Qaqortoq Threshold Days by Year (GLE00147301)

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Qaqortoq (GLE00147301): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Qaqortoq Thresholds

Qaqortoq: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1983 with 72.
Qaqortoq: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 2005 with 28.
Qaqortoq: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 49 years, most in 2005 with 12.
Qaqortoq: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 45 years, most in 1972 with 134.
9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Qaqortoq.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

43 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Qaqortoq with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 247 in 1981.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Qaqortoq
Year	Days	Decade average
1961	196	212.5
1964	179	212.5
1966	212	212.5
1967	224	212.5
1968	222	212.5
1969	242	212.5
1970	219	215.1
1971	230	215.1
1972	233	215.1
1973	216	215.1
1974	230	215.1
1975	230	215.1
1976	222	215.1
1977	180	215.1
1978	198	215.1
1979	193	215.1
1980	199	205.2
1981	247	205.2
1983	194	205.2
1984	221	205.2
1985	166	205.2
1989	204	205.2
1990	205	193.5
1991	206	193.5
1992	219	193.5
1994	195	193.5
1995	194	193.5
1997	171	193.5
1998	181	193.5
1999	177	193.5
2000	198	168.1
2001	156	168.1
2003	163	168.1
2004	153	168.1
2005	148	168.1
2006	164	168.1
2007	163	168.1
2008	200	168.1
2010	123	179.8
2014	213	179.8
2015	226	179.8
2016	157	179.8
2026	113	113

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Qaqortoq meeting 0 C (32 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Qaqortoq
Year	First date	Last date
1961	1961-01-01	1961-12-30
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-31
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-31
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-30
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-27
1971	1971-01-03	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-31
1975	1975-01-01	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-01	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-01	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-02	1979-12-29
1980	1980-01-03	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-31
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-01	1985-12-31
1989	1989-01-02	1989-12-29
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-31
1994	1994-01-01	1994-12-30
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-28
1997	1997-01-04	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-31
1999	1999-01-04	1999-12-31
2000	2000-01-01	2000-12-31
2001	2001-01-01	2001-12-31
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-31
2004	2004-01-04	2004-12-31
2005	2005-01-01	2005-12-31
2006	2006-01-01	2006-12-31
2007	2007-01-01	2007-12-31
2008	2008-01-01	2008-12-30
2010	2010-01-01	2010-12-29
2014	2014-01-01	2014-12-31
2015	2015-01-01	2015-12-31
2016	2016-01-01	2016-12-24
2026	2026-01-04	2026-06-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Qaqortoq
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	45	134	1972	57
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	43	247	1981	113
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	43	102	1972	21
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	18	22	1984	2
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	1	2	1984	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	58	72	1983	16
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	58	28	2005	7
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	49	12	2005	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	19	2	1970	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1961.

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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).

Qaqortoq Threshold Days by Year (GLE00147301)

Key Facts for Qaqortoq Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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