Built 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026)

Canton Island Threshold Days by Year

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Canton Island (KRC00914101): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Canton Island Thresholds

  • Canton Island: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 17 years, most in 1963 with 361.
  • Canton Island: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 17 years, most in 1958 with 257.
  • Canton Island: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 17 years, most in 1964 with 366.
  • Canton Island: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 25 C (77 F) in 17 years, most in 1954 with 326.
  • 9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Canton Island.
17 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Canton Island Days per year at Canton Island with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 361 in 1963. 01002003004001953: 3501954: 3511955: 3091956: 3311957: 3601958: 3431959: 3591960: 3421961: 3421962: 3561963: 3611964: 3291965: 3491966: 3431973: 3421974: 3451975: 300195319551957195919611963196519731975
Days per year at Canton Island with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 361 in 1963.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Canton Island
YearDaysDecade average
1953350343.3
1954351343.3
1955309343.3
1956331343.3
1957360343.3
1958343343.3
1959359343.3
1960342346
1961342346
1962356346
1963361346
1964329346
1965349346
1966343346
1973342329
1974345329
1975300329
First to last qualifying date each year at Canton Island For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Canton Island meeting 30 C (86 F). 1953: 1 January 1953 to 31 December 19531954: 1 January 1954 to 30 December 19541955: 16 January 1955 to 30 December 19551956: 2 January 1956 to 21 December 19561957: 1 January 1957 to 31 December 19571958: 1 January 1958 to 31 December 19581959: 1 January 1959 to 31 December 19591960: 1 January 1960 to 31 December 19601961: 2 January 1961 to 31 December 19611962: 1 January 1962 to 31 December 19621963: 1 January 1963 to 31 December 19631964: 1 January 1964 to 31 December 19641965: 2 January 1965 to 31 December 19651966: 1 January 1966 to 31 December 19661973: 1 January 1973 to 31 December 19731974: 1 January 1974 to 31 December 19741975: 1 January 1975 to 31 December 1975195319561959196219651974JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Canton Island meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Canton Island
YearFirst dateLast date
19531953-01-011953-12-31
19541954-01-011954-12-30
19551955-01-161955-12-30
19561956-01-021956-12-21
19571957-01-011957-12-31
19581958-01-011958-12-31
19591959-01-011959-12-31
19601960-01-011960-12-31
19611961-01-021961-12-31
19621962-01-011962-12-31
19631963-01-011963-12-31
19641964-01-011964-12-31
19651965-01-021965-12-31
19661966-01-011966-12-31
19731973-01-011973-12-31
19741974-01-011974-12-31
19751975-01-011975-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Canton Island
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days173611963300
35 C (95 F): Days51719531
90 F (32.2 C): Days172571958110
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min173661964331
25 C (77 F): Days with min17326195432
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain174519582
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain162219581
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain13719737
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain4119591

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1953.

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).