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Kvavik Threshold Days by Year (NOE00134982)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Kvavik (NOE00134982): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Kvavik Thresholds

  • Kvavik: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 45 years, most in 2000 with 96.
  • Kvavik: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 45 years, most in 1990 with 29.
  • Kvavik: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 38 years, most in 1975 with 4.
  • Kvavik: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1981 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Kvavik.
45 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Kvavik Days per year at Kvavik with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 96 in 2000. 02550751001973: 481974: 661975: 521976: 511977: 601978: 461979: 571980: 591981: 621982: 701983: 701984: 601985: 541986: 711987: 511988: 781989: 631990: 921991: 611992: 711993: 511994: 711995: 521996: 451997: 591998: 571999: 692000: 962001: 612002: 542003: 472004: 742005: 562006: 792007: 672008: 762009: 622010: 402011: 782012: 772013: 592014: 672015: 812016: 512017: 75197319781983198819931998200320082013
Days per year at Kvavik with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 96 in 2000.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Kvavik
YearDaysDecade average
19734854.3
19746654.3
19755254.3
19765154.3
19776054.3
19784654.3
19795754.3
19805963.8
19816263.8
19827063.8
19837063.8
19846063.8
19855463.8
19867163.8
19875163.8
19887863.8
19896363.8
19909262.8
19916162.8
19927162.8
19935162.8
19947162.8
19955262.8
19964562.8
19975962.8
19985762.8
19996962.8
20009667.2
20016167.2
20025467.2
20034767.2
20047467.2
20055667.2
20067967.2
20076767.2
20087667.2
20096267.2
20104066
20117866
20127766
20135966
20146766
20158166
20165166
20177566
First to last qualifying date each year at Kvavik For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Kvavik meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1973: 15 January 1973 to 29 December 19731974: 6 January 1974 to 31 December 19741975: 3 January 1975 to 30 December 19751976: 2 January 1976 to 31 December 19761977: 4 January 1977 to 31 December 19771978: 5 January 1978 to 20 November 19781979: 6 January 1979 to 27 December 19791980: 4 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 7 January 1981 to 12 December 19811982: 25 January 1982 to 23 December 19821983: 1 January 1983 to 31 December 19831984: 2 January 1984 to 31 December 19841985: 22 January 1985 to 21 December 19851986: 10 January 1986 to 28 December 19861987: 4 January 1987 to 28 December 19871988: 1 January 1988 to 26 December 19881989: 12 January 1989 to 24 December 19891990: 6 January 1990 to 29 December 19901991: 1 January 1991 to 31 December 19911992: 1 January 1992 to 18 December 19921993: 5 January 1993 to 30 December 19931994: 7 January 1994 to 30 December 19941995: 7 January 1995 to 9 December 19951996: 7 January 1996 to 26 December 19961997: 11 January 1997 to 31 December 19971998: 1 January 1998 to 30 December 19981999: 2 January 1999 to 31 December 19992000: 2 January 2000 to 14 December 20002001: 1 January 2001 to 23 December 20012002: 14 January 2002 to 28 November 20022003: 12 January 2003 to 27 December 20032004: 3 January 2004 to 29 December 20042005: 1 January 2005 to 30 November 20052006: 9 January 2006 to 31 December 20062007: 1 January 2007 to 28 December 20072008: 5 January 2008 to 21 December 20082009: 7 January 2009 to 23 December 20092010: 5 March 2010 to 15 December 20102011: 4 January 2011 to 31 December 20112012: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 20122013: 27 January 2013 to 31 December 20132014: 1 January 2014 to 22 December 20142015: 1 January 2015 to 31 December 20152016: 10 January 2016 to 31 December 20162017: 6 January 2017 to 31 December 201719731979198519911997200320092015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Kvavik meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Kvavik
YearFirst dateLast date
19731973-01-151973-12-29
19741974-01-061974-12-31
19751975-01-031975-12-30
19761976-01-021976-12-31
19771977-01-041977-12-31
19781978-01-051978-11-20
19791979-01-061979-12-27
19801980-01-041980-12-31
19811981-01-071981-12-12
19821982-01-251982-12-23
19831983-01-011983-12-31
19841984-01-021984-12-31
19851985-01-221985-12-21
19861986-01-101986-12-28
19871987-01-041987-12-28
19881988-01-011988-12-26
19891989-01-121989-12-24
19901990-01-061990-12-29
19911991-01-011991-12-31
19921992-01-011992-12-18
19931993-01-051993-12-30
19941994-01-071994-12-30
19951995-01-071995-12-09
19961996-01-071996-12-26
19971997-01-111997-12-31
19981998-01-011998-12-30
19991999-01-021999-12-31
20002000-01-022000-12-14
20012001-01-012001-12-23
20022002-01-142002-11-28
20032003-01-122003-12-27
20042004-01-032004-12-29
20052005-01-012005-11-30
20062006-01-092006-12-31
20072007-01-012007-12-28
20082008-01-052008-12-21
20092009-01-072009-12-23
20102010-03-052010-12-15
20112011-01-042011-12-31
20122012-01-012012-12-31
20132013-01-272013-12-31
20142014-01-012014-12-22
20152015-01-012015-12-31
20162016-01-102016-12-31
20172017-01-062017-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Kvavik
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4596200075
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4529199018
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain38419754
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119811

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1973.

Download the Data

  • Data for Kvavik 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).