Queenstown Threshold Days by Year (CA003035340)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Queenstown (CA003035340): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Queenstown Thresholds

Queenstown: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 22 years, most in 1975 with 18.
Queenstown: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 21 years, most in 1967 with 10.
Queenstown: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 18 years, most in 1965 with 4.
Queenstown: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 17 years, most in 1967 with 29.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Queenstown.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

17 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Queenstown with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 29 in 1967.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Queenstown
Year	Days	Decade average
1967	29	16.7
1968	7	16.7
1969	14	16.7
1970	24	14.9
1971	23	14.9
1972	14	14.9
1973	15	14.9
1974	12	14.9
1975	7	14.9
1976	10	14.9
1977	9	14.9
1978	17	14.9
1979	18	14.9
1980	9	11
1981	12	11
1982	7	11
1983	16	11

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Queenstown
Year	First date	Last date
1967	1967-07-12	1967-09-29
1968	1968-06-19	1968-09-11
1969	1969-06-04	1969-09-12
1970	1970-06-02	1970-08-31
1971	1971-06-22	1971-08-21
1972	1972-05-30	1972-08-28
1973	1973-05-16	1973-08-16
1974	1974-06-16	1974-09-25
1975	1975-07-05	1975-08-05
1976	1976-07-06	1976-09-29
1977	1977-06-01	1977-07-22
1978	1978-05-21	1978-08-10
1979	1979-06-13	1979-10-10
1980	1980-05-21	1980-10-07
1981	1981-07-03	1981-08-27
1982	1982-06-21	1982-09-03
1983	1983-05-25	1983-09-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Queenstown
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	17	29	1967	16
35 C (95 F): Days	9	5	1971	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	16	11	1971	6
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	17	101	1972	78
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	17	212	1982	199
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	17	105	1982	70
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	17	53	1978	28
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	15	15	1969	9
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	1	1	1971	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	22	18	1975	2
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	18	4	1965	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	3	1	1963	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	1	1968	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	21	10	1967	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	3	2	1968	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1967.

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Data for Queenstown 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Queenstown Threshold Days by Year (CA003035340)

Key Facts for Queenstown Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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