Nantahala Threshold Days by Year
12 fixed thresholds counted per year at Nantahala (USC00316031): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Nantahala Thresholds
- Nantahala: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1957 with 68.
- Nantahala: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1957 with 28.
- Nantahala: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 40 years, most in 1967 with 9.
- Nantahala: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 20 years, most in 1936 with 4.
- 12 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Nantahala.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
3 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 36 | 34.7 |
| 1948 | 33 | 34.7 |
| 1949 | 35 | 34.7 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1947-05-14 | 1947-09-10 |
| 1948 | 1948-06-19 | 1948-08-30 |
| 1949 | 1949-05-04 | 1949-09-17 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 3 | 36 | 1947 | 35 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 3 | 8 | 1949 | 8 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 2 | 8 | 1947 | 4 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 3 | 95 | 1947 | 77 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 2 | 9 | 1947 | 6 |
| 20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min | 1 | 8 | 1949 | 8 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 42 | 68 | 1957 | 57 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 42 | 28 | 1957 | 27 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 40 | 9 | 1967 | 7 |
| 100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain | 7 | 2 | 1957 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 20 | 4 | 1936 | 2 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 2 | 1 | 1936 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1947.
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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).