Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Elgin (USC00352597), Oregon, United States, with 73 years of record.
Key Facts for Elgin
Elgin (USC00352597) is a weather station in Oregon, United States at 45.57 latitude and -117.92 longitude, 822 m (2,697 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1937 to 2009, 73 years of record.
1,464 records set at Elgin still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Elgin set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 7 January 2009.
About the Station
Location: Oregon, United States, 45.57 latitude, -117.92 longitude.
Elevation: 822 m (2,697 ft).
Period of record: 1937 to 2009, 73 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Elgin. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Elgin, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
18.3 C (64.9 F)
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
42.2 C (108.0 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
43.3 C (109.9 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
39.4 C (102.9 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
22.8 C (73.0 F)
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Elgin still stand. 1949 holds the most, with 53.
Standing records at Elgin by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1937
15
1938
36
1939
35
1940
21
1941
22
1942
2
1943
16
1944
13
1945
22
1946
13
1947
27
1948
17
1949
53
1950
18
1951
17
1952
20
1953
19
1954
28
1955
47
1956
31
1957
24
1958
10
1959
16
1960
34
1961
21
1962
20
1963
22
1964
18
1965
28
1966
23
1967
36
1968
20
1969
8
1970
16
1971
28
1972
37
1973
14
1974
28
1975
16
1976
13
1977
28
1978
17
1979
16
1980
17
1981
19
1982
14
1983
25
1984
10
1985
36
1986
27
1987
37
1988
27
1989
18
1990
24
1991
9
1992
24
1993
25
1994
9
1995
19
1996
18
1997
10
1998
8
1999
21
2000
10
2001
11
2002
27
2003
28
2004
8
2005
15
2006
3
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Elgin between 9 December 1972 and 30 December 2002. Each dot is a new record.
When Elgin set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1972-12-09
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -17.8 C (0.0 F)
1975-11-30
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 36.6 cm (14.4 in)
1990-12-29
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -35.0 C (-31.0 F)
2002-12-30
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 101.6 mm (4.0 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Dec: 101.6 mm (4.0 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Elgin. The most was 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 30 December 2002.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Elgin
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
23 January 1982
Feb
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
7 February 1940
Mar
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
27 March 2005
Apr
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
27 April 1962
May
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
19 May 1991
Jun
38.4 mm (1.5 in)
11 June 1950
Jul
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
12 July 1975
Aug
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
23 August 2004
Sep
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
26 September 1959
Oct
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
20 October 1946
Nov
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
28 November 1995
Dec
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
30 December 2002
Period of Record Coverage
1937 to 2009
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
71 years of record at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. 16 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1963 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 49 complete years at Elgin, 1939 to 2005. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 8.7 C (47.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1985, at 6.7 C (44.0 F), and the warmest was 1958, at 10.3 C (50.6 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.0 C (3.6 F).
