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Cape Capricorn Lighthouse Threshold Days by Year (ASN00039023)

10 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse (ASN00039023): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Capricorn Lighthouse Thresholds

  • Cape Capricorn Lighthouse: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 87 years, most in 1930 with 41.
  • Cape Capricorn Lighthouse: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 87 years, most in 1930 with 20.
  • Cape Capricorn Lighthouse: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 76 years, most in 1911 with 6.
  • Cape Capricorn Lighthouse: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 35 years, most in 1913 with 3.
  • 10 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse.
23 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse Days per year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 13 in 1978. 0510151958: 91959: 41960: 101961: 21962: 51963: 31969: 91970: 61971: 111972: 41974: 41975: 31976: 111977: 81978: 131979: 21980: 101981: 51982: 91983: 11984: 31985: 81986: 819581961196919721976197919821985
Days per year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 13 in 1978.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse
YearDaysDecade average
195896.5
195946.5
1960105.8
196125.8
196255.8
196335.8
196995.8
197066.9
1971116.9
197246.9
197446.9
197536.9
1976116.9
197786.9
1978136.9
197926.9
1980106.3
198156.3
198296.3
198316.3
198436.3
198586.3
198686.3
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse meeting 30 C (86 F). 1958: 24 January 1958 to 14 March 19581959: 21 January 1959 to 27 December 19591960: 9 January 1960 to 10 December 19601961: 13 January 1961 to 30 January 19611962: 9 January 1962 to 15 December 19621963: 6 January 1963 to 15 March 19631969: 5 January 1969 to 22 December 19691970: 2 January 1970 to 18 February 19701971: 5 January 1971 to 28 December 19711972: 16 January 1972 to 21 February 19721974: 6 February 1974 to 27 November 19741975: 13 January 1975 to 19 March 19751976: 25 January 1976 to 30 December 19761977: 3 January 1977 to 19 December 19771978: 13 January 1978 to 27 December 19781979: 5 December 1979 to 25 December 19791980: 14 January 1980 to 6 February 19801981: 14 February 1981 to 27 December 19811982: 3 January 1982 to 10 March 19821983: 20 October 1983 to 20 October 19831984: 29 February 1984 to 21 December 19841985: 2 January 1985 to 24 December 19851986: 1 January 1986 to 21 December 198619581961196919721976197919821985JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse
YearFirst dateLast date
19581958-01-241958-03-14
19591959-01-211959-12-27
19601960-01-091960-12-10
19611961-01-131961-01-30
19621962-01-091962-12-15
19631963-01-061963-03-15
19691969-01-051969-12-22
19701970-01-021970-02-18
19711971-01-051971-12-28
19721972-01-161972-02-21
19741974-02-061974-11-27
19751975-01-131975-03-19
19761976-01-251976-12-30
19771977-01-031977-12-19
19781978-01-131978-12-27
19791979-12-051979-12-25
19801980-01-141980-02-06
19811981-02-141981-12-27
19821982-01-031982-03-10
19831983-10-201983-10-20
19841984-02-291984-12-21
19851985-01-021985-12-24
19861986-01-011986-12-21

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Capricorn Lighthouse
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days231319788
35 C (95 F): Days2119611
90 F (32.2 C): Days7319711
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min252131983209
25 C (77 F): Days with min2535198227
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain8741193024
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain8720193010
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain76619112
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain35319131
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain4119051

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1958.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).