Queenstown Threshold Days by Year (SF001236540)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Queenstown (SF001236540): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Queenstown Thresholds

Queenstown: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 101 years, most in 1891 with 35.
Queenstown: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 100 years, most in 1891 with 10.
Queenstown: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1967 with 3.
Queenstown: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1889 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Queenstown.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

101 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Queenstown with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 35 in 1891.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Queenstown
Year	Days	Decade average
1885	16	21
1886	24	21
1887	19	21
1888	25	21
1889	21	21
1890	23	23
1891	35	23
1892	26	23
1893	30	23
1894	23	23
1895	19	23
1896	25	23
1897	8	23
1898	23	23
1899	18	23
1900	15	15.1
1901	24	15.1
1902	8	15.1
1903	10	15.1
1904	11	15.1
1905	17	15.1
1906	25	15.1
1907	15	15.1
1908	11	15.1
1910	23	17
1912	10	17
1913	20	17
1914	18	17
1915	23	17
1916	17	17
1917	26	17
1918	7	17
1919	9	17
1920	18	15
1921	18	15
1922	11	15
1923	12	15
1925	18	15
1926	21	15
1927	13	15
1928	13	15
1929	11	15
1930	11	17.2
1931	17	17.2
1932	14	17.2
1933	21	17.2
1934	16	17.2
1935	19	17.2
1936	23	17.2
1937	11	17.2
1938	21	17.2
1939	19	17.2
1940	21	18.4
1941	15	18.4
1942	30	18.4
1943	24	18.4
1944	15	18.4
1945	14	18.4
1946	19	18.4
1947	17	18.4
1948	16	18.4
1949	13	18.4
1950	23	16.5
1951	14	16.5
1952	19	16.5
1953	20	16.5
1954	10	16.5
1955	20	16.5
1956	15	16.5
1957	14	16.5
1958	15	16.5
1959	15	16.5
1960	21	16.2
1961	16	16.2
1962	21	16.2
1963	27	16.2
1964	10	16.2
1965	14	16.2
1966	8	16.2
1967	22	16.2
1968	8	16.2
1969	15	16.2
1970	15	19.1
1971	15	19.1
1972	19	19.1
1973	16	19.1
1974	26	19.1
1975	19	19.1
1976	25	19.1
1977	19	19.1
1978	18	19.1
1980	11	18.6
1981	26	18.6
1982	19	18.6
1983	10	18.6
1984	14	18.6
1985	25	18.6
1986	20	18.6
1987	15	18.6
1988	27	18.6
1990	10	10

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Queenstown meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Queenstown
Year	First date	Last date
1885	1885-02-07	1885-12-29
1886	1886-01-14	1886-12-24
1887	1887-01-05	1887-12-24
1888	1888-01-03	1888-12-19
1889	1889-01-05	1889-12-21
1890	1890-01-01	1890-12-27
1891	1891-01-07	1891-12-23
1892	1892-01-12	1892-12-11
1893	1893-01-02	1893-12-14
1894	1894-01-01	1894-12-31
1895	1895-01-02	1895-12-30
1896	1896-01-14	1896-12-30
1897	1897-01-03	1897-12-02
1898	1898-01-02	1898-12-25
1899	1899-01-08	1899-12-29
1900	1900-01-11	1900-12-30
1901	1901-02-04	1901-12-19
1902	1902-03-12	1902-12-14
1903	1903-02-05	1903-12-11
1904	1904-01-01	1904-12-19
1905	1905-01-20	1905-12-29
1906	1906-01-26	1906-12-11
1907	1907-01-08	1907-12-27
1908	1908-01-26	1908-12-21
1910	1910-01-08	1910-12-30
1912	1912-01-26	1912-12-31
1913	1913-01-07	1913-11-10
1914	1914-01-20	1914-12-15
1915	1915-01-04	1915-12-29
1916	1916-01-05	1916-11-29
1917	1917-01-14	1917-12-29
1918	1918-01-01	1918-11-11
1919	1919-01-22	1919-11-07
1920	1920-01-05	1920-09-06
1921	1921-01-05	1921-12-26
1922	1922-01-12	1922-12-19
1923	1923-01-17	1923-12-17
1925	1925-01-09	1925-11-23
1926	1926-01-10	1926-12-27
1927	1927-01-22	1927-12-28
1928	1928-01-04	1928-12-25
1929	1929-01-18	1929-12-29
1930	1930-01-09	1930-12-15
1931	1931-01-10	1931-12-31
1932	1932-01-01	1932-11-26
1933	1933-01-02	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-09	1934-12-12
1935	1935-01-29	1935-12-18
1936	1936-01-17	1936-12-27
1937	1937-01-06	1937-12-17
1938	1938-01-11	1938-12-28
1939	1939-01-11	1939-11-26
1940	1940-01-07	1940-12-03
1941	1941-01-13	1941-12-21
1942	1942-01-03	1942-12-04
1943	1943-01-15	1943-12-25
1944	1944-01-14	1944-10-20
1945	1945-01-06	1945-12-04
1946	1946-01-09	1946-12-29
1947	1947-01-07	1947-12-23
1948	1948-01-02	1948-12-21
1949	1949-01-12	1949-12-19
1950	1950-01-06	1950-12-24
1951	1951-01-01	1951-10-22
1952	1952-01-15	1952-12-29
1953	1953-02-01	1953-12-29
1954	1954-01-20	1954-12-26
1955	1955-01-04	1955-12-20
1956	1956-01-22	1956-12-20
1957	1957-01-06	1957-11-23
1958	1958-01-02	1958-12-20
1959	1959-01-26	1959-12-21
1960	1960-01-17	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-13	1961-12-16
1962	1962-01-08	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-04	1963-12-12
1964	1964-01-07	1964-12-27
1965	1965-02-01	1965-11-22
1966	1966-01-19	1966-12-12
1967	1967-01-14	1967-12-22
1968	1968-01-09	1968-11-21
1969	1969-01-08	1969-12-07
1970	1970-01-08	1970-12-24
1971	1971-01-06	1971-12-13
1972	1972-01-10	1972-10-13
1973	1973-01-05	1973-12-22
1974	1974-01-08	1974-12-19
1975	1975-02-04	1975-12-22
1976	1976-01-14	1976-12-02
1977	1977-01-11	1977-12-30
1978	1978-01-05	1978-12-22
1980	1980-01-20	1980-12-11
1981	1981-01-19	1981-12-05
1982	1982-01-11	1982-11-16
1983	1983-04-09	1983-12-29
1984	1984-01-12	1984-12-12
1985	1985-01-06	1985-12-19
1986	1986-01-03	1986-12-05
1987	1987-01-11	1987-11-29
1988	1988-01-14	1988-12-24
1990	1990-01-09	1990-11-28

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Queenstown
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	101	35	1891	10
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	100	10	1891	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	37	3	1967	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	1	1889	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1885.

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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).

Queenstown Threshold Days by Year (SF001236540)

Key Facts for Queenstown Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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