Wilpena Head Station Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Wilpena Head Station (ASN00019049): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Wilpena Head Station Thresholds

Wilpena Head Station: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 79 years, most in 1974 with 27.
Wilpena Head Station: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 72 years, most in 1973 with 10.
Wilpena Head Station: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 33 years, most in 1950 with 3.
Wilpena Head Station: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 4 years, most in 1939 with 2.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Wilpena Head Station.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

79 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Wilpena Head Station with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 27 in 1974.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Wilpena Head Station
Year	Days	Decade average
1904	10	12.6
1905	10	12.6
1906	15	12.6
1907	14	12.6
1908	14	12.6
1910	11	10.4
1911	13	10.4
1912	9	10.4
1913	5	10.4
1914	5	10.4
1915	6	10.4
1916	14	10.4
1917	21	10.4
1918	13	10.4
1919	7	10.4
1920	18	8.3
1921	9	8.3
1922	8	8.3
1923	13	8.3
1924	8	8.3
1925	6	8.3
1926	10	8.3
1927	4	8.3
1928	4	8.3
1929	3	8.3
1930	12	11.8
1931	15	11.8
1932	13	11.8
1933	9	11.8
1934	13	11.8
1935	5	11.8
1936	12	11.8
1937	15	11.8
1938	10	11.8
1939	14	11.8
1940	4	10.2
1941	9	10.2
1942	14	10.2
1943	6	10.2
1944	4	10.2
1945	9	10.2
1946	18	10.2
1947	17	10.2
1948	9	10.2
1949	12	10.2
1950	15	11.8
1951	15	11.8
1952	17	11.8
1953	8	11.8
1954	10	11.8
1955	15	11.8
1956	12	11.8
1957	5	11.8
1958	17	11.8
1959	4	11.8
1960	13	9.3
1962	8	9.3
1963	10	9.3
1964	11	9.3
1965	5	9.3
1966	9	9.3
1967	2	9.3
1968	15	9.3
1969	11	9.3
1970	5	14.9
1971	17	14.9
1972	10	14.9
1973	22	14.9
1974	27	14.9
1975	14	14.9
1976	9	14.9
1977	7	14.9
1978	21	14.9
1979	17	14.9
1980	9	11.6
1981	17	11.6
1982	7	11.6
1983	14	11.6
1984	11	11.6

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wilpena Head Station meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Wilpena Head Station
Year	First date	Last date
1904	1904-02-19	1904-12-17
1905	1905-01-03	1905-10-06
1906	1906-02-21	1906-12-01
1907	1907-04-06	1907-11-05
1908	1908-01-31	1908-10-16
1910	1910-03-05	1910-09-10
1911	1911-01-29	1911-12-12
1912	1912-03-08	1912-11-14
1913	1913-03-25	1913-12-23
1914	1914-01-11	1914-12-23
1915	1915-05-13	1915-09-24
1916	1916-06-07	1916-11-12
1917	1917-01-31	1917-12-12
1918	1918-01-09	1918-08-20
1919	1919-04-07	1919-12-28
1920	1920-01-16	1920-12-01
1921	1921-02-28	1921-12-23
1922	1922-04-25	1922-12-10
1923	1923-05-02	1923-12-18
1924	1924-02-17	1924-11-11
1925	1925-01-13	1925-09-12
1926	1926-03-21	1926-09-26
1927	1927-06-09	1927-07-31
1928	1928-06-02	1928-09-30
1929	1929-03-14	1929-12-27
1930	1930-02-04	1930-12-05
1931	1931-03-13	1931-10-17
1932	1932-02-06	1932-09-18
1933	1933-05-14	1933-11-30
1934	1934-02-10	1934-11-07
1935	1935-03-22	1935-10-21
1936	1936-01-03	1936-12-17
1937	1937-01-09	1937-12-01
1938	1938-02-20	1938-11-27
1939	1939-02-25	1939-11-19
1940	1940-01-05	1940-09-12
1941	1941-01-03	1941-08-22
1942	1942-05-03	1942-10-28
1943	1943-02-17	1943-08-18
1944	1944-02-06	1944-12-20
1945	1945-02-17	1945-11-10
1946	1946-01-15	1946-12-25
1947	1947-02-10	1947-10-31
1948	1948-05-21	1948-12-28
1949	1949-02-27	1949-11-12
1950	1950-02-02	1950-12-19
1951	1951-03-13	1951-10-09
1952	1952-01-25	1952-10-30
1953	1953-01-31	1953-12-30
1954	1954-01-28	1954-12-11
1955	1955-02-12	1955-11-18
1956	1956-01-16	1956-09-02
1957	1957-01-31	1957-12-28
1958	1958-03-07	1958-12-15
1959	1959-07-22	1959-08-25
1960	1960-05-01	1960-11-17
1962	1962-01-17	1962-08-19
1963	1963-05-13	1963-12-17
1964	1964-02-06	1964-10-11
1965	1965-06-22	1965-12-07
1966	1966-01-11	1966-12-05
1967	1967-01-25	1967-08-18
1968	1968-01-03	1968-08-08
1969	1969-01-14	1969-10-28
1970	1970-04-22	1970-11-11
1971	1971-03-07	1971-12-07
1972	1972-01-10	1972-10-16
1973	1973-01-28	1973-12-30
1974	1974-01-04	1974-10-24
1975	1975-01-07	1975-12-14
1976	1976-01-05	1976-11-02
1977	1977-05-12	1977-12-02
1978	1978-05-11	1978-11-29
1979	1979-01-20	1979-11-14
1980	1980-04-18	1980-10-06
1981	1981-01-27	1981-12-12
1982	1982-01-25	1982-12-30
1983	1983-02-12	1983-12-07
1984	1984-01-14	1984-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Wilpena Head Station
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	79	27	1974	11
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	72	10	1973	3
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	33	3	1950	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	2	1939	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1904.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Wilpena Head Station Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Wilpena Head Station Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

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