Wantiool (Caithness) Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Wantiool (Caithness) (ASN00073045): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Wantiool (Caithness) Thresholds

Wantiool (Caithness): days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 87 years, most in 1894 with 32.
Wantiool (Caithness): days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 84 years, most in 1931 with 9.
Wantiool (Caithness): days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 28 years, most in 1891 with 3.
Wantiool (Caithness): days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1974 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Wantiool (Caithness).

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

87 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Wantiool (Caithness) with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 32 in 1894.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Wantiool (Caithness)
Year	Days	Decade average
1890	22	19.2
1891	26	19.2
1892	22	19.2
1893	23	19.2
1894	32	19.2
1895	16	19.2
1896	13	19.2
1897	9	19.2
1898	12	19.2
1899	17	19.2
1900	27	17.6
1901	13	17.6
1902	10	17.6
1903	16	17.6
1904	16	17.6
1905	19	17.6
1906	28	17.6
1907	14	17.6
1908	13	17.6
1909	20	17.6
1910	18	16.5
1911	26	16.5
1912	10	16.5
1913	13	16.5
1914	9	16.5
1915	13	16.5
1916	27	16.5
1917	25	16.5
1918	12	16.5
1919	12	16.5
1920	26	17.8
1921	20	17.8
1922	16	17.8
1923	16	17.8
1924	20	17.8
1925	21	17.8
1926	20	17.8
1927	13	17.8
1928	17	17.8
1929	9	17.8
1930	19	20.2
1931	20	20.2
1932	18	20.2
1933	18	20.2
1934	30	20.2
1935	15	20.2
1936	21	20.2
1937	16	20.2
1938	17	20.2
1939	28	20.2
1940	7	15.4
1941	13	15.4
1942	18	15.4
1948	14	15.4
1949	25	15.4
1950	32	19.8
1951	13	19.8
1952	20	19.8
1953	16	19.8
1954	20	19.8
1955	23	19.8
1956	27	19.8
1957	11	19.8
1958	18	19.8
1959	18	19.8
1960	14	17.3
1961	18	17.3
1962	21	17.3
1963	18	17.3
1964	17	17.3
1965	16	17.3
1966	21	17.3
1967	8	17.3
1968	17	17.3
1969	23	17.3
1970	16	18.1
1971	23	18.1
1972	13	18.1
1973	23	18.1
1974	27	18.1
1975	18	18.1
1976	15	18.1
1977	14	18.1
1978	21	18.1
1979	11	18.1
1980	16	18
1981	20	18

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wantiool (Caithness) meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Wantiool (Caithness)
Year	First date	Last date
1890	1890-02-11	1890-12-29
1891	1891-01-06	1891-12-02
1892	1892-01-12	1892-11-10
1893	1893-01-06	1893-12-29
1894	1894-01-26	1894-12-16
1895	1895-01-05	1895-12-11
1896	1896-01-25	1896-12-03
1897	1897-01-09	1897-09-22
1898	1898-01-01	1898-12-23
1899	1899-01-11	1899-11-17
1900	1900-03-03	1900-12-04
1901	1901-03-04	1901-11-15
1902	1902-03-27	1902-12-19
1903	1903-03-05	1903-12-21
1904	1904-01-03	1904-12-18
1905	1905-01-04	1905-12-31
1906	1906-03-02	1906-12-18
1907	1907-01-27	1907-12-28
1908	1908-02-01	1908-11-23
1909	1909-01-18	1909-10-18
1910	1910-01-11	1910-12-01
1911	1911-01-13	1911-12-13
1912	1912-06-10	1912-12-04
1913	1913-01-03	1913-10-15
1914	1914-03-21	1914-12-15
1915	1915-01-01	1915-12-10
1916	1916-01-29	1916-12-09
1917	1917-01-02	1917-12-13
1918	1918-01-11	1918-08-09
1919	1919-02-18	1919-12-28
1920	1920-01-17	1920-12-28
1921	1921-01-03	1921-12-27
1922	1922-01-13	1922-12-07
1923	1923-05-10	1923-12-27
1924	1924-01-03	1924-12-15
1925	1925-01-13	1925-11-21
1926	1926-01-06	1926-12-18
1927	1927-01-18	1927-12-17
1928	1928-01-19	1928-10-15
1929	1929-02-17	1929-12-02
1930	1930-02-12	1930-12-25
1931	1931-01-02	1931-11-17
1932	1932-03-09	1932-12-16
1933	1933-01-21	1933-12-15
1934	1934-01-07	1934-12-09
1935	1935-01-15	1935-12-04
1936	1936-01-09	1936-12-19
1937	1937-01-19	1937-12-04
1938	1938-01-15	1938-11-28
1939	1939-02-27	1939-11-17
1940	1940-01-18	1940-12-29
1941	1941-01-03	1941-11-11
1942	1942-02-14	1942-11-22
1948	1948-01-02	1948-12-30
1949	1949-01-26	1949-12-20
1950	1950-01-17	1950-12-21
1951	1951-01-07	1951-11-27
1952	1952-03-22	1952-12-11
1953	1953-01-06	1953-11-06
1954	1954-01-29	1954-12-11
1955	1955-01-26	1955-11-24
1956	1956-01-03	1956-12-14
1957	1957-01-19	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-30	1958-12-17
1959	1959-02-12	1959-11-30
1960	1960-01-04	1960-12-04
1961	1961-01-01	1961-12-18
1962	1962-01-18	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-03	1963-12-12
1964	1964-01-09	1964-12-23
1965	1965-04-11	1965-12-06
1966	1966-01-30	1966-12-14
1967	1967-01-20	1967-10-12
1968	1968-01-05	1968-12-26
1969	1969-01-15	1969-12-12
1970	1970-01-09	1970-11-11
1971	1971-01-14	1971-12-27
1972	1972-01-05	1972-11-20
1973	1973-01-13	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-05	1974-11-27
1975	1975-02-12	1975-12-29
1976	1976-01-07	1976-12-24
1977	1977-01-02	1977-11-29
1978	1978-01-06	1978-12-04
1979	1979-04-02	1979-11-24
1980	1980-01-04	1980-12-17
1981	1981-01-07	1981-12-25

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Wantiool (Caithness)
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	87	32	1894	20
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	84	9	1931	3
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	28	3	1891	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	1	1974	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1890.

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

Wantiool (Caithness) Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Wantiool (Caithness) Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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