Russell Threshold Days by Year (USC00227701)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Russell (USC00227701): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Russell Thresholds

Russell: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 44 years, most in 1954 with 139.
Russell: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 44 years, most in 1954 with 118.
Russell: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 42 years, most in 1963 with 73.
Russell: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 42 years, most in 1982 with 111.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Russell.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

44 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Russell with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 139 in 1954.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Russell
Year	Days	Decade average
1937	118	118.3
1938	122	118.3
1939	115	118.3
1941	131	115
1942	102	115
1944	119	115
1945	116	115
1949	107	115
1950	105	123.3
1951	134	123.3
1952	130	123.3
1953	133	123.3
1954	139	123.3
1955	131	123.3
1956	112	123.3
1957	117	123.3
1958	109	123.3
1959	123	123.3
1960	112	110.2
1961	105	110.2
1962	138	110.2
1963	136	110.2
1964	113	110.2
1965	118	110.2
1966	88	110.2
1967	77	110.2
1968	103	110.2
1969	112	110.2
1970	124	114.8
1971	116	114.8
1972	132	114.8
1973	121	114.8
1974	111	114.8
1975	109	114.8
1976	88	114.8
1977	129	114.8
1978	128	114.8
1979	90	114.8
1980	121	112.5
1981	122	112.5
1982	130	112.5
1983	79	112.5
1984	111	112.5
1985	112	112.5

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Russell
Year	First date	Last date
1937	1937-04-17	1937-10-31
1938	1938-04-29	1938-10-19
1939	1939-05-11	1939-10-27
1941	1941-04-12	1941-10-23
1942	1942-04-19	1942-09-20
1944	1944-05-14	1944-10-27
1945	1945-05-16	1945-10-02
1949	1949-05-05	1949-10-21
1950	1950-05-06	1950-11-01
1951	1951-04-28	1951-10-31
1952	1952-04-30	1952-10-06
1953	1953-05-03	1953-10-24
1954	1954-04-03	1954-10-15
1955	1955-03-12	1955-10-24
1956	1956-05-12	1956-09-30
1957	1957-04-30	1957-09-23
1958	1958-04-25	1958-09-27
1959	1959-05-01	1959-10-14
1960	1960-04-21	1960-10-04
1961	1961-05-06	1961-11-01
1962	1962-04-30	1962-10-17
1963	1963-03-14	1963-10-27
1964	1964-04-24	1964-10-04
1965	1965-04-24	1965-10-18
1966	1966-04-14	1966-09-27
1967	1967-04-06	1967-10-15
1968	1968-04-21	1968-10-15
1969	1969-05-20	1969-10-13
1970	1970-04-22	1970-10-04
1971	1971-05-26	1971-10-05
1972	1972-04-13	1972-10-18
1973	1973-05-10	1973-10-09
1974	1974-03-31	1974-09-21
1975	1975-04-25	1975-10-14
1976	1976-06-09	1976-10-04
1977	1977-05-07	1977-10-02
1978	1978-03-31	1978-10-13
1979	1979-05-10	1979-10-02
1980	1980-04-22	1980-10-11
1981	1981-04-14	1981-10-06
1982	1982-03-18	1982-10-10
1983	1983-05-13	1983-10-04
1984	1984-04-20	1984-10-31
1985	1985-04-28	1985-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Russell
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	44	139	1954	112
35 C (95 F): Days	40	74	1954	14
40 C (104 F): Days	4	5	1951	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	44	118	1954	67
100 F (37.8 C): Days	13	19	1951	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	25	6	1963	4
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	42	73	1963	52
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	26	9	1963	4
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1985	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	42	111	1982	65
25 C (77 F): Days with min	12	5	1974	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	41	60	1961	38
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	41	27	1975	15
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	39	10	1938	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	17	3	1979	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1973	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	2	1	1963	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1964	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1937.

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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).

Russell Threshold Days by Year (USC00227701)

Key Facts for Russell Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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