Annual mean temperature at Elgin as warming stripes, 1939 to 2005
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1939
9.1 C
+0.45 C
1940
9.8 C
+1.13 C
1941
9.4 C
+0.72 C
1945
7.8 C
-0.84 C
1946
7.7 C
-1.00 C
1949
8.0 C
-0.63 C
1951
8.1 C
-0.58 C
1952
8.2 C
-0.51 C
1953
9.0 C
+0.29 C
1955
7.2 C
-1.51 C
1956
8.1 C
-0.54 C
1957
8.6 C
-0.08 C
1958
10.3 C
+1.66 C
1959
8.7 C
+0.04 C
1960
8.3 C
-0.40 C
1961
9.3 C
+0.60 C
1962
8.3 C
-0.38 C
1964
7.8 C
-0.83 C
1970
8.5 C
-0.13 C
1971
8.4 C
-0.22 C
1972
8.5 C
-0.13 C
1973
9.1 C
+0.46 C
1976
8.6 C
-0.08 C
1977
9.1 C
+0.42 C
1978
9.0 C
+0.32 C
1979
8.9 C
+0.21 C
1980
9.2 C
+0.55 C
1981
9.6 C
+0.89 C
1982
8.4 C
-0.26 C
1983
9.3 C
+0.63 C
1984
7.9 C
-0.72 C
1985
6.7 C
-1.98 C
1986
9.5 C
+0.85 C
1987
9.5 C
+0.84 C
1988
9.3 C
+0.63 C
1989
8.4 C
-0.29 C
1990
8.6 C
-0.03 C
1991
8.2 C
-0.50 C
1992
9.2 C
+0.56 C
1993
7.0 C
-1.63 C
1994
8.8 C
+0.09 C
1995
8.8 C
+0.09 C
1996
8.5 C
-0.19 C
1997
8.9 C
+0.26 C
1998
9.4 C
+0.77 C
1999
9.0 C
+0.29 C
2000
8.9 C
+0.28 C
2004
9.1 C
+0.44 C
2005
8.5 C
-0.17 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1939 to 2005 is 0.04 C (-0.07 to 0.15) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 49 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Elgin
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.04 C (-0.07 to 0.15) per decade
0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade
1939 to 2005
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.03 C (-0.10 to 0.16) per decade
0.1 F (-0.2 to 0.3) per decade
1939 to 2005
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.04 C (-0.08 to 0.17) per decade
0.1 F (-0.2 to 0.3) per decade
1939 to 2005
49
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1937 to 2009
Yearly extremes at Elgin: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1961
38.3 C (100.9 F)
71
Coldest night (TNn)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1990
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
71
Wettest day (Rx1day)
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
2002
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
71
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
130.9 mm (5.2 in)
2003
66.7 mm (2.6 in)
71
Longest dry spell (CDD)
86 days
1974
33 days
71
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. The record is 43.3 C (109.9 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.3 C (100.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Elgin by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1937
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1938
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1939
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1940
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1941
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1942
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1943
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1944
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1945
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1946
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1947
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1948
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1949
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1950
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1951
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1952
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1953
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1954
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1955
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1956
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1957
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1958
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1959
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1960
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1961
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1962
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1963
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1964
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1965
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1966
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1967
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1968
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1969
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1970
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1971
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1972
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1973
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1974
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1975
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1976
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1977
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1978
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1979
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1980
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1981
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1982
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1983
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1984
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1985
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1986
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1987
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1988
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1989
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1990
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1991
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1992
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1993
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1994
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1995
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1996
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1997
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1998
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1999
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2000
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2001
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2002
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2003
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2004
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2005
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2006
17.2 C (63.0 F)
2009
10.6 C (51.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. The record is -35.0 C (-31.0 F) in 1990, marked on the chart; the median year is -22.8 C (-9.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Elgin by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1937
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1938
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1939
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1940
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1941
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1942
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1943
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1944
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1945
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1946
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1947
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1948
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1949
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1950
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1951
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1952
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1953
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1954
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1955
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1956
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1957
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1958
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1959
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1960
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1961
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1962
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1963
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1964
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1965
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1966
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1967
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1968
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1969
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1970
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1971
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1972
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1973
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1974
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1975
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1976
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1977
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1978
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1979
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1980
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1981
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1982
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1983
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1984
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1985
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1986
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1987
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1988
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1989
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1990
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1991
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1992
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1993
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1994
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1995
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1996
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1997
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1998
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1999
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2000
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2001
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2002
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2003
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
2004
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
2005
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
2006
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
2009
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. The record is 101.6 mm (4.0 in) in 2002, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.0 mm (1.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Elgin by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1937
