Cape Spencer Threshold Days by Year

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Spencer (USC00501334): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Spencer Thresholds

Cape Spencer: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 32 years, most in 1946 with 115.
Cape Spencer: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 31 years, most in 1951 with 55.
Cape Spencer: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1939 with 109.
Cape Spencer: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1948 with 47.
9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Spencer.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

32 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Cape Spencer with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 115 in 1946.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Cape Spencer
Year	Days	Decade average
1937	71	78
1938	85	78
1939	78	78
1940	57	73.8
1941	52	73.8
1944	46	73.8
1946	115	73.8
1947	64	73.8
1948	109	73.8
1950	95	86.8
1951	107	86.8
1952	95	86.8
1953	90	86.8
1954	99	86.8
1955	101	86.8
1956	100	86.8
1957	64	86.8
1958	57	86.8
1959	60	86.8
1960	39	65.4
1961	60	65.4
1962	67	65.4
1963	50	65.4
1964	71	65.4
1965	71	65.4
1966	86	65.4
1967	73	65.4
1968	67	65.4
1969	70	65.4
1970	56	81.3
1972	100	81.3
1973	88	81.3

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Spencer meeting 0 C (32 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Spencer
Year	First date	Last date
1937	1937-01-01	1937-12-31
1938	1938-01-01	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-05	1939-12-05
1940	1940-01-06	1940-12-31
1941	1941-01-01	1941-12-21
1944	1944-01-01	1944-12-31
1946	1946-01-02	1946-12-31
1947	1947-01-01	1947-12-29
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-31
1950	1950-01-01	1950-12-20
1951	1951-01-02	1951-12-31
1952	1952-01-02	1952-12-21
1953	1953-01-06	1953-12-15
1954	1954-01-02	1954-12-31
1955	1955-01-01	1955-12-28
1956	1956-01-02	1956-12-21
1957	1957-01-06	1957-12-30
1958	1958-01-10	1958-12-31
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-07	1960-12-21
1961	1961-01-08	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-07	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-25
1964	1964-01-09	1964-12-31
1965	1965-01-01	1965-12-31
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-15
1967	1967-01-03	1967-12-23
1968	1968-01-02	1968-12-31
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-23
1970	1970-01-03	1970-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-24
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Spencer
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	31	55	1951	25
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	32	115	1946	88
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	28	12	1953	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	30	109	1939	70
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	30	47	1948	26
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	30	22	1948	2
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	11	6	1948	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	5	5	1950	5
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1967	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1937.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Cape Spencer Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Cape Spencer Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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