Elmendorf AFB Threshold Days by Year (USW00026401)

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elmendorf AFB (USW00026401): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elmendorf AFB Thresholds

Elmendorf AFB: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 42 years, most in 1961 with 141.
Elmendorf AFB: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1965 with 17.
Elmendorf AFB: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 41 years, most in 1992 with 215.
Elmendorf AFB: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 41 years, most in 1950 with 121.
11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elmendorf AFB.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

41 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elmendorf AFB with nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 215 in 1992.

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F) per year at Elmendorf AFB
Year	Days	Decade average
1949	209	209
1950	204	193.5
1951	189	193.5
1952	195	193.5
1953	186	193.5
1954	184	193.5
1955	205	193.5
1956	205	193.5
1957	177	193.5
1958	192	193.5
1959	198	193.5
1960	191	192.8
1961	199	192.8
1962	202	192.8
1963	186	192.8
1964	204	192.8
1965	198	192.8
1966	183	192.8
1967	188	192.8
1968	196	192.8
1969	181	192.8
1970	194	187.2
1971	199	187.2
1973	159	187.2
1975	195	187.2
1976	199	187.2
1979	177	187.2
1980	189	185.9
1981	195	185.9
1982	199	185.9
1983	200	185.9
1984	190	185.9
1987	183	185.9
1988	151	185.9
1989	180	185.9
1990	181	192.3
1991	201	192.3
1992	215	192.3
1996	172	192.3
2025	148	124.5
2026	101	124.5

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elmendorf AFB meeting 0 C (32 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Elmendorf AFB
Year	First date	Last date
1949	1949-01-01	1949-12-31
1950	1950-01-01	1950-12-31
1951	1951-01-01	1951-12-31
1952	1952-01-01	1952-12-31
1953	1953-01-01	1953-12-31
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-31
1955	1955-01-01	1955-12-31
1956	1956-01-01	1956-12-31
1957	1957-01-01	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-01	1958-12-31
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-31
1960	1960-01-01	1960-12-31
1961	1961-01-01	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-01	1962-12-31
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-31
1965	1965-01-01	1965-12-31
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-31
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-31
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31
1975	1975-01-01	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-31
1980	1980-01-01	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-31
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-31
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-31
1988	1988-01-01	1988-12-31
1989	1989-01-01	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-01	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-31
1996	1996-01-01	1996-11-30
2025	2025-01-01	2025-12-31
2026	2026-01-01	2026-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elmendorf AFB
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	2	1	1969	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	42	141	1961	72
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	41	215	1992	101
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	41	121	1950	63
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	41	52	1950	22
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	15	15	1949	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	42	17	1965	1
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	24	3	1955	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	1	2	1989	2
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	38	11	1955	9
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	17	2	1955	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1969.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Elmendorf AFB Threshold Days by Year (USW00026401)

Key Facts for Elmendorf AFB Thresholds

Nights at or below 0 C (32 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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