Ellington Threshold Days by Year (USC00232547)

6 fixed thresholds counted per year at Ellington (USC00232547): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Ellington Thresholds

Ellington: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 54 years, most in 1951 with 63.
Ellington: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 54 years, most in 1945 with 25.
Ellington: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 50 years, most in 1945 with 8.
Ellington: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 23 years, most in 2008 with 6.
6 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Ellington.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

54 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Ellington with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 63 in 1951.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Ellington
Year	Days	Decade average
1945	51	43.8
1946	43	43.8
1947	36	43.8
1948	42	43.8
1949	47	43.8
1950	48	41.9
1951	63	41.9
1952	36	41.9
1953	32	41.9
1954	40	41.9
1955	30	41.9
1956	37	41.9
1957	54	41.9
1958	43	41.9
1959	36	41.9
1960	33	36.4
1961	45	36.4
1963	24	36.4
1964	33	36.4
1965	34	36.4
1966	37	36.4
1967	40	36.4
1968	45	36.4
1969	37	36.4
1970	33	38.5
1971	36	38.5
1972	43	38.5
1973	61	38.5
1974	37	38.5
1976	27	38.5
1978	28	38.5
1979	43	38.5
1980	26	33.7
1983	31	33.7
1984	45	33.7
1985	41	33.7
1987	37	33.7
1988	26	33.7
1989	30	33.7
1991	46	42.8
1992	39	42.8
1993	44	42.8
1994	38	42.8
1995	40	42.8
1996	48	42.8
1997	39	42.8
1998	49	42.8
1999	42	42.8
2000	36	42.2
2004	44	42.2
2005	33	42.2
2006	48	42.2
2007	46	42.2
2009	46	42.2

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Ellington meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Ellington
Year	First date	Last date
1945	1945-01-03	1945-11-13
1946	1946-01-05	1946-12-29
1947	1947-01-30	1947-12-16
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-29
1949	1949-01-04	1949-12-26
1950	1950-01-04	1950-12-06
1951	1951-01-03	1951-12-09
1952	1952-01-03	1952-12-20
1953	1953-01-08	1953-11-22
1954	1954-01-10	1954-12-29
1955	1955-02-02	1955-11-23
1956	1956-01-29	1956-12-20
1957	1957-01-20	1957-12-26
1958	1958-01-21	1958-11-28
1959	1959-01-15	1959-12-28
1960	1960-01-13	1960-12-11
1961	1961-01-15	1961-12-17
1963	1963-01-05	1963-12-11
1964	1964-01-24	1964-12-11
1965	1965-02-09	1965-12-24
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-27
1967	1967-01-25	1967-12-22
1968	1968-01-29	1968-12-28
1969	1969-01-16	1969-12-30
1970	1970-01-18	1970-12-30
1971	1971-01-03	1971-12-30
1972	1972-01-04	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-03	1973-12-27
1974	1974-01-10	1974-12-24
1976	1976-01-25	1976-12-07
1978	1978-01-17	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-27	1979-12-24
1980	1980-01-11	1980-12-09
1983	1983-03-05	1983-12-09
1984	1984-02-11	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-04	1985-12-10
1987	1987-01-09	1987-12-27
1988	1988-01-16	1988-12-27
1989	1989-01-05	1989-12-30
1991	1991-01-10	1991-12-21
1992	1992-01-08	1992-12-29
1993	1993-01-04	1993-12-14
1994	1994-01-17	1994-12-16
1995	1995-01-06	1995-12-19
1996	1996-01-03	1996-12-15
1997	1997-01-09	1997-12-24
1998	1998-01-04	1998-12-21
1999	1999-01-02	1999-12-12
2000	2000-01-03	2000-12-27
2004	2004-01-02	2004-12-07
2005	2005-01-06	2005-11-28
2006	2006-01-10	2006-12-31
2007	2007-01-05	2007-12-23
2009	2009-02-10	2009-12-29

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Ellington
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	54	63	1951	46
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	54	25	1945	12
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	50	8	1945	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	16	2	1946	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	23	6	2008	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	3	1	1984	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1945.

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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).

Ellington Threshold Days by Year (USC00232547)

Key Facts for Ellington Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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