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Canterbury Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Canterbury (ASN00086016): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Canterbury Thresholds

  • Canterbury: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 53 years, most in 1952 with 35.
  • Canterbury: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 52 years, most in 1942 with 11.
  • Canterbury: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 24 years, most in 1951 with 3.
  • Canterbury: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 2 years, most in 1934 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Canterbury.
53 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Canterbury Days per year at Canterbury with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 35 in 1952. 0102030401914: 161915: 131916: 301917: 201918: 251919: 161920: 221921: 261922: 231923: 131925: 111927: 61928: 151929: 231930: 221931: 261932: 261933: 151934: 281935: 241936: 161937: 171938: 141939: 311940: 201941: 281942: 221943: 171944: 261945: 141946: 241947: 281948: 171949: 251950: 231951: 231952: 351953: 251954: 241955: 301956: 271957: 161958: 281959: 291960: 231961: 211962: 191963: 191964: 261965: 211966: 241967: 131968: 19191419201928193419401946195219581964
Days per year at Canterbury with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 35 in 1952.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Canterbury
YearDaysDecade average
19141620
19151320
19163020
19172020
19182520
19191620
19202217.4
19212617.4
19222317.4
19231317.4
19251117.4
1927617.4
19281517.4
19292317.4
19302221.9
19312621.9
19322621.9
19331521.9
19342821.9
19352421.9
19361621.9
19371721.9
19381421.9
19393121.9
19402022.1
19412822.1
19422222.1
19431722.1
19442622.1
19451422.1
19462422.1
19472822.1
19481722.1
19492522.1
19502326
19512326
19523526
19532526
19542426
19553026
19562726
19571626
19582826
19592926
19602320.6
19612120.6
19621920.6
19631920.6
19642620.6
19652120.6
19662420.6
19671320.6
19681920.6
First to last qualifying date each year at Canterbury For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Canterbury meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1914: 13 March 1914 to 26 December 19141915: 7 January 1915 to 25 October 19151916: 28 January 1916 to 12 December 19161917: 21 February 1917 to 12 December 19171918: 14 January 1918 to 27 December 19181919: 7 January 1919 to 28 December 19191920: 27 January 1920 to 17 December 19201921: 2 January 1921 to 23 December 19211922: 8 January 1922 to 30 October 19221923: 25 January 1923 to 26 December 19231925: 13 January 1925 to 23 November 19251927: 24 February 1927 to 28 December 19271928: 20 January 1928 to 6 November 19281929: 30 January 1929 to 3 December 19291930: 21 February 1930 to 25 December 19301931: 26 January 1931 to 21 November 19311932: 6 February 1932 to 24 December 19321933: 27 January 1933 to 15 December 19331934: 9 January 1934 to 1 December 19341935: 3 January 1935 to 21 December 19351936: 10 January 1936 to 20 December 19361937: 19 January 1937 to 4 December 19371938: 15 January 1938 to 4 November 19381939: 17 February 1939 to 27 November 19391940: 6 January 1940 to 20 December 19401941: 4 January 1941 to 6 December 19411942: 20 January 1942 to 19 December 19421943: 17 January 1943 to 4 December 19431944: 23 January 1944 to 21 December 19441945: 31 January 1945 to 27 December 19451946: 17 January 1946 to 29 December 19461947: 5 February 1947 to 26 December 19471948: 5 January 1948 to 29 December 19481949: 16 January 1949 to 21 December 19491950: 1 February 1950 to 30 December 19501951: 7 January 1951 to 20 December 19511952: 5 January 1952 to 27 December 19521953: 6 January 1953 to 7 December 19531954: 31 January 1954 to 12 December 19541955: 28 January 1955 to 31 December 19551956: 5 January 1956 to 27 December 19561957: 14 March 1957 to 26 November 19571958: 31 January 1958 to 11 December 19581959: 26 January 1959 to 24 December 19591960: 9 January 1960 to 21 November 19601961: 1 January 1961 to 31 December 19611962: 17 January 1962 to 12 December 19621963: 14 January 1963 to 6 December 19631964: 10 February 1964 to 29 December 19641965: 5 April 1965 to 3 December 19651966: 13 January 1966 to 25 December 19661967: 13 January 1967 to 30 December 19671968: 21 January 1968 to 24 December 196819141921193019371944195119581965JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Canterbury meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Canterbury
YearFirst dateLast date
19141914-03-131914-12-26
19151915-01-071915-10-25
19161916-01-281916-12-12
19171917-02-211917-12-12
19181918-01-141918-12-27
19191919-01-071919-12-28
19201920-01-271920-12-17
19211921-01-021921-12-23
19221922-01-081922-10-30
19231923-01-251923-12-26
19251925-01-131925-11-23
19271927-02-241927-12-28
19281928-01-201928-11-06
19291929-01-301929-12-03
19301930-02-211930-12-25
19311931-01-261931-11-21
19321932-02-061932-12-24
19331933-01-271933-12-15
19341934-01-091934-12-01
19351935-01-031935-12-21
19361936-01-101936-12-20
19371937-01-191937-12-04
19381938-01-151938-11-04
19391939-02-171939-11-27
19401940-01-061940-12-20
19411941-01-041941-12-06
19421942-01-201942-12-19
19431943-01-171943-12-04
19441944-01-231944-12-21
19451945-01-311945-12-27
19461946-01-171946-12-29
19471947-02-051947-12-26
19481948-01-051948-12-29
19491949-01-161949-12-21
19501950-02-011950-12-30
19511951-01-071951-12-20
19521952-01-051952-12-27
19531953-01-061953-12-07
19541954-01-311954-12-12
19551955-01-281955-12-31
19561956-01-051956-12-27
19571957-03-141957-11-26
19581958-01-311958-12-11
19591959-01-261959-12-24
19601960-01-091960-11-21
19611961-01-011961-12-31
19621962-01-171962-12-12
19631963-01-141963-12-06
19641964-02-101964-12-29
19651965-04-051965-12-03
19661966-01-131966-12-25
19671967-01-131967-12-30
19681968-01-211968-12-24

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Canterbury
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain5335195219
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain521119422
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain24319511
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain2119341

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1914.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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