Elgin Threshold Days by Year (USC00352597)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elgin (USC00352597): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elgin Thresholds

Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 55 years, most in 1987 with 76.
Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 55 years, most in 1961 with 56.
Elgin: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 55 years, most in 1985 with 62.
Elgin: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 55 years, most in 1946 with 199.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elgin.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

55 years with a qualifying day

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 76 in 1987.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elgin
Year	Days	Decade average
1939	60	60
1940	65	50.8
1941	40	50.8
1944	47	50.8
1945	54	50.8
1946	36	50.8
1949	63	50.8
1951	51	51.7
1952	58	51.7
1953	44	51.7
1954	38	51.7
1955	51	51.7
1956	52	51.7
1957	57	51.7
1958	72	51.7
1959	42	51.7
1960	48	46.8
1961	68	46.8
1962	45	46.8
1964	38	46.8
1965	35	46.8
1970	67	61.8
1971	53	61.8
1972	58	61.8
1973	69	61.8
1974	74	61.8
1975	58	61.8
1976	43	61.8
1977	69	61.8
1978	52	61.8
1979	75	61.8
1980	43	59.2
1981	68	59.2
1982	58	59.2
1983	49	59.2
1984	57	59.2
1985	48	59.2
1986	67	59.2
1987	76	59.2
1988	76	59.2
1989	50	59.2
1990	58	47.6
1991	46	47.6
1992	51	47.6
1993	27	47.6
1994	63	47.6
1995	40	47.6
1996	49	47.6
1997	37	47.6
1998	55	47.6
1999	50	47.6
2000	44	51.3
2003	67	51.3
2004	43	51.3
2005	51	51.3

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
Year	First date	Last date
1939	1939-04-28	1939-09-23
1940	1940-05-10	1940-09-11
1941	1941-05-11	1941-08-22
1944	1944-06-27	1944-09-29
1945	1945-06-18	1945-09-14
1946	1946-04-23	1946-09-13
1949	1949-05-09	1949-09-27
1951	1951-06-30	1951-09-20
1952	1952-06-04	1952-10-03
1953	1953-07-05	1953-09-22
1954	1954-05-18	1954-10-16
1955	1955-06-08	1955-09-10
1956	1956-05-17	1956-09-18
1957	1957-05-30	1957-09-30
1958	1958-05-18	1958-09-11
1959	1959-06-01	1959-09-13
1960	1960-06-12	1960-09-14
1961	1961-05-25	1961-09-05
1962	1962-06-24	1962-09-27
1964	1964-06-23	1964-08-23
1965	1965-06-09	1965-08-18
1970	1970-05-16	1970-10-03
1971	1971-06-22	1971-09-12
1972	1972-05-28	1972-09-05
1973	1973-05-13	1973-09-13
1974	1974-06-11	1974-09-26
1975	1975-06-01	1975-10-02
1976	1976-06-27	1976-09-30
1977	1977-04-23	1977-09-14
1978	1978-06-03	1978-09-27
1979	1979-05-22	1979-10-06
1980	1980-05-20	1980-10-08
1981	1981-04-30	1981-09-16
1982	1982-06-11	1982-09-09
1983	1983-05-23	1983-09-26
1984	1984-05-29	1984-09-19
1985	1985-05-23	1985-08-30
1986	1986-05-25	1986-09-07
1987	1987-04-27	1987-10-07
1988	1988-05-11	1988-10-09
1989	1989-06-02	1989-09-30
1990	1990-05-06	1990-09-26
1991	1991-06-11	1991-10-12
1992	1992-05-06	1992-10-02
1993	1993-05-12	1993-10-05
1994	1994-05-09	1994-09-29
1995	1995-05-30	1995-09-18
1996	1996-06-03	1996-10-10
1997	1997-05-13	1997-09-10
1998	1998-06-30	1998-09-17
1999	1999-05-23	1999-09-23
2000	2000-06-04	2000-09-27
2003	2003-05-29	2003-10-05
2004	2004-06-05	2004-09-01
2005	2005-05-29	2005-09-09

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elgin
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	55	76	1987	51
35 C (95 F): Days	54	31	1961	17
40 C (104 F): Days	8	4	1961	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	55	56	1961	28
100 F (37.8 C): Days	46	14	1978	4
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	1961	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	55	62	1985	18
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	55	199	1946	170
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	55	74	1985	22
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	39	21	1949	5
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	14	3	1972	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	55	28	1995	15
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	47	4	1946	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	2	1	1940	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	43	10	1996	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	12	2	1998	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1939.

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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).

Elgin Threshold Days by Year (USC00352597)

Key Facts for Elgin Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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