Riksten Threshold Days by Year (SWE00138758)
10 fixed thresholds counted per year at Riksten (SWE00138758): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Riksten Thresholds
- Riksten: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 36 years, most in 1949 with 26.
- Riksten: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 34 years, most in 1952 with 192.
- Riksten: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 34 years, most in 1963 with 72.
- Riksten: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1977 with 4.
- 10 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Riksten.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
7 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 2 | 2 |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | 2 | 3 |
| 1973 | 2 | 3 |
| 1975 | 5 | 3 |
| 1982 | 4 | 4 |
| 1983 | 4 | 4 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1959-08-20 | 1959-08-21 |
| 1968 | 1968-06-18 | 1968-06-18 |
| 1970 | 1970-06-19 | 1970-06-20 |
| 1973 | 1973-06-24 | 1973-07-07 |
| 1975 | 1975-08-04 | 1975-08-09 |
| 1982 | 1982-06-05 | 1982-08-08 |
| 1983 | 1983-07-09 | 1983-08-09 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 7 | 5 | 1975 | 4 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 2 | 3 | 1975 | 1 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 29 | 87 | 1963 | 39 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 34 | 192 | 1952 | 135 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 34 | 72 | 1963 | 23 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 28 | 17 | 1966 | 1 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 3 | 2 | 1966 | 2 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 36 | 26 | 1949 | 15 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 30 | 4 | 1977 | 1 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 2 | 1 | 1954 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1959.
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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).