Halifax Threshold Days by Year (CA008202200)
14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Halifax (CA008202200): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Halifax Thresholds
- Halifax: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 34 years, most in 1970 with 65.
- Halifax: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 34 years, most in 1940 with 153.
- Halifax: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 34 years, most in 1948 with 44.
- Halifax: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 34 years, most in 1960 with 11.
- 14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Halifax.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
29 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1941 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 1942 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 11 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1946 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 1947 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1948 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1950 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1951 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1952 | 7 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1956 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1959 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1960 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1962 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1963 | 5 | 2.4 |
| 1967 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1968 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1969 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1970 | 3 | 2 |
| 1971 | 1 | 2 |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1940-07-09 | 1940-08-18 |
| 1941 | 1941-06-22 | 1941-06-22 |
| 1942 | 1942-06-12 | 1942-09-01 |
| 1943 | 1943-06-25 | 1943-07-14 |
| 1944 | 1944-05-31 | 1944-08-15 |
| 1945 | 1945-07-18 | 1945-09-08 |
| 1946 | 1946-06-27 | 1946-06-29 |
| 1947 | 1947-06-29 | 1947-08-13 |
| 1948 | 1948-09-06 | 1948-09-06 |
| 1949 | 1949-06-17 | 1949-08-27 |
| 1950 | 1950-06-08 | 1950-06-08 |
| 1951 | 1951-09-13 | 1951-09-13 |
| 1952 | 1952-07-02 | 1952-08-28 |
| 1953 | 1953-06-20 | 1953-09-02 |
| 1954 | 1954-06-22 | 1954-06-22 |
| 1955 | 1955-07-05 | 1955-08-22 |
| 1956 | 1956-08-18 | 1956-08-18 |
| 1957 | 1957-06-23 | 1957-06-24 |
| 1959 | 1959-05-27 | 1959-07-29 |
| 1960 | 1960-08-19 | 1960-09-08 |
| 1961 | 1961-08-09 | 1961-09-11 |
| 1962 | 1962-06-16 | 1962-06-16 |
| 1963 | 1963-06-25 | 1963-07-28 |
| 1967 | 1967-06-06 | 1967-06-06 |
| 1968 | 1968-07-02 | 1968-07-16 |
| 1969 | 1969-06-29 | 1969-09-01 |
| 1970 | 1970-07-23 | 1970-08-15 |
| 1971 | 1971-08-10 | 1971-08-10 |
| 1973 | 1973-07-09 | 1973-08-31 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 29 | 11 | 1944 | 2 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 10 | 5 | 1963 | 2 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 34 | 65 | 1970 | 37 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 34 | 153 | 1940 | 124 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 34 | 44 | 1948 | 28 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 18 | 3 | 1942 | 1 |
| 20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min | 6 | 1 | 1943 | 1 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 33 | 59 | 1962 | 46 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 33 | 21 | 1959 | 9 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 25 | 6 | 1944 | 5 |
| 100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain | 2 | 1 | 1942 | 1 |
| 200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain | 1 | 1 | 1942 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 34 | 11 | 1960 | 3 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 19 | 4 | 1960 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1940.
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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).