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Cape Dorset A Threshold Days by Year (CA002400635)

10 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Dorset A (CA002400635): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Dorset A Thresholds

  • Cape Dorset A: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 6 years, most in 1982 with 247.
  • Cape Dorset A: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 6 years, most in 1983 with 305.
  • Cape Dorset A: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 6 years, most in 1983 with 205.
  • Cape Dorset A: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 6 years, most in 1982 with 148.
  • 10 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Dorset A.
6 years with a qualifying day
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Cape Dorset A Days per year at Cape Dorset A with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 305 in 1983. 01002003004001971: 2771979: 2751980: 2751981: 2771982: 2871983: 305197119791980198119821983
Days per year at Cape Dorset A with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 305 in 1983.
Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Cape Dorset A
YearDaysDecade average
1971277276
1979275276
1980275286
1981277286
1982287286
1983305286
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Dorset A For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Dorset A meeting 0 C (32 F). 1971: 1 January 1971 to 31 December 19711979: 3 January 1979 to 31 December 19791980: 1 January 1980 to 31 December 19801981: 1 January 1981 to 31 December 19811982: 1 January 1982 to 31 December 19821983: 1 January 1983 to 31 December 1983197119791980198119821983JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Dorset A meeting 0 C (32 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Dorset A
YearFirst dateLast date
19711971-01-011971-12-31
19791979-01-031979-12-31
19801980-01-011980-12-31
19811981-01-011981-12-31
19821982-01-011982-12-31
19831983-01-011983-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Dorset A
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max62471982233
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min63051983305
-10 C (14 F): Days with min62051983205
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min61481982143
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min664198364
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min1119711
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain61019713
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain1119831
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall4819711
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall1119711

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1971.

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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 (2026-10-17).