Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Essendon Airport Threshold Days by Year (ASN00086038)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Essendon Airport (ASN00086038): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Essendon Airport Thresholds

  • Essendon Airport: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 69 years, most in 1974 with 24.
  • Essendon Airport: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 64 years, most in 1932 with 6.
  • Essendon Airport: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 54 years, most in 2017 with 55.
  • Essendon Airport: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 54 years, most in 2019 with 22.
  • 14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Essendon Airport.
54 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Essendon Airport Days per year at Essendon Airport with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 55 in 2017. 02040601940: 371941: 281942: 301943: 301944: 341945: 211946: 201947: 311948: 231949: 151950: 261951: 381952: 271953: 281954: 251955: 261956: 251957: 291958: 181959: 301960: 321961: 421962: 291963: 291964: 261965: 331966: 291967: 311968: 391969: 281970: 202004: 232005: 362006: 382007: 462008: 362009: 462010: 322011: 172012: 342013: 402014: 432015: 452016: 372017: 552018: 422019: 442020: 282021: 272022: 372023: 272024: 432025: 472026: 23194019461952195819641970200920152021
Days per year at Essendon Airport with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 55 in 2017.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Essendon Airport
YearDaysDecade average
19403726.9
19412826.9
19423026.9
19433026.9
19443426.9
19452126.9
19462026.9
19473126.9
19482326.9
19491526.9
19502627.2
19513827.2
19522727.2
19532827.2
19542527.2
19552627.2
19562527.2
19572927.2
19581827.2
19593027.2
19603231.8
19614231.8
19622931.8
19632931.8
19642631.8
19653331.8
19662931.8
19673131.8
19683931.8
19692831.8
19702020
20042337.5
20053637.5
20063837.5
20074637.5
20083637.5
20094637.5
20103238.9
20111738.9
20123438.9
20134038.9
20144338.9
20154538.9
20163738.9
20175538.9
20184238.9
20194438.9
20202833.1
20212733.1
20223733.1
20232733.1
20244333.1
20254733.1
20262333.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Essendon Airport For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Essendon Airport meeting 30 C (86 F). 1940: 2 January 1940 to 30 December 19401941: 14 January 1941 to 27 December 19411942: 3 January 1942 to 27 December 19421943: 1 January 1943 to 31 December 19431944: 1 January 1944 to 29 December 19441945: 4 January 1945 to 30 December 19451946: 4 January 1946 to 28 December 19461947: 5 January 1947 to 30 December 19471948: 19 January 1948 to 27 December 19481949: 12 January 1949 to 30 December 19491950: 4 January 1950 to 29 December 19501951: 2 January 1951 to 27 December 19511952: 3 January 1952 to 25 December 19521953: 4 January 1953 to 26 December 19531954: 7 January 1954 to 31 December 19541955: 2 January 1955 to 19 December 19551956: 7 January 1956 to 28 December 19561957: 2 January 1957 to 28 December 19571958: 9 January 1958 to 5 December 19581959: 4 January 1959 to 30 December 19591960: 6 January 1960 to 31 December 19601961: 7 January 1961 to 28 December 19611962: 6 January 1962 to 31 December 19621963: 8 January 1963 to 28 December 19631964: 5 January 1964 to 21 December 19641965: 9 January 1965 to 30 December 19651966: 9 January 1966 to 28 December 19661967: 5 January 1967 to 27 December 19671968: 8 January 1968 to 30 December 19681969: 7 January 1969 to 28 December 19691970: 9 January 1970 to 27 December 19702004: 2 January 2004 to 31 December 20042005: 10 January 2005 to 31 December 20052006: 1 January 2006 to 30 December 20062007: 2 January 2007 to 31 December 20072008: 1 January 2008 to 22 December 20082009: 6 January 2009 to 31 December 20092010: 8 January 2010 to 31 December 20102011: 6 January 2011 to 31 December 20112012: 1 January 2012 to 27 December 20122013: 3 January 2013 to 28 December 20132014: 9 January 2014 to 28 December 20142015: 2 January 2015 to 31 December 20152016: 10 January 2016 to 30 December 20162017: 4 January 2017 to 28 December 20172018: 5 January 2018 to 28 December 20182019: 3 January 2019 to 30 December 20192020: 3 January 2020 to 27 December 20202021: 1 January 2021 to 31 December 20212022: 1 January 2022 to 31 December 20222023: 1 January 2023 to 13 December 20232024: 6 January 2024 to 26 December 20242025: 4 January 2025 to 30 December 20252026: 3 January 2026 to 23 March 202619401947195419611968200820152022JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Essendon Airport meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Essendon Airport
YearFirst dateLast date
19401940-01-021940-12-30
19411941-01-141941-12-27
19421942-01-031942-12-27
19431943-01-011943-12-31
19441944-01-011944-12-29
19451945-01-041945-12-30
19461946-01-041946-12-28
19471947-01-051947-12-30
19481948-01-191948-12-27
19491949-01-121949-12-30
19501950-01-041950-12-29
19511951-01-021951-12-27
19521952-01-031952-12-25
19531953-01-041953-12-26
19541954-01-071954-12-31
19551955-01-021955-12-19
19561956-01-071956-12-28
19571957-01-021957-12-28
19581958-01-091958-12-05
19591959-01-041959-12-30
19601960-01-061960-12-31
19611961-01-071961-12-28
19621962-01-061962-12-31
19631963-01-081963-12-28
19641964-01-051964-12-21
19651965-01-091965-12-30
19661966-01-091966-12-28
19671967-01-051967-12-27
19681968-01-081968-12-30
19691969-01-071969-12-28
19701970-01-091970-12-27
20042004-01-022004-12-31
20052005-01-102005-12-31
20062006-01-012006-12-30
20072007-01-022007-12-31
20082008-01-012008-12-22
20092009-01-062009-12-31
20102010-01-082010-12-31
20112011-01-062011-12-31
20122012-01-012012-12-27
20132013-01-032013-12-28
20142014-01-092014-12-28
20152015-01-022015-12-31
20162016-01-102016-12-30
20172017-01-042017-12-28
20182018-01-052018-12-28
20192019-01-032019-12-30
20202020-01-032020-12-27
20212021-01-012021-12-31
20222022-01-012022-12-31
20232023-01-012023-12-13
20242024-01-062024-12-26
20252025-01-042025-12-30
20262026-01-032026-03-23

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Essendon Airport
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days5455201723
35 C (95 F): Days542220196
40 C (104 F): Days35920193
45 C (113 F): Days3119681
90 F (32.2 C): Days5435201713
100 F (37.8 C): Days501320194
110 F (43.3 C): Days10420092
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min42719442
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min491520184
25 C (77 F): Days with min17219431
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain6924197415
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain64619322
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain28319771
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain3119631

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 . Last revised (2026-10-17).