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Columbia Icefield Threshold Days by Year (CA003051740)

12 fixed thresholds counted per year at Columbia Icefield (CA003051740): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Columbia Icefield Thresholds

  • Columbia Icefield: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 4 years, most in 1977 with 147.
  • Columbia Icefield: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 4 years, most in 1977 with 304.
  • Columbia Icefield: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 4 years, most in 1972 with 148.
  • Columbia Icefield: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 4 years, most in 1972 with 51.
  • 12 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Columbia Icefield.
4 years with a qualifying day
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Columbia Icefield Days per year at Columbia Icefield with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 304 in 1977. 01002003004001972: 2791973: 2841976: 2831977: 3041972197319761977
Days per year at Columbia Icefield with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 304 in 1977.
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Columbia Icefield
YearDaysDecade average
1972279287.5
1973284287.5
1976283287.5
1977304287.5
First to last qualifying date each year at Columbia Icefield For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Columbia Icefield meeting 0 C (32 F). 1972: 1 January 1972 to 31 December 19721973: 1 January 1973 to 31 December 19731976: 1 January 1976 to 31 December 19761977: 1 January 1977 to 31 December 19771972197319761977JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Columbia Icefield meeting 0 C (32 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Columbia Icefield
YearFirst dateLast date
19721972-01-011972-12-31
19731973-01-011973-12-31
19761976-01-011976-12-31
19771977-01-011977-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Columbia Icefield
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max41471977147
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min43041977304
-10 C (14 F): Days with min41481972131
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min451197235
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min414197210
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min1119721
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain429197223
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4519724
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain1119721
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall426197320
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall4519723
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall1119721

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1972.

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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).