Penrose Threshold Days by Year (USC00056410)
5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Penrose (USC00056410): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Penrose Thresholds
- Penrose: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 44 years, most in 1967 with 17.
- Penrose: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 25 years, most in 1967 with 7.
- Penrose: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 24 years, most in 1959 with 6.
- Penrose: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 5 years, most in 1952 with 1.
- 5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Penrose.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation
44 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 7 | 8 |
| 1925 | 7 | 8 |
| 1926 | 5 | 8 |
| 1927 | 11 | 8 |
| 1928 | 8 | 8 |
| 1929 | 10 | 8 |
| 1930 | 11 | 8.3 |
| 1931 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 1932 | 5 | 8.3 |
| 1933 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 1934 | 4 | 8.3 |
| 1935 | 9 | 8.3 |
| 1936 | 13 | 8.3 |
| 1937 | 4 | 8.3 |
| 1938 | 11 | 8.3 |
| 1939 | 4 | 8.3 |
| 1941 | 15 | 10.9 |
| 1943 | 5 | 10.9 |
| 1944 | 9 | 10.9 |
| 1945 | 10 | 10.9 |
| 1946 | 12 | 10.9 |
| 1947 | 15 | 10.9 |
| 1948 | 11 | 10.9 |
| 1949 | 10 | 10.9 |
| 1950 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 8 | 5.4 |
| 1952 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 1953 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 1954 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 1955 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 1956 | 8 | 5.4 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 1960 | 14 | 11.4 |
| 1961 | 11 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 9 | 11.4 |
| 1963 | 12 | 11.4 |
| 1964 | 5 | 11.4 |
| 1966 | 13 | 11.4 |
| 1967 | 17 | 11.4 |
| 1969 | 10 | 11.4 |
| 1970 | 13 | 11 |
| 1971 | 4 | 11 |
| 1972 | 16 | 11 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 1924-03-12 | 1924-12-23 |
| 1925 | 1925-02-07 | 1925-12-14 |
| 1926 | 1926-04-12 | 1926-10-30 |
| 1927 | 1927-03-10 | 1927-11-29 |
| 1928 | 1928-03-15 | 1928-11-28 |
| 1929 | 1929-07-18 | 1929-11-12 |
| 1930 | 1930-02-25 | 1930-11-19 |
| 1931 | 1931-02-28 | 1931-11-23 |
| 1932 | 1932-04-23 | 1932-08-22 |
| 1933 | 1933-04-21 | 1933-12-02 |
| 1934 | 1934-02-10 | 1934-08-02 |
| 1935 | 1935-04-24 | 1935-09-27 |
| 1936 | 1936-05-08 | 1936-10-25 |
| 1937 | 1937-05-29 | 1937-10-16 |
| 1938 | 1938-04-14 | 1938-09-13 |
| 1939 | 1939-03-27 | 1939-06-28 |
| 1941 | 1941-03-12 | 1941-12-22 |
| 1943 | 1943-04-08 | 1943-08-18 |
| 1944 | 1944-03-18 | 1944-07-19 |
| 1945 | 1945-04-14 | 1945-10-23 |
| 1946 | 1946-07-07 | 1946-11-04 |
| 1947 | 1947-04-19 | 1947-10-12 |
| 1948 | 1948-03-01 | 1948-08-15 |
| 1949 | 1949-02-26 | 1949-10-30 |
| 1950 | 1950-06-03 | 1950-06-19 |
| 1951 | 1951-05-21 | 1951-11-05 |
| 1952 | 1952-04-21 | 1952-08-22 |
| 1953 | 1953-04-04 | 1953-07-15 |
| 1954 | 1954-04-30 | 1954-08-14 |
| 1955 | 1955-05-10 | 1955-09-23 |
| 1956 | 1956-04-15 | 1956-08-03 |
| 1958 | 1958-03-30 | 1958-10-31 |
| 1959 | 1959-03-25 | 1959-10-13 |
| 1960 | 1960-01-14 | 1960-12-10 |
| 1961 | 1961-07-07 | 1961-09-03 |
| 1962 | 1962-01-09 | 1962-10-19 |
| 1963 | 1963-03-04 | 1963-09-20 |
| 1964 | 1964-05-27 | 1964-11-18 |
| 1966 | 1966-04-20 | 1966-09-27 |
| 1967 | 1967-04-14 | 1967-12-28 |
| 1969 | 1969-04-16 | 1969-10-21 |
| 1970 | 1970-04-01 | 1970-10-11 |
| 1971 | 1971-03-05 | 1971-07-16 |
| 1972 | 1972-01-03 | 1972-12-12 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| 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 | 44 | 17 | 1967 | 16 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 25 | 7 | 1967 | 1 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 5 | 1 | 1952 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 24 | 6 | 1959 | 3 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 4 | 2 | 1965 | 2 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1924.
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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).