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Elgin Threshold Days by Year (USC00262557)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elgin (USC00262557): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elgin Thresholds

  • Elgin: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 22 years, most in 1998 with 19.
  • Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 21 years, most in 2001 with 143.
  • Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 21 years, most in 1996 with 94.
  • Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 21 years, most in 1996 with 24.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elgin.
21 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elgin Days per year at Elgin with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 143 in 2001. 0501001501989: 1301990: 1101991: 1221992: 1141993: 1191994: 1321995: 1051996: 1421997: 1271998: 881999: 1272001: 1432002: 1322003: 1342004: 1262005: 962006: 1142007: 1172009: 1372010: 1182011: 1191989199219951998200220052009
Days per year at Elgin with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 143 in 2001.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elgin
YearDaysDecade average
1989130130
1990110118.6
1991122118.6
1992114118.6
1993119118.6
1994132118.6
1995105118.6
1996142118.6
1997127118.6
199888118.6
1999127118.6
2001143124.9
2002132124.9
2003134124.9
2004126124.9
200596124.9
2006114124.9
2007117124.9
2009137124.9
2010118118.5
2011119118.5
First to last qualifying date each year at Elgin For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elgin meeting 30 C (86 F). 1989: 7 April 1989 to 14 October 19891990: 14 April 1990 to 6 October 19901991: 9 May 1991 to 19 October 19911992: 26 April 1992 to 14 October 19921993: 11 May 1993 to 6 October 19931994: 17 April 1994 to 28 September 19941995: 21 May 1995 to 18 October 19951996: 9 April 1996 to 13 October 19961997: 5 May 1997 to 6 October 19971998: 1 June 1998 to 20 September 19981999: 14 May 1999 to 4 November 19992001: 27 April 2001 to 6 October 20012002: 2 April 2002 to 25 September 20022003: 16 May 2003 to 24 October 20032004: 21 March 2004 to 16 October 20042005: 16 May 2005 to 4 October 20052006: 2 May 2006 to 1 October 20062007: 18 March 2007 to 17 September 20072009: 21 April 2009 to 18 October 20092010: 5 May 2010 to 17 October 20102011: 18 April 2011 to 3 October 20111989199219951998200220052009JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elgin meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Elgin
YearFirst dateLast date
19891989-04-071989-10-14
19901990-04-141990-10-06
19911991-05-091991-10-19
19921992-04-261992-10-14
19931993-05-111993-10-06
19941994-04-171994-09-28
19951995-05-211995-10-18
19961996-04-091996-10-13
19971997-05-051997-10-06
19981998-06-011998-09-20
19991999-05-141999-11-04
20012001-04-272001-10-06
20022002-04-022002-09-25
20032003-05-162003-10-24
20042004-03-212004-10-16
20052005-05-162005-10-04
20062006-05-022006-10-01
20072007-03-182007-09-17
20092009-04-212009-10-18
20102010-05-052010-10-17
20112011-04-182011-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elgin
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days211432001119
35 C (95 F): Days2194199683
40 C (104 F): Days2124199610
45 C (113 F): Days1120021
90 F (32.2 C): Days211262001103
100 F (37.8 C): Days2156200252
110 F (43.3 C): Days6420022
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max8519902
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min20114199798
-10 C (14 F): Days with min101019903
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min2027200615
25 C (77 F): Days with min7420062
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain221919986
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain13720052
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain2219981
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall10n/a3

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1989.

Download the Data

  • Data for Elgin threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).