Elwood Threshold Days by Year (USC00122638)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elwood (USC00122638): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elwood Thresholds

Elwood: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 58 years, most in 1983 with 75.
Elwood: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 58 years, most in 1983 with 50.
Elwood: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 58 years, most in 1978 with 64.
Elwood: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 58 years, most in 1966 with 160.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elwood.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

58 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elwood with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 75 in 1983.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elwood
Year	Days	Decade average
1949	53	53
1950	14	46
1951	37	46
1952	56	46
1953	62	46
1954	64	46
1955	69	46
1957	33	46
1958	19	46
1959	60	46
1960	32	39.6
1961	41	39.6
1962	38	39.6
1963	38	39.6
1964	51	39.6
1965	28	39.6
1966	49	39.6
1967	34	39.6
1968	44	39.6
1969	41	39.6
1970	38	37.3
1971	36	37.3
1972	29	37.3
1973	37	37.3
1974	29	37.3
1975	45	37.3
1976	25	37.3
1977	57	37.3
1978	39	37.3
1979	38	37.3
1980	63	47.8
1981	40	47.8
1982	46	47.8
1983	75	47.8
1984	41	47.8
1985	40	47.8
1986	32	47.8
1987	56	47.8
1988	60	47.8
1989	25	47.8
1990	28	40.8
1991	63	40.8
1992	6	40.8
1993	38	40.8
1994	46	40.8
1995	56	40.8
1996	38	40.8
1997	28	40.8
1998	47	40.8
1999	58	40.8
2003	24	30
2004	28	30
2005	50	30
2006	31	30
2009	17	30
2010	62	53.7
2011	51	53.7
2012	48	53.7

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Elwood
Year	First date	Last date
1949	1949-05-04	1949-10-10
1950	1950-06-06	1950-10-02
1951	1951-05-02	1951-10-06
1952	1952-05-05	1952-09-30
1953	1953-05-26	1953-10-22
1954	1954-05-25	1954-10-04
1955	1955-05-21	1955-09-20
1957	1957-06-16	1957-08-31
1958	1958-06-06	1958-09-06
1959	1959-05-03	1959-10-05
1960	1960-04-25	1960-09-24
1961	1961-06-02	1961-09-25
1962	1962-05-15	1962-09-14
1963	1963-05-10	1963-10-08
1964	1964-05-20	1964-09-22
1965	1965-05-23	1965-09-20
1966	1966-06-10	1966-09-03
1967	1967-05-26	1967-10-05
1968	1968-06-07	1968-09-24
1969	1969-05-07	1969-09-07
1970	1970-05-23	1970-09-24
1971	1971-06-05	1971-10-03
1972	1972-06-04	1972-09-18
1973	1973-06-04	1973-09-29
1974	1974-05-22	1974-08-28
1975	1975-05-20	1975-09-03
1976	1976-06-08	1976-08-29
1977	1977-04-19	1977-09-06
1978	1978-05-28	1978-09-21
1979	1979-05-09	1979-10-02
1980	1980-05-06	1980-10-09
1981	1981-06-05	1981-09-14
1982	1982-05-06	1982-10-07
1983	1983-06-11	1983-10-04
1984	1984-05-20	1984-09-23
1985	1985-04-20	1985-09-23
1986	1986-06-02	1986-09-30
1987	1987-04-30	1987-09-28
1988	1988-05-23	1988-09-11
1989	1989-05-30	1989-08-28
1990	1990-06-08	1990-09-06
1991	1991-05-13	1991-09-16
1992	1992-07-01	1992-08-10
1993	1993-05-11	1993-09-03
1994	1994-04-27	1994-09-17
1995	1995-06-07	1995-09-14
1996	1996-05-19	1996-09-12
1997	1997-06-19	1997-10-05
1998	1998-04-09	1998-09-27
1999	1999-05-17	1999-09-28
2003	2003-05-10	2003-08-29
2004	2004-05-07	2004-09-25
2005	2005-05-12	2005-10-05
2006	2006-05-28	2006-08-25
2009	2009-06-02	2009-08-18
2010	2010-05-24	2010-10-11
2011	2011-05-12	2011-09-14
2012	2012-05-04	2012-09-07

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elwood
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	58	75	1983	48
35 C (95 F): Days	31	19	1988	8
90 F (32.2 C): Days	58	50	1983	27
100 F (37.8 C): Days	5	4	1954	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	58	64	1978	21
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	58	160	1966	119
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	58	63	1978	15
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	45	25	1963	3
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	4	3	1982	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	58	30	1995	21
25 C (77 F): Days with min	4	2	2006	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	55	50	2006	31
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	55	15	1957	6
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	42	5	2003	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	7	2	1980	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	22	4	1951	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	2	1	1973	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).

Elwood Threshold Days by Year (USC00122638)

Key Facts for Elwood Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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