Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Cape Girardeau Threshold Days by Year (USC00231296)

5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Girardeau (USC00231296): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Girardeau Thresholds

  • Cape Girardeau: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 47 years, most in 1927 with 59.
  • Cape Girardeau: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 47 years, most in 1927 with 24.
  • Cape Girardeau: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 41 years, most in 1928 with 9.
  • Cape Girardeau: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 11 years, most in 1960 with 5.
  • 5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Girardeau.
47 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Cape Girardeau Days per year at Cape Girardeau with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 59 in 1927. 02040601892: 371919: 401920: 251921: 361922: 351923: 411924: 261925: 331926: 341927: 591928: 441929: 401930: 261931: 311932: 401933: 401934: 311935: 361936: 221937: 411938: 351939: 301940: 301941: 271942: 421944: 241948: 391949: 441950: 511951: 401952: 311953: 251954: 381955: 301956: 311957: 471958: 411959: 331960: 371961: 321962: 351963: 321964: 271965: 311966: 421967: 401968: 341892192319281933193819441952195719621967
Days per year at Cape Girardeau with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 59 in 1927.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Cape Girardeau
YearDaysDecade average
18923737
19194040
19202537.3
19213637.3
19223537.3
19234137.3
19242637.3
19253337.3
19263437.3
19275937.3
19284437.3
19294037.3
19302633.2
19313133.2
19324033.2
19334033.2
19343133.2
19353633.2
19362233.2
19374133.2
19383533.2
19393033.2
19403034.3
19412734.3
19424234.3
19442434.3
19483934.3
19494434.3
19505136.7
19514036.7
19523136.7
19532536.7
19543836.7
19553036.7
19563136.7
19574736.7
19584136.7
19593336.7
19603734.4
19613234.4
19623534.4
19633234.4
19642734.4
19653134.4
19664234.4
19674034.4
19683434.4
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Girardeau For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Girardeau meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1892: 7 February 1892 to 31 December 18921919: 1 January 1919 to 13 December 19191920: 8 January 1920 to 22 December 19201921: 25 January 1921 to 24 December 19211922: 8 January 1922 to 31 December 19221923: 14 January 1923 to 23 December 19231924: 10 January 1924 to 19 December 19241925: 16 January 1925 to 5 December 19251926: 18 January 1926 to 28 December 19261927: 18 January 1927 to 29 December 19271928: 19 January 1928 to 17 December 19281929: 6 January 1929 to 18 December 19291930: 2 January 1930 to 26 December 19301931: 8 February 1931 to 31 December 19311932: 5 January 1932 to 31 December 19321933: 18 January 1933 to 18 December 19331934: 4 January 1934 to 30 December 19341935: 8 January 1935 to 29 December 19351936: 6 January 1936 to 31 December 19361937: 7 January 1937 to 17 December 19371938: 21 January 1938 to 3 December 19381939: 5 January 1939 to 24 December 19391940: 11 February 1940 to 28 December 19401941: 1 January 1941 to 23 December 19411942: 1 January 1942 to 27 December 19421944: 14 February 1944 to 25 December 19441948: 1 January 1948 to 29 December 19481949: 4 January 1949 to 26 December 19491950: 3 January 1950 to 6 December 19501951: 3 January 1951 to 25 December 19511952: 2 January 1952 to 10 December 19521953: 8 January 1953 to 6 December 19531954: 10 January 1954 to 29 December 19541955: 2 February 1955 to 23 November 19551956: 19 January 1956 to 20 December 19561957: 20 January 1957 to 26 December 19571958: 20 January 1958 to 23 December 19581959: 1 January 1959 to 18 December 19591960: 15 January 1960 to 11 December 19601961: 15 January 1961 to 17 December 19611962: 5 January 1962 to 29 December 19621963: 1 March 1963 to 23 December 19631964: 9 January 1964 to 25 December 19641965: 2 January 1965 to 12 December 19651966: 1 January 1966 to 27 December 19661967: 27 January 1967 to 22 December 19671968: 30 January 1968 to 27 December 196818921924193019361942195219581964JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Girardeau meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Girardeau
YearFirst dateLast date
18921892-02-071892-12-31
19191919-01-011919-12-13
19201920-01-081920-12-22
19211921-01-251921-12-24
19221922-01-081922-12-31
19231923-01-141923-12-23
19241924-01-101924-12-19
19251925-01-161925-12-05
19261926-01-181926-12-28
19271927-01-181927-12-29
19281928-01-191928-12-17
19291929-01-061929-12-18
19301930-01-021930-12-26
19311931-02-081931-12-31
19321932-01-051932-12-31
19331933-01-181933-12-18
19341934-01-041934-12-30
19351935-01-081935-12-29
19361936-01-061936-12-31
19371937-01-071937-12-17
19381938-01-211938-12-03
19391939-01-051939-12-24
19401940-02-111940-12-28
19411941-01-011941-12-23
19421942-01-011942-12-27
19441944-02-141944-12-25
19481948-01-011948-12-29
19491949-01-041949-12-26
19501950-01-031950-12-06
19511951-01-031951-12-25
19521952-01-021952-12-10
19531953-01-081953-12-06
19541954-01-101954-12-29
19551955-02-021955-11-23
19561956-01-191956-12-20
19571957-01-201957-12-26
19581958-01-201958-12-23
19591959-01-011959-12-18
19601960-01-151960-12-11
19611961-01-151961-12-17
19621962-01-051962-12-29
19631963-03-011963-12-23
19641964-01-091964-12-25
19651965-01-021965-12-12
19661966-01-011966-12-27
19671967-01-271967-12-22
19681968-01-301968-12-27

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Girardeau
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4759192734
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4724192716
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain41919281
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain5119251
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall11519601

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1892.

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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).