Elgin Threshold Days by Year (USC00142409)
7 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elgin (USC00142409): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.
Key Facts for Elgin Thresholds
- Elgin: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 62 years, most in 1987 with 49.
- Elgin: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 62 years, most in 1985 with 20.
- Elgin: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 57 years, most in 1986 with 10.
- Elgin: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 19 years, most in 1986 with 3.
- 7 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elgin.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation
62 years with a qualifying day| Year | Days | Decade average |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 39 | 30.3 |
| 1942 | 34 | 30.3 |
| 1943 | 19 | 30.3 |
| 1944 | 30 | 30.3 |
| 1946 | 26 | 30.3 |
| 1949 | 34 | 30.3 |
| 1951 | 34 | 28 |
| 1952 | 22 | 28 |
| 1953 | 27 | 28 |
| 1954 | 23 | 28 |
| 1955 | 28 | 28 |
| 1956 | 16 | 28 |
| 1957 | 39 | 28 |
| 1958 | 31 | 28 |
| 1959 | 32 | 28 |
| 1960 | 28 | 27.5 |
| 1961 | 36 | 27.5 |
| 1962 | 18 | 27.5 |
| 1963 | 22 | 27.5 |
| 1964 | 32 | 27.5 |
| 1965 | 27 | 27.5 |
| 1966 | 20 | 27.5 |
| 1967 | 29 | 27.5 |
| 1968 | 30 | 27.5 |
| 1969 | 33 | 27.5 |
| 1970 | 24 | 28.7 |
| 1971 | 24 | 28.7 |
| 1972 | 26 | 28.7 |
| 1973 | 41 | 28.7 |
| 1974 | 36 | 28.7 |
| 1975 | 31 | 28.7 |
| 1976 | 21 | 28.7 |
| 1977 | 32 | 28.7 |
| 1978 | 25 | 28.7 |
| 1979 | 27 | 28.7 |
| 1980 | 21 | 33.1 |
| 1981 | 29 | 33.1 |
| 1982 | 31 | 33.1 |
| 1983 | 27 | 33.1 |
| 1984 | 38 | 33.1 |
| 1985 | 41 | 33.1 |
| 1986 | 36 | 33.1 |
| 1987 | 49 | 33.1 |
| 1988 | 29 | 33.1 |
| 1989 | 30 | 33.1 |
| 1990 | 31 | 32.5 |
| 1991 | 27 | 32.5 |
| 1992 | 36 | 32.5 |
| 1993 | 36 | 32.5 |
| 1994 | 32 | 32.5 |
| 1995 | 32 | 32.5 |
| 1996 | 21 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 35 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 35 | 32.5 |
| 1999 | 40 | 32.5 |
| 2000 | 32 | 28.4 |
| 2001 | 21 | 28.4 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28.4 |
| 2003 | 32 | 28.4 |
| 2004 | 38 | 28.4 |
| 2005 | 25 | 28.4 |
| 2006 | 23 | 28.4 |
| Year | First date | Last date |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1941-01-17 | 1941-12-13 |
| 1942 | 1942-01-31 | 1942-12-22 |
| 1943 | 1943-02-03 | 1943-12-28 |
| 1944 | 1944-01-27 | 1944-12-05 |
| 1946 | 1946-01-06 | 1946-12-12 |
| 1949 | 1949-01-04 | 1949-12-21 |
| 1951 | 1951-01-03 | 1951-12-14 |
| 1952 | 1952-01-02 | 1952-12-19 |
| 1953 | 1953-01-23 | 1953-12-22 |
| 1954 | 1954-01-22 | 1954-12-29 |
| 1955 | 1955-02-04 | 1955-10-05 |
| 1956 | 1956-03-21 | 1956-12-23 |
| 1957 | 1957-02-23 | 1957-12-25 |
| 1958 | 1958-01-20 | 1958-09-17 |
| 1959 | 1959-02-10 | 1959-12-18 |
| 1960 | 1960-01-14 | 1960-12-11 |
| 1961 | 1961-03-18 | 1961-12-09 |
| 1962 | 1962-03-21 | 1962-12-20 |
| 1963 | 1963-01-05 | 1963-11-22 |
| 1964 | 1964-01-31 | 1964-12-10 |
| 1965 | 1965-01-02 | 1965-12-25 |
| 1966 | 1966-01-01 | 1966-12-23 |
| 1967 | 1967-01-26 | 1967-12-03 |
| 1968 | 1968-01-30 | 1968-12-22 |
| 1969 | 1969-01-29 | 1969-12-06 |
| 1970 | 1970-03-16 | 1970-12-16 |
| 1971 | 1971-01-03 | 1971-12-30 |
| 1972 | 1972-02-12 | 1972-12-12 |
| 1973 | 1973-01-03 | 1973-12-20 |
| 1974 | 1974-01-10 | 1974-12-31 |
| 1975 | 1975-01-03 | 1975-12-15 |
| 1976 | 1976-02-21 | 1976-10-30 |
| 1977 | 1977-02-12 | 1977-11-09 |
| 1978 | 1978-01-16 | 1978-12-31 |
| 1979 | 1979-01-19 | 1979-11-21 |
| 1980 | 1980-01-20 | 1980-12-08 |
| 1981 | 1981-02-10 | 1981-11-30 |
| 1982 | 1982-01-04 | 1982-12-28 |
| 1983 | 1983-02-01 | 1983-12-27 |
| 1984 | 1984-02-26 | 1984-12-21 |
| 1985 | 1985-01-01 | 1985-12-01 |
| 1986 | 1986-03-12 | 1986-12-07 |
| 1987 | 1987-01-09 | 1987-12-27 |
| 1988 | 1988-01-19 | 1988-12-27 |
| 1989 | 1989-01-29 | 1989-10-30 |
| 1990 | 1990-01-17 | 1990-11-04 |
| 1991 | 1991-03-17 | 1991-12-20 |
| 1992 | 1992-02-12 | 1992-12-15 |
| 1993 | 1993-01-10 | 1993-12-14 |
| 1994 | 1994-02-20 | 1994-11-20 |
| 1995 | 1995-02-27 | 1995-12-19 |
| 1996 | 1996-01-18 | 1996-11-30 |
| 1997 | 1997-01-09 | 1997-12-23 |
| 1998 | 1998-01-04 | 1998-12-19 |
| 1999 | 1999-01-30 | 1999-12-10 |
| 2000 | 2000-02-18 | 2000-12-13 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-28 | 2001-10-05 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-30 | 2002-12-24 |
| 2003 | 2003-02-19 | 2003-12-13 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-17 | 2004-12-07 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-05 | 2005-10-31 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-10 | 2006-12-30 |
Every Fixed Threshold
| Threshold | Years with a qualifying day | Most days in a year | Year | Latest year days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain | 62 | 49 | 1987 | 23 |
| 25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain | 62 | 20 | 1985 | 6 |
| 50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain | 57 | 10 | 1986 | 3 |
| 100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain | 19 | 3 | 1986 | 1 |
| 200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain | 4 | 1 | 1959 | 1 |
| 10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall | 13 | 3 | 2003 | 3 |
| 25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall | 2 | 1 | 1951 | 1 |
Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1941.
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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 (2025-12-31).