Elbow Threshold Days by Year (CA004022360)
16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elbow (CA004022360): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Elbow Thresholds
- Elbow: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 23 years, most in 1965 with 217.
- Elbow: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 23 years, most in 1965 with 126.
- Elbow: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 23 years, most in 1965 with 70.
- Elbow: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -30 C (-22 F) in 23 years, most in 1972 with 30.
- 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elbow.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F)
22 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 6 | 12 |
| 1957 | 9 | 12 |
| 1958 | 14 | 12 |
| 1959 | 19 | 12 |
| 1960 | 18 | 20.4 |
| 1961 | 37 | 20.4 |
| 1962 | 11 | 20.4 |
| 1963 | 18 | 20.4 |
| 1964 | 20 | 20.4 |
| 1965 | 19 | 20.4 |
| 1966 | 17 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 33 | 20.4 |
| 1968 | 11 | 20.4 |
| 1970 | 21 | 17.3 |
| 1972 | 15 | 17.3 |
| 1973 | 18 | 17.3 |
| 1974 | 11 | 17.3 |
| 1975 | 17 | 17.3 |
| 1977 | 9 | 17.3 |
| 1978 | 17 | 17.3 |
| 1979 | 30 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 19 | 19 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 1956-06-01 | 1956-08-22 |
| 1957 | 1957-07-09 | 1957-08-03 |
| 1958 | 1958-05-12 | 1958-09-12 |
| 1959 | 1959-06-03 | 1959-08-07 |
| 1960 | 1960-05-12 | 1960-09-04 |
| 1961 | 1961-06-03 | 1961-08-31 |
| 1962 | 1962-06-24 | 1962-09-27 |
| 1963 | 1963-05-30 | 1963-09-09 |
| 1964 | 1964-05-20 | 1964-08-18 |
| 1965 | 1965-06-10 | 1965-08-23 |
| 1966 | 1966-05-26 | 1966-09-18 |
| 1967 | 1967-06-26 | 1967-09-28 |
| 1968 | 1968-06-19 | 1968-09-11 |
| 1970 | 1970-06-03 | 1970-09-04 |
| 1972 | 1972-05-17 | 1972-08-29 |
| 1973 | 1973-06-22 | 1973-08-17 |
| 1974 | 1974-06-19 | 1974-08-06 |
| 1975 | 1975-06-24 | 1975-07-29 |
| 1977 | 1977-05-10 | 1977-08-24 |
| 1978 | 1978-05-15 | 1978-09-04 |
| 1979 | 1979-06-12 | 1979-09-16 |
| 1980 | 1980-04-20 | 1980-09-06 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 C (86 F): Days | 22 | 37 | 1961 | 19 |
| 35 C (95 F): Days | 15 | 8 | 1961 | 4 |
| 90 F (32.2 C): Days | 22 | 28 | 1961 | 7 |
| 100 F (37.8 C): Days | 4 | 2 | 1961 | 1 |
| 0 C (32 F): Ice days (max | 22 | 129 | 1965 | 96 |
| 0 C (32 F): Frost days (min | 23 | 217 | 1965 | 163 |
| -10 C (14 F): Days with min | 23 | 126 | 1965 | 60 |
| -20 C (-4 F): Days with min | 23 | 70 | 1965 | 17 |
| -30 C (-22 F): Days with min | 23 | 30 | 1972 | 4 |
| -40 C (-40 F): Days with min | 3 | 3 | 1972 | 1 |
| 20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min | 6 | 2 | 1956 | 1 |
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 20 | 9 | 1959 | 11 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 15 | 5 | 1959 | 2 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 1 | 1 | 1959 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 13 | 4 | 1972 | 4 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 4 | 1 | 1959 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1956.
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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 . Last revised (2026-10-17).