Russell Threshold Days by Year (CA005012520)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Russell (CA005012520): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Russell Thresholds

Russell: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 70 years, most in 1936 with 26.
Russell: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 70 years, most in 1972 with 157.
Russell: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 69 years, most in 1890 with 242.
Russell: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 69 years, most in 1888 with 149.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Russell.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

70 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Russell with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 26 in 1936.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Russell
Year	Days	Decade average
1884	8	8.2
1885	4	8.2
1886	14	8.2
1887	4	8.2
1888	3	8.2
1889	16	8.2
1890	7	5
1891	3	5
1913	3	9.1
1914	19	9.1
1915	5	9.1
1916	8	9.1
1917	15	9.1
1918	6	9.1
1919	8	9.1
1920	16	8.8
1921	10	8.8
1922	7	8.8
1923	6	8.8
1924	1	8.8
1925	8	8.8
1926	7	8.8
1927	2	8.8
1929	22	8.8
1930	13	15.8
1931	18	15.8
1932	6	15.8
1933	20	15.8
1934	18	15.8
1935	4	15.8
1936	26	15.8
1937	19	15.8
1938	14	15.8
1939	20	15.8
1940	21	11.8
1941	19	11.8
1942	3	11.8
1943	13	11.8
1944	6	11.8
1945	10	11.8
1947	12	11.8
1948	8	11.8
1949	14	11.8
1950	8	6.3
1951	6	6.3
1952	8	6.3
1954	3	6.3
1960	16	6.8
1962	3	6.8
1963	8	6.8
1964	3	6.8
1965	4	6.8
1966	6	6.8
1967	11	6.8
1968	2	6.8
1969	8	6.8
1970	8	5.6
1971	4	5.6
1972	4	5.6
1973	6	5.6
1974	5	5.6
1975	12	5.6
1976	2	5.6
1977	3	5.6
1978	4	5.6
1979	8	5.6
1980	13	13.3
1981	11	13.3
1982	4	13.3
1983	25	13.3

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Russell
Year	First date	Last date
1884	1884-05-16	1884-08-26
1885	1885-06-30	1885-07-29
1886	1886-05-18	1886-09-01
1887	1887-05-10	1887-07-09
1888	1888-06-18	1888-08-24
1889	1889-06-23	1889-09-01
1890	1890-06-08	1890-09-29
1891	1891-05-07	1891-09-19
1913	1913-05-28	1913-09-06
1914	1914-06-01	1914-09-19
1915	1915-08-11	1915-09-01
1916	1916-07-15	1916-08-19
1917	1917-05-16	1917-09-24
1918	1918-05-05	1918-08-09
1919	1919-05-26	1919-08-19
1920	1920-07-17	1920-10-08
1921	1921-06-27	1921-09-01
1922	1922-06-05	1922-09-21
1923	1923-05-28	1923-09-04
1924	1924-07-06	1924-07-06
1925	1925-05-30	1925-09-03
1926	1926-06-28	1926-08-27
1927	1927-07-26	1927-07-27
1929	1929-06-16	1929-08-31
1930	1930-05-05	1930-08-26
1931	1931-05-15	1931-09-08
1932	1932-05-14	1932-09-08
1933	1933-06-14	1933-08-20
1934	1934-05-08	1934-08-17
1935	1935-07-15	1935-08-14
1936	1936-05-27	1936-09-03
1937	1937-06-16	1937-09-20
1938	1938-06-20	1938-09-22
1939	1939-04-30	1939-08-28
1940	1940-05-11	1940-09-16
1941	1941-05-18	1941-08-10
1942	1942-07-22	1942-09-08
1943	1943-07-03	1943-10-04
1944	1944-05-27	1944-07-29
1945	1945-06-21	1945-09-05
1947	1947-07-02	1947-08-22
1948	1948-05-19	1948-09-03
1949	1949-04-28	1949-08-18
1950	1950-06-04	1950-09-25
1951	1951-07-20	1951-07-28
1952	1952-04-28	1952-08-25
1954	1954-06-23	1954-07-27
1960	1960-05-12	1960-09-03
1962	1962-06-27	1962-08-21
1963	1963-07-20	1963-09-30
1964	1964-06-27	1964-07-22
1965	1965-08-10	1965-08-13
1966	1966-06-20	1966-07-29
1967	1967-07-18	1967-09-06
1968	1968-07-06	1968-07-12
1969	1969-05-26	1969-08-25
1970	1970-06-03	1970-09-05
1971	1971-08-06	1971-08-21
1972	1972-06-01	1972-08-30
1973	1973-08-02	1973-08-18
1974	1974-06-25	1974-07-20
1975	1975-07-03	1975-07-30
1976	1976-08-23	1976-09-06
1977	1977-05-13	1977-06-25
1978	1978-06-05	1978-09-03
1979	1979-06-13	1979-09-16
1980	1980-04-20	1980-09-07
1981	1981-07-01	1981-08-29
1982	1982-07-04	1982-09-10
1983	1983-06-10	1983-09-02

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Russell
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	70	26	1936	25
35 C (95 F): Days	24	8	1931	3
40 C (104 F): Days	2	1	1931	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	62	17	1936	8
100 F (37.8 C): Days	5	4	1931	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	70	157	1972	137
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	69	242	1890	208
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	69	149	1888	111
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	69	104	1887	47
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	69	58	1884	17
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	44	13	1936	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	16	4	1936	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	41	20	1975	7
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	34	5	1935	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	5	1	1935	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	39	7	1976	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1884.

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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).

Russell Threshold Days by Year (CA005012520)

Key Facts for Russell Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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