Darfield Threshold Days by Year (CA001162265)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Darfield (CA001162265): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Darfield Thresholds

Darfield: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 27 years, most in 1969 with 16.
Darfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 21 years, most in 1967 with 47.
Darfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 21 years, most in 1967 with 27.
Darfield: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 21 years, most in 1982 with 71.
14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Darfield.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

21 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Darfield with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 47 in 1967.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Darfield
Year	Days	Decade average
1963	21	21.9
1964	8	21.9
1965	22	21.9
1966	9	21.9
1967	47	21.9
1968	21	21.9
1969	25	21.9
1970	40	29.1
1971	34	29.1
1972	23	29.1
1973	35	29.1
1974	29	29.1
1975	16	29.1
1976	8	29.1
1977	32	29.1
1978	37	29.1
1979	37	29.1
1980	11	18.5
1981	26	18.5
1982	18	18.5
1983	19	18.5

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Darfield
Year	First date	Last date
1963	1963-05-21	1963-09-08
1964	1964-07-01	1964-08-11
1965	1965-06-08	1965-08-22
1966	1966-05-05	1966-09-05
1967	1967-06-02	1967-09-05
1968	1968-05-18	1968-08-10
1969	1969-05-23	1969-08-24
1970	1970-06-01	1970-08-25
1971	1971-07-14	1971-08-30
1972	1972-05-28	1972-08-28
1973	1973-05-13	1973-09-11
1974	1974-06-12	1974-09-03
1975	1975-07-01	1975-08-14
1976	1976-06-28	1976-07-25
1977	1977-04-24	1977-08-21
1978	1978-06-01	1978-08-09
1979	1979-06-02	1979-09-15
1980	1980-05-05	1980-08-10
1981	1981-06-25	1981-08-25
1982	1982-06-10	1982-07-30
1983	1983-05-24	1983-08-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Darfield
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	21	47	1967	19
35 C (95 F): Days	17	19	1971	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	21	27	1967	9
100 F (37.8 C): Days	3	2	1979	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	21	71	1982	45
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	21	180	1964	148
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	21	62	1975	17
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	21	20	1969	7
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	11	10	1969	1
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	1	2	1969	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	27	16	1969	5
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	8	4	1976	2
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	20	7	1971	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1982	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1963.

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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).

Darfield Threshold Days by Year (CA001162265)

Key Facts for Darfield Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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