Canberra Airport Comparison Threshold Days by Year

13 fixed thresholds counted per year at Canberra Airport Comparison (ASN00070014): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Canberra Airport Comparison Thresholds

Canberra Airport Comparison: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 71 years, most in 2006 with 65.
Canberra Airport Comparison: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 71 years, most in 2009 with 38.
Canberra Airport Comparison: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 71 years, most in 1957 with 96.
Canberra Airport Comparison: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 70 years, most in 1950 with 31.
13 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Canberra Airport Comparison.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

71 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Canberra Airport Comparison with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 2006.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Canberra Airport Comparison
Year	Days	Decade average
1940	59	35.6
1941	27	35.6
1942	42	35.6
1943	30	35.6
1944	42	35.6
1945	35	35.6
1946	39	35.6
1947	33	35.6
1948	26	35.6
1949	23	35.6
1950	22	23.2
1951	28	23.2
1952	32	23.2
1953	23	23.2
1954	17	23.2
1955	17	23.2
1956	11	23.2
1957	39	23.2
1958	20	23.2
1959	23	23.2
1960	29	29.8
1961	20	29.8
1962	6	29.8
1963	24	29.8
1964	27	29.8
1965	39	29.8
1966	30	29.8
1967	32	29.8
1968	56	29.8
1969	35	29.8
1970	18	25.1
1971	11	25.1
1972	18	25.1
1973	29	25.1
1974	14	25.1
1975	30	25.1
1976	13	25.1
1977	36	25.1
1978	28	25.1
1979	54	25.1
1980	43	34
1981	41	34
1982	53	34
1983	48	34
1984	10	34
1985	28	34
1986	30	34
1987	32	34
1988	35	34
1989	20	34
1990	33	30.5
1991	50	30.5
1992	6	30.5
1993	22	30.5
1994	42	30.5
1995	14	30.5
1996	18	30.5
1997	46	30.5
1998	49	30.5
1999	25	30.5
2000	34	44.7
2001	37	44.7
2002	37	44.7
2003	38	44.7
2004	45	44.7
2005	43	44.7
2006	65	44.7
2007	54	44.7
2008	30	44.7
2009	64	44.7
2010	26	26

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Canberra Airport Comparison meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Canberra Airport Comparison
Year	First date	Last date
1940	1940-01-03	1940-12-27
1941	1941-01-01	1941-12-27
1942	1942-01-01	1942-12-27
1943	1943-01-08	1943-12-14
1944	1944-01-02	1944-12-30
1945	1945-01-05	1945-12-31
1946	1946-01-01	1946-12-27
1947	1947-01-01	1947-12-30
1948	1948-01-20	1948-12-28
1949	1949-01-21	1949-12-31
1950	1950-01-05	1950-12-20
1951	1951-01-05	1951-12-30
1952	1952-01-02	1952-12-28
1953	1953-01-19	1953-12-30
1954	1954-01-09	1954-12-31
1955	1955-01-01	1955-12-16
1956	1956-01-08	1956-12-31
1957	1957-01-03	1957-12-28
1958	1958-01-09	1958-12-27
1959	1959-01-06	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-01	1960-12-31
1961	1961-01-23	1961-12-28
1962	1962-01-15	1962-12-17
1963	1963-01-22	1963-12-29
1964	1964-01-05	1964-12-28
1965	1965-01-04	1965-12-30
1966	1966-01-04	1966-12-30
1967	1967-01-07	1967-12-29
1968	1968-01-09	1968-12-23
1969	1969-01-08	1969-12-29
1970	1970-01-10	1970-12-21
1971	1971-01-08	1971-12-25
1972	1972-01-09	1972-12-30
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-29
1974	1974-01-04	1974-12-27
1975	1975-01-01	1975-12-30
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-07	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-01	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-31
1980	1980-01-11	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-31
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-27
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-25
1984	1984-01-07	1984-12-25
1985	1985-01-02	1985-12-26
1986	1986-01-08	1986-12-30
1987	1987-01-06	1987-12-27
1988	1988-01-06	1988-12-24
1989	1989-01-09	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-27
1992	1992-01-20	1992-02-22
1993	1993-01-01	1993-12-20
1994	1994-01-02	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-31
1996	1996-01-13	1996-12-25
1997	1997-01-05	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-26
1999	1999-01-01	1999-12-07
2000	2000-01-18	2000-12-22
2001	2001-01-02	2001-12-31
2002	2002-01-05	2002-12-30
2003	2003-01-05	2003-12-31
2004	2004-01-01	2004-12-24
2005	2005-01-01	2005-12-31
2006	2006-01-01	2006-12-22
2007	2007-01-05	2007-12-31
2008	2008-01-01	2008-12-26
2009	2009-01-04	2009-12-29
2010	2010-01-05	2010-02-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Canberra Airport Comparison
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	71	65	2006	26
35 C (95 F): Days	63	17	2009	8
40 C (104 F): Days	5	2	1968	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	71	38	2009	17
100 F (37.8 C): Days	28	7	2009	4
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	71	96	1957	49
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	1	1	1971	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	34	8	1973	4
25 C (77 F): Days with min	2	1	1946	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	70	31	1950	15
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	70	11	1974	3
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	31	5	1950	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1959	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1940.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Canberra Airport Comparison Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Canberra Airport Comparison Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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