Nouakchott Threshold Days by Year (MR000001442)

12 fixed thresholds counted per year at Nouakchott (MR000001442): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Nouakchott Thresholds

Nouakchott: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 35 years, most in 1961 with 320.
Nouakchott: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 35 years, most in 1963 with 173.
Nouakchott: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 35 years, most in 1969 with 44.
Nouakchott: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 35 years, most in 1961 with 261.
12 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Nouakchott.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

35 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Nouakchott with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 320 in 1961.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Nouakchott
Year	Days	Decade average
1945	276	266
1946	251	266
1947	272	266
1948	264	266
1949	267	266
1950	260	264.6
1951	245	264.6
1952	262	264.6
1953	247	264.6
1954	254	264.6
1955	300	264.6
1956	242	264.6
1957	251	264.6
1958	305	264.6
1959	280	264.6
1960	295	281.7
1961	320	281.7
1962	296	281.7
1963	295	281.7
1964	274	281.7
1965	245	281.7
1967	252	281.7
1968	242	281.7
1969	316	281.7
1970	275	255.9
1971	256	255.9
1972	240	255.9
1973	255	255.9
1974	230	255.9
1975	268	255.9
1976	236	255.9
1977	275	255.9
1978	254	255.9
1979	270	255.9
1980	233	233

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Nouakchott
Year	First date	Last date
1945	1945-01-01	1945-12-31
1946	1946-01-02	1946-12-20
1947	1947-01-14	1947-12-31
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-16
1949	1949-01-16	1949-12-31
1950	1950-01-07	1950-12-07
1951	1951-01-17	1951-12-31
1952	1952-01-04	1952-12-28
1953	1953-01-07	1953-12-31
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-30
1955	1955-01-04	1955-12-27
1956	1956-01-14	1956-12-10
1957	1957-02-04	1957-12-28
1958	1958-01-09	1958-12-25
1959	1959-01-03	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-02	1960-12-18
1961	1961-01-02	1961-12-30
1962	1962-01-05	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-20
1964	1964-01-06	1964-12-30
1965	1965-01-24	1965-12-29
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-16
1968	1968-01-11	1968-12-27
1969	1969-01-03	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-16
1971	1971-01-05	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-17
1973	1973-01-03	1973-12-04
1974	1974-01-11	1974-12-29
1975	1975-01-02	1975-12-28
1976	1976-01-23	1976-12-10
1977	1977-01-01	1977-12-29
1978	1978-01-01	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-31
1980	1980-01-01	1980-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Nouakchott
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	35	320	1961	233
35 C (95 F): Days	35	173	1963	91
40 C (104 F): Days	35	44	1969	28
45 C (113 F): Days	19	6	1958	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	35	261	1961	159
100 F (37.8 C): Days	35	95	1958	58
110 F (43.3 C): Days	34	12	1958	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	35	192	1979	176
25 C (77 F): Days with min	35	68	1976	36
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	31	7	1952	1
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	22	4	1952	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	7	2	1956	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1945.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Nouakchott Threshold Days by Year (MR000001442)

Key Facts for Nouakchott Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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