Elko Threshold Days by Year (CA001152670)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elko (CA001152670): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elko Thresholds

Elko: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 48 years, most in 1924 with 36.
Elko: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 47 years, most in 1971 with 10.
Elko: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1924 with 9.
Elko: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 29 years, most in 1958 with 43.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elko.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

29 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elko with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 43 in 1958.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elko
Year	Days	Decade average
1952	14	20.1
1953	19	20.1
1954	6	20.1
1955	29	20.1
1956	25	20.1
1957	7	20.1
1958	43	20.1
1959	18	20.1
1960	26	21.6
1961	37	21.6
1962	17	21.6
1963	18	21.6
1964	8	21.6
1965	17	21.6
1966	12	21.6
1967	43	21.6
1968	15	21.6
1969	23	21.6
1970	38	23
1971	32	23
1972	18	23
1975	18	23
1976	10	23
1977	19	23
1978	18	23
1979	31	23
1980	10	14.3
1981	21	14.3
1982	12	14.3

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Elko meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Elko
Year	First date	Last date
1952	1952-07-08	1952-09-26
1953	1953-07-08	1953-08-19
1954	1954-05-18	1954-08-01
1955	1955-06-11	1955-09-06
1956	1956-05-31	1956-08-23
1957	1957-06-05	1957-09-06
1958	1958-05-25	1958-09-11
1959	1959-06-12	1959-08-07
1960	1960-07-05	1960-09-03
1961	1961-06-03	1961-08-24
1962	1962-06-24	1962-08-16
1963	1963-06-15	1963-09-08
1964	1964-07-07	1964-07-28
1965	1965-06-10	1965-08-19
1966	1966-05-26	1966-08-25
1967	1967-07-02	1967-09-28
1968	1968-06-26	1968-08-03
1969	1969-05-23	1969-09-12
1970	1970-06-02	1970-08-31
1971	1971-07-15	1971-08-27
1972	1972-05-30	1972-08-29
1975	1975-07-02	1975-08-05
1976	1976-06-29	1976-09-01
1977	1977-04-25	1977-08-21
1978	1978-06-28	1978-08-10
1979	1979-06-11	1979-08-22
1980	1980-07-08	1980-07-31
1981	1981-07-04	1981-09-18
1982	1982-06-19	1982-08-18

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elko
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	29	43	1958	12
35 C (95 F): Days	11	9	1967	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	28	22	1971	3
100 F (37.8 C): Days	1	1	1961	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	29	82	1955	64
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	29	194	1970	187
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	29	64	1955	55
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	27	23	1972	10
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	9	6	1979	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	5	3	1975	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	48	36	1924	5
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	37	9	1924	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	2	1	1933	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	47	10	1971	5
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	9	2	1954	1
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1933	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1952.

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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).

Elko Threshold Days by Year (CA001152670)

Key Facts for Elko Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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