6
1967910.6
19681310.6
19741712
1975712
198076.4
198256.4
198386.4
198496.4
198576.4
198696.4
198716.4
198846.4
198986.4
1990119.8
199169.8
1992129.8
199369.8
199459.8
1995149.8
1996129.8
199759.8
1998109.8
1999179.8
200099.6
200199.6
200239.6
2003119.6
2004129.6
200599.6
2006149.6
First to last qualifying date each year at Beacon For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Beacon meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1928: 25 January 1928 to 31 December 19281929: 17 March 1929 to 5 November 19291930: 11 March 1930 to 12 December 19301931: 23 April 1931 to 6 November 19311932: 1 February 1932 to 19 December 19321933: 7 March 1933 to 26 August 19331934: 16 January 1934 to 6 August 19341935: 15 January 1935 to 7 August 19351936: 19 January 1936 to 3 June 19361937: 13 January 1937 to 30 August 19371938: 15 March 1938 to 24 November 19381939: 27 January 1939 to 1 November 19391940: 18 July 1940 to 3 December 19401941: 26 February 1941 to 13 December 19411942: 4 February 1942 to 2 December 19421943: 23 January 1943 to 8 December 19431944: 15 March 1944 to 28 August 19441945: 16 May 1945 to 8 August 19451946: 7 May 1946 to 28 November 19461947: 16 January 1947 to 29 October 19471948: 22 February 1948 to 23 November 19481949: 25 July 1949 to 1 September 19491950: 27 January 1950 to 14 September 19501951: 13 February 1951 to 14 July 19511952: 21 January 1952 to 18 December 19521953: 1 February 1953 to 23 June 19531954: 23 May 1954 to 20 August 19541955: 12 January 1955 to 28 September 19551957: 23 January 1957 to 5 December 19571958: 22 May 1958 to 29 December 19581959: 2 January 1959 to 11 August 19591960: 5 February 1960 to 21 July 19601961: 26 January 1961 to 19 July 19611962: 25 May 1962 to 15 December 19621963: 11 January 1963 to 25 November 19631964: 20 February 1964 to 15 July 19641965: 5 May 1965 to 22 November 19651966: 17 June 1966 to 7 November 19661967: 23 January 1967 to 27 July 19671968: 30 January 1968 to 14 September 19681974: 5 March 1974 to 13 November 19741975: 21 March 1975 to 10 December 19751980: 6 May 1980 to 26 July 19801982: 7 April 1982 to 2 October 19821983: 17 March 1983 to 17 November 19831984: 22 February 1984 to 15 September 19841985: 8 June 1985 to 27 August 19851986: 9 January 1986 to 11 September 19861987: 23 December 1987 to 23 December 19871988: 21 May 1988 to 12 August 19881989: 24 April 1989 to 21 July 19891990: 29 January 1990 to 6 October 19901991: 30 May 1991 to 25 December 19911992: 7 February 1992 to 19 September 19921993: 30 April 1993 to 9 November 19931994: 25 February 1994 to 11 August 19941995: 24 February 1995 to 18 October 19951996: 11 April 1996 to 6 November 19961997: 20 February 1997 to 11 September 19971998: 16 April 1998 to 29 August 19981999: 23 January 1999 to 13 December 19992000: 15 January 2000 to 6 September 20002001: 8 January 2001 to 16 November 20012002: 17 April 2002 to 27 December 20022003: 17 February 2003 to 6 December 20032004: 20 February 2004 to 27 December 20042005: 19 March 2005 to 25 August 20052006: 3 January 2006 to 20 December 200619281937194619551965198419932002JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Beacon meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Beacon
YearFirst dateLast date
19281928-01-251928-12-31
19291929-03-171929-11-05
19301930-03-111930-12-12
19311931-04-231931-11-06
19321932-02-011932-12-19
19331933-03-071933-08-26
19341934-01-161934-08-06
19351935-01-151935-08-07
19361936-01-191936-06-03
19371937-01-131937-08-30
19381938-03-151938-11-24
19391939-01-271939-11-01
19401940-07-181940-12-03
19411941-02-261941-12-13
19421942-02-041942-12-02
19431943-01-231943-12-08
19441944-03-151944-08-28
19451945-05-161945-08-08
19461946-05-071946-11-28
19471947-01-161947-10-29
19481948-02-221948-11-23
19491949-07-251949-09-01
19501950-01-271950-09-14
19511951-02-131951-07-14
19521952-01-211952-12-18
19531953-02-011953-06-23
19541954-05-231954-08-20
19551955-01-121955-09-28
19571957-01-231957-12-05
19581958-05-221958-12-29
19591959-01-021959-08-11
19601960-02-051960-07-21
19611961-01-261961-07-19
19621962-05-251962-12-15
19631963-01-111963-11-25
19641964-02-201964-07-15
19651965-05-051965-11-22
19661966-06-171966-11-07
19671967-01-231967-07-27
19681968-01-301968-09-14
19741974-03-051974-11-13
19751975-03-211975-12-10
19801980-05-061980-07-26
19821982-04-071982-10-02
19831983-03-171983-11-17
19841984-02-221984-09-15
19851985-06-081985-08-27
19861986-01-091986-09-11
19871987-12-231987-12-23
19881988-05-211988-08-12
19891989-04-241989-07-21
19901990-01-291990-10-06
19911991-05-301991-12-25
19921992-02-071992-09-19
19931993-04-301993-11-09
19941994-02-251994-08-11
19951995-02-241995-10-18
19961996-04-111996-11-06
19971997-02-201997-09-11
19981998-04-161998-08-29
19991999-01-231999-12-13
20002000-01-152000-09-06
20012001-01-082001-11-16
20022002-04-172002-12-27
20032003-02-172003-12-06
20042004-02-202004-12-27
20052005-03-192005-08-25
20062006-01-032006-12-20

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Beacon
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain6825196314
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain44719632
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain11319991
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119671

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1928.

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).