Built 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026)

Waratah Threshold Days by Year

5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Waratah (ASN00033242): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Waratah Thresholds

  • Waratah: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1974 with 48.
  • Waratah: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1973 with 19.
  • Waratah: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1955 with 8.
  • Waratah: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 18 years, most in 1955 with 4.
  • 5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Waratah.
30 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Waratah Days per year at Waratah with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 48 in 1974. 02040601949: 171950: 301951: 171952: 251953: 211954: 301955: 231956: 461957: 181958: 341960: 181961: 131962: 191963: 221964: 151965: 91966: 121967: 201968: 241969: 111970: 161972: 191973: 361974: 481975: 211977: 181979: 151983: 301984: 231985: 161949195219551958196219651968197219751983
Days per year at Waratah with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 48 in 1974.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Waratah
YearDaysDecade average
19491717
19503027.1
19511727.1
19522527.1
19532127.1
19543027.1
19552327.1
19564627.1
19571827.1
19583427.1
19601816.3
19611316.3
19621916.3
19632216.3
19641516.3
1965916.3
19661216.3
19672016.3
19682416.3
19691116.3
19701624.7
19721924.7
19733624.7
19744824.7
19752124.7
19771824.7
19791524.7
19833023
19842323
19851623
First to last qualifying date each year at Waratah For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Waratah meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1949: 5 February 1949 to 28 November 19491950: 16 January 1950 to 24 November 19501951: 8 January 1951 to 20 December 19511952: 10 January 1952 to 8 November 19521953: 1 January 1953 to 1 December 19531954: 2 January 1954 to 14 December 19541955: 4 January 1955 to 15 December 19551956: 3 January 1956 to 25 December 19561957: 7 January 1957 to 11 December 19571958: 1 January 1958 to 30 December 19581960: 6 January 1960 to 26 December 19601961: 27 January 1961 to 27 December 19611962: 7 January 1962 to 30 December 19621963: 7 January 1963 to 12 December 19631964: 1 January 1964 to 6 December 19641965: 10 March 1965 to 15 December 19651966: 23 January 1966 to 31 December 19661967: 5 January 1967 to 7 December 19671968: 5 January 1968 to 4 December 19681969: 22 January 1969 to 24 December 19691970: 16 January 1970 to 29 December 19701972: 2 January 1972 to 27 November 19721973: 10 January 1973 to 31 December 19731974: 1 January 1974 to 29 December 19741975: 9 January 1975 to 28 December 19751977: 31 January 1977 to 22 December 19771979: 23 January 1979 to 30 December 19791983: 3 January 1983 to 3 December 19831984: 17 January 1984 to 30 December 19841985: 24 January 1985 to 19 December 198519491953195719621966197019751984JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Waratah meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Waratah
YearFirst dateLast date
19491949-02-051949-11-28
19501950-01-161950-11-24
19511951-01-081951-12-20
19521952-01-101952-11-08
19531953-01-011953-12-01
19541954-01-021954-12-14
19551955-01-041955-12-15
19561956-01-031956-12-25
19571957-01-071957-12-11
19581958-01-011958-12-30
19601960-01-061960-12-26
19611961-01-271961-12-27
19621962-01-071962-12-30
19631963-01-071963-12-12
19641964-01-011964-12-06
19651965-03-101965-12-15
19661966-01-231966-12-31
19671967-01-051967-12-07
19681968-01-051968-12-04
19691969-01-221969-12-24
19701970-01-161970-12-29
19721972-01-021972-11-27
19731973-01-101973-12-31
19741974-01-011974-12-29
19751975-01-091975-12-28
19771977-01-311977-12-22
19791979-01-231979-12-30
19831983-01-031983-12-03
19841984-01-171984-12-30
19851985-01-241985-12-19

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Waratah
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3048197416
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain301919738
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain30819552
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain18419552
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain4219511

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

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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).