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Elkader Threshold Days by Year

6 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elkader (USC00142421): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elkader Thresholds

  • Elkader: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 33 years, most in 1973 with 22.
  • Elkader: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 32 years, most in 1950 with 8.
  • Elkader: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 20 years, most in 1958 with 5.
  • Elkader: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 13 years, most in 1971 with 2.
  • 6 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elkader.
33 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Elkader Days per year at Elkader with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 22 in 1973. 01020301950: 151953: 121954: 51955: 91956: 61957: 201958: 151959: 161960: 101961: 141966: 111967: 111968: 91969: 201970: 141971: 101972: 151973: 221974: 91975: 161976: 111977: 161978: 111979: 151980: 161981: 161982: 151983: 71984: 171985: 131986: 91987: 141988: 11195019561960196819721976198019841988
Days per year at Elkader with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 22 in 1973.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Elkader
YearDaysDecade average
19501512.3
19531212.3
1954512.3
1955912.3
1956612.3
19572012.3
19581512.3
19591612.3
19601012.5
19611412.5
19661112.5
19671112.5
1968912.5
19692012.5
19701413.9
19711013.9
19721513.9
19732213.9
1974913.9
19751613.9
19761113.9
19771613.9
19781113.9
19791513.9
19801613.1
19811613.1
19821513.1
1983713.1
19841713.1
19851313.1
1986913.1
19871413.1
19881113.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Elkader For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elkader meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1950: 4 April 1950 to 28 August 19501953: 1 March 1953 to 3 December 19531954: 1 May 1954 to 7 October 19541955: 13 April 1955 to 26 September 19551956: 30 May 1956 to 6 July 19561957: 23 March 1957 to 14 October 19571958: 5 March 1958 to 19 September 19581959: 21 March 1959 to 30 October 19591960: 4 February 1960 to 19 October 19601961: 29 March 1961 to 16 November 19611966: 8 June 1966 to 16 September 19661967: 6 March 1967 to 17 September 19671968: 7 May 1968 to 23 September 19681969: 15 February 1969 to 19 October 19691970: 18 April 1970 to 23 September 19701971: 19 February 1971 to 30 October 19711972: 26 April 1972 to 10 November 19721973: 14 March 1973 to 21 November 19731974: 10 March 1974 to 3 November 19741975: 8 April 1975 to 20 November 19751976: 8 April 1976 to 27 October 19761977: 13 April 1977 to 5 December 19771978: 1 May 1978 to 4 November 19781979: 3 March 1979 to 28 December 19791980: 24 March 1980 to 27 October 19801981: 4 March 1981 to 3 November 19811982: 28 April 1982 to 2 October 19821983: 1 April 1983 to 15 September 19831984: 19 March 1984 to 14 December 19841985: 9 January 1985 to 16 November 19851986: 27 April 1986 to 2 November 19861987: 27 February 1987 to 13 August 19871988: 2 April 1988 to 15 September 19881950195719661971197619811986JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elkader meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Elkader
YearFirst dateLast date
19501950-04-041950-08-28
19531953-03-011953-12-03
19541954-05-011954-10-07
19551955-04-131955-09-26
19561956-05-301956-07-06
19571957-03-231957-10-14
19581958-03-051958-09-19
19591959-03-211959-10-30
19601960-02-041960-10-19
19611961-03-291961-11-16
19661966-06-081966-09-16
19671967-03-061967-09-17
19681968-05-071968-09-23
19691969-02-151969-10-19
19701970-04-181970-09-23
19711971-02-191971-10-30
19721972-04-261972-11-10
19731973-03-141973-11-21
19741974-03-101974-11-03
19751975-04-081975-11-20
19761976-04-081976-10-27
19771977-04-131977-12-05
19781978-05-011978-11-04
19791979-03-031979-12-28
19801980-03-241980-10-27
19811981-03-041981-11-03
19821982-04-281982-10-02
19831983-04-011983-09-15
19841984-03-191984-12-14
19851985-01-091985-11-16
19861986-04-271986-11-02
19871987-02-271987-08-13
19881988-04-021988-09-15

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elkader
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain3322197311
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain32819502
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain13219711
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain2119661
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall20519581
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall1119581

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).