Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Dortmund Threshold Days by Year (GME00121342)

12 fixed thresholds counted per year at Dortmund (GME00121342): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Dortmund Thresholds

  • Dortmund: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 56 years, most in 1961 with 38.
  • Dortmund: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 48 years, most in 1963 with 96.
  • Dortmund: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 47 years, most in 1952 with 5.
  • Dortmund: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 43 years, most in 1963 with 54.
  • 12 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Dortmund.
41 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dortmund Days per year at Dortmund with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 19 in 1994. 051015201950: 41951: 41952: 81953: 41955: 21957: 101958: 11959: 61961: 71963: 31964: 91966: 31967: 41968: 31969: 71970: 11971: 11972: 41973: 101974: 31976: 121977: 11978: 31979: 11980: 21981: 41982: 51983: 101984: 41985: 21986: 51987: 41989: 71990: 61991: 61992: 71994: 191995: 131996: 31997: 61998: 5195019571964197019761981198619921998
Days per year at Dortmund with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 19 in 1994.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Dortmund
YearDaysDecade average
195044.9
195144.9
195284.9
195344.9
195524.9
1957104.9
195814.9
195964.9
196175.1
196335.1
196495.1
196635.1
196745.1
196835.1
196975.1
197014
197114
197244
1973104
197434
1976124
197714
197834
197914
198024.8
198144.8
198254.8
1983104.8
198444.8
198524.8
198654.8
198744.8
198974.8
199068.1
199168.1
199278.1
1994198.1
1995138.1
199638.1
199768.1
199858.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Dortmund For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Dortmund meeting 30 C (86 F). 1950: 6 June 1950 to 23 August 19501951: 11 July 1951 to 30 August 19511952: 29 June 1952 to 12 August 19521953: 19 May 1953 to 15 August 19531955: 17 July 1955 to 18 July 19551957: 17 June 1957 to 7 July 19571958: 30 August 1958 to 30 August 19581959: 8 July 1959 to 11 September 19591961: 26 June 1961 to 19 September 19611963: 22 July 1963 to 3 August 19631964: 13 June 1964 to 28 August 19641966: 17 June 1966 to 13 August 19661967: 25 June 1967 to 1 August 19671968: 21 April 1968 to 2 July 19681969: 13 May 1969 to 2 August 19691970: 27 June 1970 to 27 June 19701971: 3 August 1971 to 3 August 19711972: 18 July 1972 to 21 July 19721973: 26 June 1973 to 6 September 19731974: 14 August 1974 to 16 August 19741976: 10 May 1976 to 16 July 19761977: 13 June 1977 to 13 June 19771978: 29 July 1978 to 31 July 19781979: 3 June 1979 to 3 June 19791980: 2 August 1980 to 3 August 19801981: 2 June 1981 to 7 August 19811982: 3 June 1982 to 2 August 19821983: 10 July 1983 to 20 August 19831984: 9 July 1984 to 31 July 19841985: 14 July 1985 to 14 August 19851986: 16 June 1986 to 4 August 19861987: 29 June 1987 to 22 August 19871989: 6 July 1989 to 21 August 19891990: 28 July 1990 to 12 August 19901991: 6 July 1991 to 22 August 19911992: 14 May 1992 to 9 August 19921994: 25 June 1994 to 5 August 19941995: 9 July 1995 to 22 August 19951996: 6 June 1996 to 8 June 19961997: 10 August 1997 to 25 August 19971998: 21 June 1998 to 12 August 19981950195819671973198019861994JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Dortmund meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Dortmund
YearFirst dateLast date
19501950-06-061950-08-23
19511951-07-111951-08-30
19521952-06-291952-08-12
19531953-05-191953-08-15
19551955-07-171955-07-18
19571957-06-171957-07-07
19581958-08-301958-08-30
19591959-07-081959-09-11
19611961-06-261961-09-19
19631963-07-221963-08-03
19641964-06-131964-08-28
19661966-06-171966-08-13
19671967-06-251967-08-01
19681968-04-211968-07-02
19691969-05-131969-08-02
19701970-06-271970-06-27
19711971-08-031971-08-03
19721972-07-181972-07-21
19731973-06-261973-09-06
19741974-08-141974-08-16
19761976-05-101976-07-16
19771977-06-131977-06-13
19781978-07-291978-07-31
19791979-06-031979-06-03
19801980-08-021980-08-03
19811981-06-021981-08-07
19821982-06-031982-08-02
19831983-07-101983-08-20
19841984-07-091984-07-31
19851985-07-141985-08-14
19861986-06-161986-08-04
19871987-06-291987-08-22
19891989-07-061989-08-21
19901990-07-281990-08-12
19911991-07-061991-08-22
19921992-05-141992-08-09
19941994-06-251994-08-05
19951995-07-091995-08-22
19961996-06-061996-06-08
19971997-08-101997-08-25
19981998-06-211998-08-12

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Dortmund
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days411919945
35 C (95 F): Days4119521
90 F (32.2 C): Days24619572
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max435419636
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min4896196343
-10 C (14 F): Days with min352319858
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1119561
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min17419941
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain5638196125
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain47519525
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain8219682
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119511

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1950.

Download the Data

  • Data for Dortmund 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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).