Akureyri Threshold Days by Year (IC000004063)

7 fixed thresholds counted per year at Akureyri (IC000004063): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Akureyri Thresholds

Akureyri: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 58 years, most in 1979 with 93.
Akureyri: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 57 years, most in 1979 with 204.
Akureyri: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 56 years, most in 1968 with 53.
Akureyri: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 11 years, most in 1969 with 4.
7 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Akureyri.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

57 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Akureyri with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 204 in 1979.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Akureyri
Year	Days	Decade average
1949	185	185
1950	176	160.7
1951	179	160.7
1952	175	160.7
1953	150	160.7
1954	159	160.7
1955	168	160.7
1956	129	160.7
1957	169	160.7
1958	166	160.7
1959	136	160.7
1960	143	163.9
1961	150	163.9
1962	156	163.9
1963	158	163.9
1964	132	163.9
1965	166	163.9
1966	180	163.9
1967	178	163.9
1968	189	163.9
1969	187	163.9
1970	173	163.2
1971	161	163.2
1972	124	163.2
1973	172	163.2
1974	141	163.2
1975	175	163.2
1976	146	163.2
1977	181	163.2
1978	155	163.2
1979	204	163.2
1980	171	169.1
1981	186	169.1
1982	166	169.1
1983	192	169.1
1984	169	169.1
1985	153	169.1
1986	180	169.1
1987	119	169.1
1988	181	169.1
1989	174	169.1
1990	162	157.5
1991	142	157.5
1992	163	157.5
1993	147	157.5
1994	169	157.5
1995	166	157.5
1996	145	157.5
1997	161	157.5
1998	160	157.5
1999	160	157.5
2000	143	133
2001	132	133
2002	122	133
2003	128	133
2004	140	133
2025	22	22

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Akureyri
Year	First date	Last date
1949	1949-01-01	1949-12-30
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	1953-12-30
1954	1954-01-02	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	1960-12-30
1961	1961-01-04	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-05	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	1969-01-02	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-27
1972	1972-01-04	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-30
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	1989-01-03	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-02	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-31
1993	1993-01-01	1993-12-28
1994	1994-01-02	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-31
1996	1996-01-01	1996-12-31
1997	1997-01-02	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-30
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
2025	2025-01-10	2025-04-17

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Akureyri
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	58	93	1979	4
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	57	204	1979	22
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	56	53	1968	19
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	11	4	1969	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	5	13	1981	13
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	2	1	1977	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	1	1	1977	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

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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).

Akureyri Threshold Days by Year (IC000004063)

Key Facts for Akureyri Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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