Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Van Meter Threshold Days by Year (USC00138490)

6 fixed thresholds counted per year at Van Meter (USC00138490): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Van Meter Thresholds

  • Van Meter: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1928 with 41.
  • Van Meter: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1931 with 14.
  • Van Meter: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 33 years, most in 1931 with 4.
  • Van Meter: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 11 years, most in 1934 with 4.
  • 6 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Van Meter.
37 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Van Meter Days per year at Van Meter with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 41 in 1928. 02040601921: 211925: 171926: 271927: 171928: 411929: 271930: 161931: 291932: 221934: 171935: 261936: 211937: 261938: 221939: 211940: 231941: 351942: 281943: 261944: 291946: 311949: 221950: 221951: 321952: 181953: 141954: 251955: 181956: 211958: 161959: 301960: 291961: 311962: 241963: 261964: 251965: 311921192819321937194119461952195619611965
Days per year at Van Meter with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 41 in 1928.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Van Meter
YearDaysDecade average
19212125
19251725
19262725
19271725
19284125
19292725
19301622.2
19312922.2
19322222.2
19341722.2
19352622.2
19362122.2
19372622.2
19382222.2
19392122.2
19402327.7
19413527.7
19422827.7
19432627.7
19442927.7
19463127.7
19492227.7
19502221.8
19513221.8
19521821.8
19531421.8
19542521.8
19551821.8
19562121.8
19581621.8
19593021.8
19602927.7
19613127.7
19622427.7
19632627.7
19642527.7
19653127.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Van Meter For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Van Meter meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1921: 16 April 1921 to 29 October 19211925: 8 February 1925 to 15 December 19251926: 4 January 1926 to 14 November 19261927: 13 February 1927 to 2 October 19271928: 7 February 1928 to 14 December 19281929: 5 January 1929 to 12 November 19291930: 15 April 1930 to 20 November 19301931: 24 March 1931 to 31 December 19311932: 1 January 1932 to 24 December 19321934: 5 January 1934 to 30 November 19341935: 19 January 1935 to 27 November 19351936: 2 January 1936 to 30 December 19361937: 8 January 1937 to 17 October 19371938: 16 February 1938 to 4 November 19381939: 27 February 1939 to 10 November 19391940: 14 January 1940 to 16 December 19401941: 26 January 1941 to 26 December 19411942: 1 January 1942 to 27 December 19421943: 3 February 1943 to 6 December 19431944: 27 January 1944 to 28 September 19441946: 5 January 1946 to 24 October 19461949: 4 January 1949 to 12 December 19491950: 25 January 1950 to 7 October 19501951: 17 February 1951 to 12 November 19511952: 8 March 1952 to 29 August 19521953: 20 February 1953 to 20 November 19531954: 20 February 1954 to 14 October 19541955: 19 February 1955 to 29 September 19551956: 28 April 1956 to 21 November 19561958: 1 June 1958 to 18 November 19581959: 10 February 1959 to 28 December 19591960: 12 January 1960 to 5 December 19601961: 18 February 1961 to 23 December 19611962: 19 February 1962 to 16 November 19621963: 4 March 1963 to 22 November 19631964: 9 March 1964 to 23 September 19641965: 23 January 1965 to 24 December 196519211929193519401946195319591964JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Van Meter meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Van Meter
YearFirst dateLast date
19211921-04-161921-10-29
19251925-02-081925-12-15
19261926-01-041926-11-14
19271927-02-131927-10-02
19281928-02-071928-12-14
19291929-01-051929-11-12
19301930-04-151930-11-20
19311931-03-241931-12-31
19321932-01-011932-12-24
19341934-01-051934-11-30
19351935-01-191935-11-27
19361936-01-021936-12-30
19371937-01-081937-10-17
19381938-02-161938-11-04
19391939-02-271939-11-10
19401940-01-141940-12-16
19411941-01-261941-12-26
19421942-01-011942-12-27
19431943-02-031943-12-06
19441944-01-271944-09-28
19461946-01-051946-10-24
19491949-01-041949-12-12
19501950-01-251950-10-07
19511951-02-171951-11-12
19521952-03-081952-08-29
19531953-02-201953-11-20
19541954-02-201954-10-14
19551955-02-191955-09-29
19561956-04-281956-11-21
19581958-06-011958-11-18
19591959-02-101959-12-28
19601960-01-121960-12-05
19611961-02-181961-12-23
19621962-02-191962-11-16
19631963-03-041963-11-22
19641964-03-091964-09-23
19651965-01-231965-12-24

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Van Meter
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3741192831
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain371419319
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain33419312
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain3219581
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall11419343
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall3219601

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1921.

Download the Data

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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).