Zugspitze Threshold Days by Year (GM000004155)

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Zugspitze (GM000004155): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Zugspitze Thresholds

Zugspitze: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 125 years, most in 1912 with 277.
Zugspitze: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 125 years, most in 1910 with 340.
Zugspitze: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 125 years, most in 1905 with 164.
Zugspitze: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 125 years, most in 1937 with 99.
9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Zugspitze.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

125 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Zugspitze with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 340 in 1910.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Zugspitze
Year	Days	Decade average
1901	307	317.9
1902	325	317.9
1903	331	317.9
1904	338	317.9
1905	307	317.9
1906	302	317.9
1907	309	317.9
1908	312	317.9
1909	330	317.9
1910	340	321
1911	295	321
1912	338	321
1913	326	321
1914	321	321
1915	324	321
1916	332	321
1917	286	321
1918	334	321
1919	314	321
1920	303	305.4
1921	272	305.4
1922	312	305.4
1923	313	305.4
1924	321	305.4
1925	319	305.4
1926	315	305.4
1927	301	305.4
1928	304	305.4
1929	294	305.4
1930	298	304.2
1931	319	304.2
1932	294	304.2
1933	313	304.2
1934	305	304.2
1935	305	304.2
1936	310	304.2
1937	293	304.2
1938	307	304.2
1939	298	304.2
1940	319	301.9
1941	315	301.9
1942	288	301.9
1943	296	301.9
1944	308	301.9
1946	307	301.9
1947	283	301.9
1948	308	301.9
1949	293	301.9
1950	282	302.5
1951	299	302.5
1952	312	302.5
1953	284	302.5
1954	319	302.5
1955	316	302.5
1956	316	302.5
1957	310	302.5
1958	293	302.5
1959	294	302.5
1960	324	305.9
1961	296	305.9
1962	306	305.9
1963	303	305.9
1964	305	305.9
1965	313	305.9
1966	315	305.9
1967	294	305.9
1968	314	305.9
1969	289	305.9
1970	307	311.1
1971	310	311.1
1972	321	311.1
1973	299	311.1
1974	321	311.1
1975	294	311.1
1976	313	311.1
1977	312	311.1
1978	327	311.1
1979	307	311.1
1980	320	305.2
1981	313	305.2
1982	289	305.2
1983	290	305.2
1984	331	305.2
1985	301	305.2
1986	282	305.2
1987	307	305.2
1988	313	305.2
1989	306	305.2
1990	309	301.3
1991	293	301.3
1992	293	301.3
1993	311	301.3
1994	292	301.3
1995	295	301.3
1996	325	301.3
1997	298	301.3
1998	303	301.3
1999	294	301.3
2000	297	289.8
2001	304	289.8
2002	298	289.8
2003	266	289.8
2004	296	289.8
2005	297	289.8
2006	274	289.8
2007	293	289.8
2008	293	289.8
2009	280	289.8
2010	306	286.9
2011	277	286.9
2012	273	286.9
2013	301	286.9
2014	300	286.9
2015	280	286.9
2016	297	286.9
2017	291	286.9
2018	267	286.9
2019	277	286.9
2020	289	261.6
2021	290	261.6
2022	258	261.6
2023	272	261.6
2024	267	261.6
2025	287	261.6
2026	168	261.6

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Zugspitze
Year	First date	Last date
1901	1901-01-01	1901-12-31
1902	1902-01-01	1902-12-31
1903	1903-01-01	1903-12-31
1904	1904-01-01	1904-12-31
1905	1905-01-01	1905-12-31
1906	1906-01-01	1906-12-31
1907	1907-01-01	1907-12-31
1908	1908-01-01	1908-12-31
1909	1909-01-01	1909-12-31
1910	1910-01-01	1910-12-31
1911	1911-01-01	1911-12-31
1912	1912-01-01	1912-12-31
1913	1913-01-01	1913-12-31
1914	1914-01-01	1914-12-31
1915	1915-01-01	1915-12-31
1916	1916-01-01	1916-12-31
1917	1917-01-01	1917-12-31
1918	1918-01-01	1918-12-31
1919	1919-01-01	1919-12-31
1920	1920-01-01	1920-12-31
1921	1921-01-01	1921-12-31
1922	1922-01-01	1922-12-31
1923	1923-01-01	1923-12-31
1924	1924-01-01	1924-12-31
1925	1925-01-01	1925-12-31
1926	1926-01-01	1926-12-31
1927	1927-01-01	1927-12-31
1928	1928-01-01	1928-12-31
1929	1929-01-01	1929-12-31
1930	1930-01-01	1930-12-31
1931	1931-01-01	1931-12-31
1932	1932-01-01	1932-12-31
1933	1933-01-01	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-01	1934-12-31
1935	1935-01-01	1935-12-31
1936	1936-01-01	1936-12-31
1937	1937-01-01	1937-12-31
1938	1938-01-01	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-01	1939-12-31
1940	1940-01-01	1940-12-31
1941	1941-01-01	1941-12-31
1942	1942-01-01	1942-12-31
1943	1943-01-01	1943-12-31
1944	1944-01-01	1944-12-31
1946	1946-01-01	1946-12-31
1947	1947-01-01	1947-12-31
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-31
1949	1949-01-01	1949-12-31
1950	1950-01-01	1950-12-31
1951	1951-01-01	1951-12-31
1952	1952-01-01	1952-12-31
1953	1953-01-01	1953-12-31
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-31
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	1960-12-31
1961	1961-01-01	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-01	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	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	1970-01-01	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
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-01	1985-12-31
1986	1986-01-01	1986-12-31
1987	1987-01-01	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
1999	1999-01-01	1999-12-31
2000	2000-01-01	2000-12-31
2001	2001-01-01	2001-12-31
2002	2002-01-01	2002-12-31
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-31
2004	2004-01-01	2004-12-31
2005	2005-01-01	2005-12-31
2006	2006-01-01	2006-12-31
2007	2007-01-01	2007-12-31
2008	2008-01-01	2008-12-31
2009	2009-01-01	2009-12-31
2010	2010-01-01	2010-12-31
2011	2011-01-01	2011-12-31
2012	2012-01-01	2012-12-31
2013	2013-01-01	2013-12-31
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
2018	2018-01-01	2018-12-31
2019	2019-01-01	2019-12-31
2020	2020-01-01	2020-12-31
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	2024-12-31
2025	2025-01-01	2025-12-31
2026	2026-01-01	2026-08-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Zugspitze
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	125	277	1912	124
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	125	340	1910	168
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	125	164	1905	65
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	120	34	1956	5
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	12	3	1940	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	125	99	1937	4
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	123	34	1981	12
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	86	10	1954	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	1	1937	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1901.

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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).

Zugspitze Threshold Days by Year (GM000004155)

Key Facts for Zugspitze Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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