Elk City Lake Threshold Days by Year (USC00142430)

19 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elk City Lake (USC00142430): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elk City Lake Thresholds

Elk City Lake: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 31 years, most in 1985 with 46.
Elk City Lake: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 31 years, most in 1985 with 20.
Elk City Lake: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 27 years, most in 1985 with 7.
Elk City Lake: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 19 years, most in 1980 with 122.
19 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elk City Lake.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

19 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elk City Lake with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 122 in 1980.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elk City Lake
Year	Days	Decade average
1965	84	79.8
1966	89	79.8
1967	62	79.8
1968	79	79.8
1969	85	79.8
1970	90	83.1
1971	88	83.1
1972	90	83.1
1973	84	83.1
1974	64	83.1
1975	89	83.1
1976	76	83.1
1977	84	83.1
1980	122	98.3
1981	100	98.3
1982	100	98.3
1983	90	98.3
1984	95	98.3
1985	83	98.3

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Elk City Lake
Year	First date	Last date
1965	1965-04-21	1965-10-11
1966	1966-04-01	1966-10-15
1967	1967-03-11	1967-10-06
1968	1968-03-30	1968-10-15
1969	1969-05-29	1969-10-04
1970	1970-04-28	1970-10-03
1971	1971-04-13	1971-10-07
1972	1972-04-12	1972-10-12
1973	1973-05-19	1973-10-09
1974	1974-04-01	1974-09-12
1975	1975-05-19	1975-10-14
1976	1976-05-23	1976-10-03
1977	1977-04-09	1977-10-28
1980	1980-04-22	1980-10-10
1981	1981-04-13	1981-10-06
1982	1982-04-03	1982-10-28
1983	1983-06-19	1983-10-04
1984	1984-05-11	1984-10-09
1985	1985-04-19	1985-10-07

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elk City Lake
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	19	122	1980	83
35 C (95 F): Days	19	80	1980	21
40 C (104 F): Days	9	24	1980	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	19	104	1980	58
100 F (37.8 C): Days	18	50	1980	4
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1980	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	19	23	1972	21
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	17	132	1976	100
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	17	35	1985	35
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	11	6	1983	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	17	66	1980	39
25 C (77 F): Days with min	8	5	1980	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	31	46	1985	27
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	31	20	1985	10
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	27	7	1985	4
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	9	1	1967	3
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	2	1	1977	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	5	1	1970	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1970	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1965.

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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 City Lake Threshold Days by Year (USC00142430)

Key Facts for Elk City Lake Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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