Cape Sable Threshold Days by Year (CA008200700)

8 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Sable (CA008200700): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Sable Thresholds

Cape Sable: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 30 years, most in 1978 with 47.
Cape Sable: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 30 years, most in 1967 with 131.
Cape Sable: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 30 years, most in 1968 with 25.
Cape Sable: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 29 years, most in 1959 with 56.
8 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Sable.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

30 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Cape Sable with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 131 in 1967.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Cape Sable
Year	Days	Decade average
1954	95	101.2
1955	116	101.2
1956	106	101.2
1957	101	101.2
1958	83	101.2
1959	106	101.2
1960	105	113.3
1961	119	113.3
1962	110	113.3
1963	107	113.3
1964	117	113.3
1965	123	113.3
1966	116	113.3
1967	131	113.3
1968	104	113.3
1969	101	113.3
1970	116	109.6
1971	117	109.6
1972	127	109.6
1973	97	109.6
1974	111	109.6
1975	109	109.6
1976	100	109.6
1977	103	109.6
1978	123	109.6
1979	93	109.6
1980	107	94.3
1981	83	94.3
1982	105	94.3
1983	82	94.3

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Sable
Year	First date	Last date
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-30
1955	1955-01-01	1955-12-31
1956	1956-01-01	1956-12-31
1957	1957-01-01	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-01	1958-12-31
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-01	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-02	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-02	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-23
1965	1965-01-01	1965-12-29
1966	1966-01-02	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-31
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-31
1969	1969-01-02	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-02	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-02	1974-12-31
1975	1975-01-02	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-01	1977-12-30
1978	1978-01-01	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-31
1980	1980-01-01	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-31
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Sable
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	30	47	1978	25
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	30	131	1967	82
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	30	25	1968	11
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	29	56	1959	48
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	29	20	1959	12
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	17	4	1959	2
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	29	10	1971	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	11	1	1958	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1954.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Cape Sable Threshold Days by Year (CA008200700)

Key Facts for Cape Sable Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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