Built 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026)

Prairie West Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Prairie West (ASN00080098): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Prairie West Thresholds

  • Prairie West: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 41 years, most in 1973 with 27.
  • Prairie West: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 32 years, most in 1973 with 6.
  • Prairie West: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 7 years, most in 1974 with 2.
  • 3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Prairie West.
41 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Prairie West Days per year at Prairie West with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 27 in 1973. 01020301969: 151970: 121971: 71972: 81973: 271974: 191975: 131976: 51977: 41978: 141979: 161980: 91981: 131982: 61983: 181984: 121985: 111986: 111987: 121988: 151989: 171990: 81991: 121992: 181993: 161994: 81995: 161996: 111997: 81998: 91999: 152000: 112001: 82002: 42003: 122004: 62005: 92006: 82007: 92008: 112009: 9196919741979198419891994199920042009
Days per year at Prairie West with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 27 in 1973.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Prairie West
YearDaysDecade average
19691515
19701212.5
1971712.5
1972812.5
19732712.5
19741912.5
19751312.5
1976512.5
1977412.5
19781412.5
19791612.5
1980912.4
19811312.4
1982612.4
19831812.4
19841212.4
19851112.4
19861112.4
19871212.4
19881512.4
19891712.4
1990812.1
19911212.1
19921812.1
19931612.1
1994812.1
19951612.1
19961112.1
1997812.1
1998912.1
19991512.1
2000118.7
200188.7
200248.7
2003128.7
200468.7
200598.7
200688.7
200798.7
2008118.7
200998.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Prairie West For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Prairie West meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1969: 10 February 1969 to 2 December 19691970: 2 January 1970 to 12 November 19701971: 25 January 1971 to 23 December 19711972: 12 January 1972 to 19 August 19721973: 13 January 1973 to 30 December 19731974: 11 January 1974 to 25 October 19741975: 13 July 1975 to 14 December 19751976: 1 September 1976 to 24 December 19761977: 23 February 1977 to 13 September 19771978: 7 January 1978 to 14 December 19781979: 17 January 1979 to 24 November 19791980: 8 March 1980 to 14 December 19801981: 9 January 1981 to 2 November 19811982: 25 January 1982 to 12 June 19821983: 5 March 1983 to 7 December 19831984: 1 January 1984 to 13 November 19841985: 3 January 1985 to 9 December 19851986: 16 April 1986 to 23 October 19861987: 4 January 1987 to 2 December 19871988: 1 January 1988 to 18 December 19881989: 4 January 1989 to 14 December 19891990: 1 February 1990 to 18 July 19901991: 5 January 1991 to 31 December 19911992: 7 April 1992 to 21 December 19921993: 27 January 1993 to 12 December 19931994: 17 January 1994 to 8 June 19941995: 6 January 1995 to 28 October 19951996: 1 January 1996 to 26 December 19961997: 28 January 1997 to 14 November 19971998: 8 February 1998 to 28 November 19981999: 23 January 1999 to 28 December 19992000: 27 January 2000 to 16 November 20002001: 26 January 2001 to 14 October 20012002: 16 February 2002 to 31 December 20022003: 21 February 2003 to 22 December 20032004: 24 July 2004 to 11 December 20042005: 2 February 2005 to 8 November 20052006: 13 March 2006 to 3 November 20062007: 2 January 2007 to 22 December 20072008: 19 January 2008 to 18 December 20082009: 26 April 2009 to 31 December 20091969197519811987199319992005JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Prairie West meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Prairie West
YearFirst dateLast date
19691969-02-101969-12-02
19701970-01-021970-11-12
19711971-01-251971-12-23
19721972-01-121972-08-19
19731973-01-131973-12-30
19741974-01-111974-10-25
19751975-07-131975-12-14
19761976-09-011976-12-24
19771977-02-231977-09-13
19781978-01-071978-12-14
19791979-01-171979-11-24
19801980-03-081980-12-14
19811981-01-091981-11-02
19821982-01-251982-06-12
19831983-03-051983-12-07
19841984-01-011984-11-13
19851985-01-031985-12-09
19861986-04-161986-10-23
19871987-01-041987-12-02
19881988-01-011988-12-18
19891989-01-041989-12-14
19901990-02-011990-07-18
19911991-01-051991-12-31
19921992-04-071992-12-21
19931993-01-271993-12-12
19941994-01-171994-06-08
19951995-01-061995-10-28
19961996-01-011996-12-26
19971997-01-281997-11-14
19981998-02-081998-11-28
19991999-01-231999-12-28
20002000-01-272000-11-16
20012001-01-262001-10-14
20022002-02-162002-12-31
20032003-02-212003-12-22
20042004-07-242004-12-11
20052005-02-022005-11-08
20062006-03-132006-11-03
20072007-01-022007-12-22
20082008-01-192008-12-18
20092009-04-262009-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Prairie West
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain412719739
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain32619731
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain7219741

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1969.

Download the Data

  • Data for Prairie West threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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