Nuuk Threshold Days by Year (GL000004250)

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Nuuk (GL000004250): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Nuuk Thresholds

Nuuk: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 64 years, most in 2001 with 66.
Nuuk: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 64 years, most in 2000 with 34.
Nuuk: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 57 years, most in 2015 with 185.
Nuuk: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 57 years, most in 1972 with 264.
9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Nuuk.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

57 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Nuuk with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 264 in 1972.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Nuuk
Year	Days	Decade average
1958	202	216
1959	230	216
1960	218	234.1
1962	219	234.1
1963	249	234.1
1964	235	234.1
1965	222	234.1
1966	220	234.1
1967	254	234.1
1968	240	234.1
1969	250	234.1
1970	249	242.9
1971	254	242.9
1972	264	242.9
1973	235	242.9
1974	229	242.9
1975	239	242.9
1976	241	242.9
1977	249	242.9
1978	249	242.9
1979	220	242.9
1980	228	233
1981	239	233
1983	244	233
1984	252	233
1985	205	233
1986	238	233
1987	232	233
1988	217	233
1989	242	233
1990	230	231
1991	227	231
1992	253	231
1993	233	231
1994	239	231
1995	235	231
1996	224	231
1997	221	231
1998	217	231
2001	209	200.3
2002	208	200.3
2003	165	200.3
2004	201	200.3
2006	196	200.3
2009	223	200.3
2010	157	214.2
2014	238	214.2
2015	243	214.2
2016	222	214.2
2017	221	214.2
2019	204	214.2
2021	220	208
2022	232	208
2023	230	208
2024	216	208
2025	219	208
2026	131	208

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Nuuk
Year	First date	Last date
1958	1958-01-01	1958-12-08
1959	1959-01-03	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-01	1960-12-31
1962	1962-01-01	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-02	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-31
1965	1965-01-01	1965-12-31
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-31
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-31
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-02	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-31
1975	1975-01-01	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-01	1977-12-31
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
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-02	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-01	1985-12-30
1986	1986-01-01	1986-12-31
1987	1987-01-02	1987-12-31
1988	1988-01-01	1988-12-31
1989	1989-01-01	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-31
1993	1993-01-01	1993-12-31
1994	1994-01-01	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-31
1996	1996-01-01	1996-12-31
1997	1997-01-01	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-31
2001	2001-01-06	2001-12-31
2002	2002-01-01	2002-12-31
2003	2003-01-02	2003-12-31
2004	2004-01-02	2004-12-25
2006	2006-01-01	2006-12-31
2009	2009-01-02	2009-12-28
2010	2010-01-01	2010-12-30
2014	2014-01-01	2014-12-31
2015	2015-01-01	2015-12-31
2016	2016-01-01	2016-12-31
2017	2017-01-01	2017-12-31
2019	2019-01-01	2019-12-31
2021	2021-01-01	2021-12-31
2022	2022-01-01	2022-12-31
2023	2023-01-01	2023-12-31
2024	2024-01-01	2024-12-29
2025	2025-01-03	2025-12-28
2026	2026-01-03	2026-06-20

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Nuuk
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	57	185	2015	82
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	57	264	1972	131
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	57	125	1993	29
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	24	34	1984	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	64	66	2001	12
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	64	34	2000	3
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	43	14	2000	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	9	6	2010	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	2	2010	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1958.

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Nuuk Threshold Days by Year (GL000004250)

Key Facts for Nuuk Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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