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Provincetown Threshold Days by Year (USC00196681)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Provincetown (USC00196681): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Provincetown Thresholds

  • Provincetown: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 21 years, most in 1975 with 46.
  • Provincetown: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 21 years, most in 1969 with 20.
  • Provincetown: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 17 years, most in 1978 with 27.
  • Provincetown: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 16 years, most in 1969 with 17.
  • 14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Provincetown.
16 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Provincetown Days per year at Provincetown with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1969. 051015201960: 61961: 141962: 21963: 151964: 81965: 101966: 141967: 31968: 141969: 171974: 101975: 161977: 111978: 51982: 41987: 1619601962196419661968197419771982
Days per year at Provincetown with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1969.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Provincetown
YearDaysDecade average
1960610.3
19611410.3
1962210.3
19631510.3
1964810.3
19651010.3
19661410.3
1967310.3
19681410.3
19691710.3
19741010.5
19751610.5
19771110.5
1978510.5
1982410
19871610
First to last qualifying date each year at Provincetown For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Provincetown meeting 30 C (86 F). 1960: 27 June 1960 to 3 August 19601961: 13 June 1961 to 12 September 19611962: 16 June 1962 to 21 August 19621963: 26 June 1963 to 22 August 19631964: 23 May 1964 to 5 September 19641965: 26 May 1965 to 22 September 19651966: 28 June 1966 to 3 September 19661967: 10 July 1967 to 27 July 19671968: 6 June 1968 to 8 August 19681969: 29 June 1969 to 2 September 19691974: 10 June 1974 to 15 August 19741975: 19 June 1975 to 15 August 19751977: 2 July 1977 to 8 August 19771978: 28 June 1978 to 15 August 19781982: 14 July 1982 to 27 July 19821987: 31 May 1987 to 21 August 198719601962196419661968197419771982JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Provincetown meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Provincetown
YearFirst dateLast date
19601960-06-271960-08-03
19611961-06-131961-09-12
19621962-06-161962-08-21
19631963-06-261963-08-22
19641964-05-231964-09-05
19651965-05-261965-09-22
19661966-06-281966-09-03
19671967-07-101967-07-27
19681968-06-061968-08-08
19691969-06-291969-09-02
19741974-06-101974-08-15
19751975-06-191975-08-15
19771977-07-021977-08-08
19781978-06-281978-08-15
19821982-07-141982-07-27
19871987-05-311987-08-21

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Provincetown
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days1617196916
35 C (95 F): Days4219631
90 F (32.2 C): Days12919636
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max1727197811
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min16132197871
-10 C (14 F): Days with min162519773
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1119641
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min1512196912
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain2146197532
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain212019697
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain15519691
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain4119601
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall6219752
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall2219781

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1960.

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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).