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1938
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1939
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1940
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1941
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1942
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1943
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1944
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1945
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1946
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1947
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1948
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1949
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1950
38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1951
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1952
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1953
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1954
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1955
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1956
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1957
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1958
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1959
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1960
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1961
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1962
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1963
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1964
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1965
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1966
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1967
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1968
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1969
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1970
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1971
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1972
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1973
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1974
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1975
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1976
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1977
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1978
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1979
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1980
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1981
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1982
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1983
31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1984
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1985
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1986
35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1987
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1988
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1989
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1990
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1991
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1992
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1993
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1994
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1995
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1996
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1997
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1998
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1999
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
2000
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
2001
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
2002
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
2003
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2004
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
2005
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
2006
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
2009
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. The record is 130.9 mm (5.2 in) in 2003, marked on the chart; the median year is 66.7 mm (2.6 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Elgin by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1937
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1938
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1939
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1940
94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1941
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1942
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1943
40.8 mm (1.6 in)
1944
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1945
69.4 mm (2.7 in)
1946
100.4 mm (4.0 in)
1947
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1948
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1949
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1950
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1951
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1952
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1953
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1954
39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1955
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1956
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1957
82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1958
76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1959
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1960
83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1961
61.8 mm (2.4 in)
1962
85.8 mm (3.4 in)
1963
80.2 mm (3.2 in)
1964
127.4 mm (5.0 in)
1965
95.9 mm (3.8 in)
1966
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1967
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1968
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1969
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1970
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1971
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1972
58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1973
75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1974
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1975
75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1976
75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1977
92.6 mm (3.6 in)
1978
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1979
46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1980
79.9 mm (3.1 in)
1981
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1982
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1983
59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1984
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1985
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1986
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1987
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
1988
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1989
70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1990
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1991
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1992
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1993
66.7 mm (2.6 in)
1994
67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1995
90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1996
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1997
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1998
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1999
51.0 mm (2.0 in)
2000
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
2001
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
2002
76.8 mm (3.0 in)
2003
130.9 mm (5.2 in)
2004
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
2005
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
2006
61.3 mm (2.4 in)
2009
80.2 mm (3.2 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Elgin, 1937 to 2009. The record is 86 days in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 33 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Elgin by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1937
21 days
1938
24 days
1939
41 days
1940
41 days
1941
20 days
1942
21 days
1943
32 days
1944
55 days
1945
51 days
1946
46 days
1947
22 days
1948
26 days
1949
34 days
1950
31 days
1951
53 days
1952
34 days
1953
43 days
1954
42 days
1955
30 days
1956
30 days
1957
52 days
1958
27 days
1959
25 days
1960
29 days
1961
64 days
1962
53 days
1963
21 days
1964
26 days
1965
19 days
1966
44 days
1967
55 days
1968
28 days
1969
17 days
1970
33 days
1971
42 days
1972
21 days
1973
68 days
1974
86 days
1975
36 days
1976
28 days
1977
25 days
1978
41 days
1979
42 days
1980
22 days
1981
75 days
1982
13 days
1983
23 days
1984
32 days
1985
52 days
1986
36 days
1987
43 days
1988
46 days
1989
32 days
1990
38 days
1991
76 days
1992
31 days
1993
46 days
1994
28 days
1995
27 days
1996
24 days
1997
24 days
1998
37 days
1999
56 days
2000
34 days
2001
57 days
2002
23 days
2003
37 days
2004
21 days
2005
60 days
2006
9 days
2009
13 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
49 years with a frost
Across 49 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Elgin falls on 3 June and the median first autumn frost on 31 August, which leaves a median of 90 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +4.2 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Elgin
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1971 to 2005)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
3 June
n/a
2 June
n/a
-1.8 days per decade
First autumn frost
31 August
n/a
5 September
n/a
+2.3 days per decade
Growing days
90 days
n/a
94 days
n/a
+4.2 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
55 years, 1939 to 2005
A day with at least 32.5 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 72.5 mm (2.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Elgin: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
5 years
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
10 years
47.9 mm (1.9 in)
25 years
57.1 mm (2.2 in)
50 years
64.5 mm (2.5 in)
100 years
72.5 mm (2.9 in)
Longer than the 55 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 55 years of values from 1939 to 2005.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 86.1 mm (3.4 in) in 1940; 64.8 mm (2.6 in) in 1995; 49.0 mm (1.9 in) in 1963.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Elgin, at 1990. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1990 ran 0.4 C (0.8 F) lower than in the years before (likely change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Elgin, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1990
-0.4
-0.8
likely
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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Data for Elgin standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.