Tara Hills Threshold Days by Year (NZ000937470)

8 fixed thresholds counted per year at Tara Hills (NZ000937470): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Tara Hills Thresholds

Tara Hills: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 52 years, most in 1959 with 146.
Tara Hills: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 40 years, most in 1999 with 17.
Tara Hills: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 23 years, most in 1995 with 7.
Tara Hills: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 20 years, most in 1959 with 4.
8 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Tara Hills.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

40 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Tara Hills with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1999.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Tara Hills
Year	Days	Decade average
1950	3	3.9
1951	2	3.9
1953	2	3.9
1954	3	3.9
1955	4	3.9
1956	9	3.9
1957	1	3.9
1959	7	3.9
1960	6	3.6
1961	4	3.6
1963	8	3.6
1964	3	3.6
1965	2	3.6
1967	1	3.6
1969	1	3.6
1970	2	4.4
1971	13	4.4
1973	10	4.4
1974	4	4.4
1975	3	4.4
1976	2	4.4
1977	2	4.4
1978	2	4.4
1979	2	4.4
1980	1	2.6
1981	3	2.6
1982	3	2.6
1983	1	2.6
1985	1	2.6
1988	6	2.6
1989	3	2.6
1991	3	5.2
1992	1	5.2
1995	2	5.2
1997	3	5.2
1999	17	5.2
2000	1	2.5
2003	1	2.5
2004	2	2.5
2005	6	2.5

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Tara Hills meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Tara Hills
Year	First date	Last date
1950	1950-12-21	1950-12-26
1951	1951-01-06	1951-01-07
1953	1953-02-06	1953-02-23
1954	1954-01-17	1954-01-29
1955	1955-12-12	1955-12-23
1956	1956-01-03	1956-02-25
1957	1957-03-04	1957-03-04
1959	1959-01-09	1959-01-25
1960	1960-01-09	1960-12-31
1961	1961-01-04	1961-02-25
1963	1963-01-13	1963-02-04
1964	1964-01-29	1964-01-31
1965	1965-12-23	1965-12-24
1967	1967-01-16	1967-01-16
1969	1969-02-21	1969-02-21
1970	1970-01-03	1970-12-28
1971	1971-01-09	1971-02-20
1973	1973-01-18	1973-12-10
1974	1974-01-20	1974-02-01
1975	1975-01-04	1975-02-09
1976	1976-01-04	1976-01-05
1977	1977-02-13	1977-02-14
1978	1978-01-24	1978-01-31
1979	1979-01-10	1979-02-03
1980	1980-01-13	1980-01-13
1981	1981-01-11	1981-02-09
1982	1982-01-12	1982-02-15
1983	1983-02-02	1983-02-02
1985	1985-02-06	1985-02-06
1988	1988-01-12	1988-12-26
1989	1989-01-07	1989-03-06
1991	1991-01-04	1991-02-10
1992	1992-03-11	1992-03-11
1995	1995-02-16	1995-02-26
1997	1997-01-08	1997-02-19
1999	1999-01-03	1999-02-18
2000	2000-02-11	2000-02-11
2003	2003-01-01	2003-01-01
2004	2004-01-02	2004-01-03
2005	2005-01-27	2005-02-06

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Tara Hills
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	40	17	1999	6
90 F (32.2 C): Days	20	4	1959	3
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	23	7	1995	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	52	146	1959	78
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	12	11	1995	11
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	1	2	1973	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	1	0	n/a	8
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	1	0	n/a	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1950.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Tara Hills Threshold Days by Year (NZ000937470)

Key Facts for Tara Hills Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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