Built 2026-10-18 (18 October 2026)

Stonehenge Threshold Days by Year

5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Stonehenge (ASN00037040): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Stonehenge Thresholds

  • Stonehenge: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 63 years, most in 1950 with 29.
  • Stonehenge: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 59 years, most in 1950 with 13.
  • Stonehenge: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1950 with 4.
  • Stonehenge: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 7 years, most in 1999 with 2.
  • 5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Stonehenge.
63 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Stonehenge Days per year at Stonehenge with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 29 in 1950. 01020301922: 101923: 11927: 41928: 41929: 71930: 151931: 161932: 61933: 111934: 91935: 91949: 171950: 291952: 71953: 121954: 131955: 181957: 41958: 101959: 71960: 151961: 51962: 71963: 121964: 41965: 61966: 71967: 81968: 101969: 51971: 131972: 61973: 171974: 121975: 91978: 161979: 101980: 121981: 131982: 71983: 101984: 161985: 81986: 81987: 121988: 61989: 151990: 121991: 101992: 91993: 81994: 81995: 111996: 81997: 131998: 101999: 152000: 182001: 102002: 12003: 82004: 102005: 9192219321953196119681978198519921999
Days per year at Stonehenge with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 29 in 1950.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Stonehenge
YearDaysDecade average
1922105.2
192315.2
192745.2
192845.2
192975.2
19301511
19311611
1932611
19331111
1934911
1935911
19491717
19502912.5
1952712.5
19531212.5
19541312.5
19551812.5
1957412.5
19581012.5
1959712.5
1960157.9
196157.9
196277.9
1963127.9
196447.9
196567.9
196677.9
196787.9
1968107.9
196957.9
19711311.9
1972611.9
19731711.9
19741211.9
1975911.9
19781611.9
19791011.9
19801210.7
19811310.7
1982710.7
19831010.7
19841610.7
1985810.7
1986810.7
19871210.7
1988610.7
19891510.7
19901210.4
19911010.4
1992910.4
1993810.4
1994810.4
19951110.4
1996810.4
19971310.4
19981010.4
19991510.4
2000189.3
2001109.3
200219.3
200389.3
2004109.3
200599.3
First to last qualifying date each year at Stonehenge For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Stonehenge meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1922: 1 February 1922 to 20 December 19221923: 10 February 1923 to 10 February 19231927: 22 January 1927 to 23 December 19271928: 18 February 1928 to 15 December 19281929: 27 March 1929 to 2 December 19291930: 23 January 1930 to 4 December 19301931: 13 March 1931 to 6 December 19311932: 10 April 1932 to 7 June 19321933: 3 February 1933 to 4 December 19331934: 28 January 1934 to 8 November 19341935: 6 April 1935 to 25 November 19351949: 8 January 1949 to 20 November 19491950: 11 January 1950 to 31 December 19501952: 16 February 1952 to 26 November 19521953: 6 January 1953 to 16 December 19531954: 17 January 1954 to 4 December 19541955: 20 January 1955 to 18 October 19551957: 18 January 1957 to 30 June 19571958: 3 January 1958 to 29 December 19581959: 27 January 1959 to 18 December 19591960: 9 January 1960 to 27 December 19601961: 16 February 1961 to 14 December 19611962: 29 March 1962 to 27 December 19621963: 10 January 1963 to 25 October 19631964: 13 January 1964 to 26 December 19641965: 9 March 1965 to 21 December 19651966: 6 January 1966 to 2 November 19661967: 26 February 1967 to 7 December 19671968: 15 January 1968 to 24 December 19681969: 15 March 1969 to 22 December 19691971: 15 January 1971 to 27 December 19711972: 4 January 1972 to 29 November 19721973: 13 January 1973 to 31 December 19731974: 5 January 1974 to 31 December 19741975: 25 January 1975 to 27 December 19751978: 25 January 1978 to 4 December 19781979: 20 January 1979 to 29 December 19791980: 5 January 1980 to 25 August 19801981: 15 January 1981 to 20 November 19811982: 9 January 1982 to 18 August 19821983: 26 February 1983 to 3 December 19831984: 2 January 1984 to 20 December 19841985: 29 January 1985 to 9 December 19851986: 17 January 1986 to 7 December 19861987: 24 January 1987 to 29 December 19871988: 1 April 1988 to 27 December 19881989: 4 February 1989 to 14 December 19891990: 21 February 1990 to 20 October 19901991: 16 January 1991 to 11 December 19911992: 30 January 1992 to 18 December 19921993: 2 January 1993 to 10 December 19931994: 25 January 1994 to 1 December 19941995: 8 January 1995 to 21 November 19951996: 1 January 1996 to 7 December 19961997: 6 January 1997 to 22 December 19971998: 12 January 1998 to 31 December 19981999: 1 January 1999 to 27 December 19992000: 16 February 2000 to 16 December 20002001: 11 January 2001 to 16 December 20012002: 8 January 2002 to 8 January 20022003: 9 February 2003 to 5 December 20032004: 8 January 2004 to 20 November 20042005: 6 January 2005 to 1 August 200519221933195519641973198319911999JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Stonehenge meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Stonehenge
YearFirst dateLast date
19221922-02-011922-12-20
19231923-02-101923-02-10
19271927-01-221927-12-23
19281928-02-181928-12-15
19291929-03-271929-12-02
19301930-01-231930-12-04
19311931-03-131931-12-06
19321932-04-101932-06-07
19331933-02-031933-12-04
19341934-01-281934-11-08
19351935-04-061935-11-25
19491949-01-081949-11-20
19501950-01-111950-12-31
19521952-02-161952-11-26
19531953-01-061953-12-16
19541954-01-171954-12-04
19551955-01-201955-10-18
19571957-01-181957-06-30
19581958-01-031958-12-29
19591959-01-271959-12-18
19601960-01-091960-12-27
19611961-02-161961-12-14
19621962-03-291962-12-27
19631963-01-101963-10-25
19641964-01-131964-12-26
19651965-03-091965-12-21
19661966-01-061966-11-02
19671967-02-261967-12-07
19681968-01-151968-12-24
19691969-03-151969-12-22
19711971-01-151971-12-27
19721972-01-041972-11-29
19731973-01-131973-12-31
19741974-01-051974-12-31
19751975-01-251975-12-27
19781978-01-251978-12-04
19791979-01-201979-12-29
19801980-01-051980-08-25
19811981-01-151981-11-20
19821982-01-091982-08-18
19831983-02-261983-12-03
19841984-01-021984-12-20
19851985-01-291985-12-09
19861986-01-171986-12-07
19871987-01-241987-12-29
19881988-04-011988-12-27
19891989-02-041989-12-14
19901990-02-211990-10-20
19911991-01-161991-12-11
19921992-01-301992-12-18
19931993-01-021993-12-10
19941994-01-251994-12-01
19951995-01-081995-11-21
19961996-01-011996-12-07
19971997-01-061997-12-22
19981998-01-121998-12-31
19991999-01-011999-12-27
20002000-02-162000-12-16
20012001-01-112001-12-16
20022002-01-082002-01-08
20032003-02-092003-12-05
20042004-01-082004-11-20
20052005-01-062005-08-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Stonehenge
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain632919509
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain591319501
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain37419501
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain7219991
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain1119791

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1922.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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