Lightning Ridge Post Office Threshold Days by Year (ASN00048054)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Lightning Ridge Post Office (ASN00048054): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Lightning Ridge Post Office Thresholds

Lightning Ridge Post Office: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 97 years, most in 2010 with 39.
Lightning Ridge Post Office: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 93 years, most in 2010 with 19.
Lightning Ridge Post Office: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 56 years, most in 2010 with 9.
Lightning Ridge Post Office: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 12 years, most in 1947 with 2.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Lightning Ridge Post Office.

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

97 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Lightning Ridge Post Office with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 39 in 2010.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Lightning Ridge Post Office
Year	Days	Decade average
1888	7	20.5
1889	34	20.5
1890	29	21.3
1891	26	21.3
1892	15	21.3
1893	15	21.3
1907	14	17.7
1908	17	17.7
1909	22	17.7
1912	12	13.9
1913	16	13.9
1914	13	13.9
1915	11	13.9
1916	20	13.9
1917	16	13.9
1918	9	13.9
1929	8	8
1930	13	13.2
1931	15	13.2
1932	10	13.2
1933	19	13.2
1934	15	13.2
1935	7	13.2
1936	18	13.2
1937	8	13.2
1938	11	13.2
1939	16	13.2
1940	9	11.8
1941	9	11.8
1942	18	11.8
1943	11	11.8
1944	6	11.8
1945	12	11.8
1946	7	11.8
1947	16	11.8
1948	15	11.8
1949	15	11.8
1950	28	17.2
1951	12	17.2
1952	16	17.2
1953	14	17.2
1954	10	17.2
1955	23	17.2
1956	22	17.2
1957	10	17.2
1958	19	17.2
1959	18	17.2
1960	11	13.2
1961	17	13.2
1962	16	13.2
1963	17	13.2
1964	16	13.2
1965	9	13.2
1966	13	13.2
1967	6	13.2
1968	14	13.2
1969	13	13.2
1970	16	13
1971	15	13
1972	6	13
1974	17	13
1975	11	13
1976	19	13
1977	9	13
1978	17	13
1979	7	13
1980	7	13.6
1981	9	13.6
1982	12	13.6
1983	22	13.6
1984	22	13.6
1985	9	13.6
1986	10	13.6
1987	15	13.6
1988	18	13.6
1989	12	13.6
1990	16	13.3
1991	12	13.3
1992	11	13.3
1993	16	13.3
1994	10	13.3
1995	15	13.3
1996	16	13.3
1997	6	13.3
1998	18	13.3
2000	13	11.6
2001	7	11.6
2002	7	11.6
2003	12	11.6
2004	21	11.6
2005	11	11.6
2006	7	11.6
2007	10	11.6
2009	16	11.6
2010	39	33.7
2011	29	33.7
2012	33	33.7

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Lightning Ridge Post Office meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Lightning Ridge Post Office
Year	First date	Last date
1888	1888-01-03	1888-10-31
1889	1889-01-24	1889-12-20
1890	1890-01-11	1890-12-29
1891	1891-01-05	1891-12-01
1892	1892-01-27	1892-12-03
1893	1893-01-18	1893-12-15
1907	1907-01-10	1907-12-28
1908	1908-02-01	1908-12-22
1909	1909-01-20	1909-12-24
1912	1912-02-15	1912-12-23
1913	1913-01-07	1913-12-26
1914	1914-01-13	1914-12-22
1915	1915-04-03	1915-12-15
1916	1916-04-03	1916-12-24
1917	1917-01-19	1917-12-24
1918	1918-01-10	1918-10-31
1929	1929-02-06	1929-11-18
1930	1930-01-24	1930-12-08
1931	1931-03-03	1931-12-05
1932	1932-02-01	1932-09-19
1933	1933-01-26	1933-12-07
1934	1934-01-31	1934-12-29
1935	1935-01-07	1935-12-04
1936	1936-01-07	1936-12-16
1937	1937-02-08	1937-10-16
1938	1938-01-11	1938-10-23
1939	1939-01-25	1939-08-01
1940	1940-01-29	1940-12-28
1941	1941-01-04	1941-10-12
1942	1942-02-10	1942-12-12
1943	1943-01-02	1943-10-25
1944	1944-02-08	1944-08-10
1945	1945-02-24	1945-12-19
1946	1946-01-19	1946-11-18
1947	1947-02-01	1947-12-11
1948	1948-01-02	1948-12-30
1949	1949-01-09	1949-11-22
1950	1950-01-18	1950-11-23
1951	1951-01-08	1951-11-27
1952	1952-02-19	1952-11-27
1953	1953-01-06	1953-11-24
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-05
1955	1955-01-21	1955-12-18
1956	1956-01-19	1956-12-14
1957	1957-02-05	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-29	1958-12-26
1959	1959-01-22	1959-10-10
1960	1960-01-22	1960-12-13
1961	1961-01-03	1961-12-16
1962	1962-01-01	1962-12-30
1963	1963-01-10	1963-12-13
1964	1964-01-13	1964-12-22
1965	1965-01-26	1965-12-15
1966	1966-01-07	1966-12-05
1967	1967-01-26	1967-12-08
1968	1968-01-05	1968-12-24
1969	1969-02-24	1969-11-13
1970	1970-01-16	1970-12-22
1971	1971-01-14	1971-11-27
1972	1972-01-13	1972-11-28
1974	1974-01-07	1974-11-17
1975	1975-01-03	1975-12-28
1976	1976-01-01	1976-11-01
1977	1977-01-13	1977-05-28
1978	1978-01-06	1978-12-26
1979	1979-03-04	1979-10-24
1980	1980-01-09	1980-12-28
1981	1981-01-21	1981-11-20
1982	1982-01-17	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-04
1984	1984-01-01	1984-11-11
1985	1985-02-20	1985-12-07
1986	1986-05-06	1986-11-13
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-29
1988	1988-01-03	1988-12-27
1989	1989-02-08	1989-12-14
1990	1990-03-30	1990-12-30
1991	1991-01-05	1991-12-29
1992	1992-01-31	1992-12-14
1993	1993-02-11	1993-12-08
1994	1994-02-03	1994-12-25
1995	1995-01-07	1995-12-02
1996	1996-01-02	1996-12-08
1997	1997-01-26	1997-12-15
1998	1998-01-14	1998-11-26
2000	2000-02-23	2000-11-16
2001	2001-01-17	2001-11-25
2002	2002-02-15	2002-12-20
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-17
2004	2004-01-14	2004-12-20
2005	2005-01-25	2005-12-03
2006	2006-02-16	2006-12-25
2007	2007-01-02	2007-12-22
2009	2009-02-13	2009-12-26
2010	2010-01-17	2010-12-25
2011	2011-01-03	2011-12-20
2012	2012-01-08	2012-12-26

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Lightning Ridge Post Office
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	97	39	2010	33
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	93	19	2010	19
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	56	9	2010	4
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	12	2	1947	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1888.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Lightning Ridge Post Office Threshold Days by Year (ASN00048054)

Key Facts for Lightning Ridge Post Office Thresholds

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

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