Elk Valley Threshold Days by Year (USC00042749)

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elk Valley (USC00042749): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elk Valley Thresholds

Elk Valley: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 35 years, most in 1967 with 81.
Elk Valley: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 35 years, most in 1967 with 60.
Elk Valley: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 35 years, most in 1975 with 169.
Elk Valley: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 33 years, most in 1950 with 77.
15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elk Valley.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

35 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elk Valley with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 81 in 1967.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elk Valley
Year	Days	Decade average
1939	58	58
1940	52	30.5
1941	25	30.5
1942	36	30.5
1943	27	30.5
1944	27	30.5
1945	44	30.5
1946	31	30.5
1947	17	30.5
1948	23	30.5
1949	23	30.5
1950	58	45.7
1951	60	45.7
1952	53	45.7
1953	23	45.7
1954	25	45.7
1955	35	45.7
1956	48	45.7
1957	40	45.7
1958	65	45.7
1959	50	45.7
1960	53	51.9
1961	59	51.9
1962	42	51.9
1963	37	51.9
1964	41	51.9
1965	46	51.9
1966	52	51.9
1967	81	51.9
1968	56	51.9
1971	36	50.2
1972	59	50.2
1973	54	50.2
1974	58	50.2
1975	44	50.2

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Elk Valley
Year	First date	Last date
1939	1939-04-17	1939-09-22
1940	1940-05-18	1940-08-31
1941	1941-05-21	1941-08-19
1942	1942-05-20	1942-09-24
1943	1943-05-24	1943-09-24
1944	1944-05-03	1944-09-11
1945	1945-04-19	1945-09-13
1946	1946-05-17	1946-08-27
1947	1947-04-13	1947-09-01
1948	1948-06-08	1948-09-20
1949	1949-05-11	1949-09-03
1950	1950-05-25	1950-09-09
1951	1951-06-14	1951-09-20
1952	1952-05-27	1952-10-06
1953	1953-07-05	1953-09-14
1954	1954-05-14	1954-08-22
1955	1955-05-19	1955-09-05
1956	1956-05-16	1956-09-05
1957	1957-04-27	1957-09-23
1958	1958-05-15	1958-09-06
1959	1959-05-12	1959-09-09
1960	1960-06-01	1960-09-29
1961	1961-05-18	1961-09-05
1962	1962-06-07	1962-09-17
1963	1963-05-17	1963-09-27
1964	1964-06-22	1964-10-06
1965	1965-06-02	1965-09-24
1966	1966-05-03	1966-09-30
1967	1967-05-07	1967-09-28
1968	1968-06-15	1968-09-16
1971	1971-06-21	1971-09-16
1972	1972-05-12	1972-09-16
1973	1973-05-12	1973-09-12
1974	1974-06-01	1974-10-01
1975	1975-05-13	1975-10-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elk Valley
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	35	81	1967	44
35 C (95 F): Days	32	26	1967	5
40 C (104 F): Days	1	1	1956	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	35	60	1967	22
100 F (37.8 C): Days	17	7	1967	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	10	6	1949	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	35	169	1975	169
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	14	13	1949	6
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	33	77	1950	60
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	33	43	1951	32
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	33	18	1942	12
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	25	4	1950	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	2	2	1964	2
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	17	9	1952	5
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	5	2	1950	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1939.

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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).

Elk Valley Threshold Days by Year (USC00042749)

Key Facts for Elk Valley Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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