Elk Threshold Days by Year (USC00292865)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Elk (USC00292865): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Elk Thresholds

Elk: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 67 years, most in 1986 with 24.
Elk: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 63 years, most in 1986 with 10.
Elk: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 61 years, most in 1952 with 168.
Elk: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 61 years, most in 2007 with 34.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Elk.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

59 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Elk with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 88 in 2011.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Elk
Year	Days	Decade average
1896	64	60.5
1898	57	60.5
1948	52	45
1949	38	45
1950	37	52.3
1951	74	52.3
1952	59	52.3
1953	71	52.3
1954	49	52.3
1955	32	52.3
1956	68	52.3
1957	42	52.3
1958	55	52.3
1959	36	52.3
1960	45	33.7
1961	31	33.7
1962	34	33.7
1964	45	33.7
1965	26	33.7
1966	13	33.7
1967	17	33.7
1968	31	33.7
1969	61	33.7
1970	41	46.3
1972	38	46.3
1973	38	46.3
1974	61	46.3
1975	25	46.3
1976	28	46.3
1977	73	46.3
1978	66	46.3
1979	47	46.3
1986	22	32.7
1987	34	32.7
1989	42	32.7
1990	24	34.6
1992	33	34.6
1993	27	34.6
1994	57	34.6
1996	32	34.6
2000	68	46.1
2001	50	46.1
2002	58	46.1
2003	59	46.1
2004	39	46.1
2006	48	46.1
2007	27	46.1
2008	29	46.1
2009	37	46.1
2011	88	71
2012	59	71
2019	66	71
2020	83	70
2021	36	70
2022	67	70
2023	84	70
2024	84	70
2025	40	70
2026	96	70

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Elk
Year	First date	Last date
1896	1896-04-21	1896-09-18
1898	1898-05-24	1898-09-23
1948	1948-04-16	1948-09-23
1949	1949-05-02	1949-08-31
1950	1950-05-29	1950-09-16
1951	1951-05-05	1951-09-26
1952	1952-05-04	1952-10-10
1953	1953-05-21	1953-09-28
1954	1954-04-18	1954-09-20
1955	1955-06-08	1955-09-21
1956	1956-05-03	1956-09-29
1957	1957-06-07	1957-09-19
1958	1958-05-26	1958-09-04
1959	1959-04-25	1959-10-23
1960	1960-05-12	1960-09-16
1961	1961-04-22	1961-08-25
1962	1962-05-04	1962-08-30
1964	1964-05-15	1964-09-03
1965	1965-04-21	1965-10-10
1966	1966-05-08	1966-08-01
1967	1967-05-08	1967-08-07
1968	1968-05-29	1968-08-19
1969	1969-04-22	1969-10-02
1970	1970-05-14	1970-09-17
1972	1972-04-10	1972-10-01
1973	1973-05-10	1973-10-02
1974	1974-04-24	1974-09-11
1975	1975-06-02	1975-08-31
1976	1976-05-15	1976-09-02
1977	1977-05-24	1977-09-30
1978	1978-05-11	1978-10-03
1979	1979-06-14	1979-10-20
1986	1986-05-21	1986-08-20
1987	1987-06-16	1987-08-21
1989	1989-04-20	1989-08-11
1990	1990-05-23	1990-07-02
1992	1992-06-17	1992-09-09
1993	1993-06-13	1993-09-23
1994	1994-05-30	1994-09-29
1996	1996-04-25	1996-08-15
2000	2000-04-26	2000-10-04
2001	2001-05-26	2001-09-06
2002	2002-04-29	2002-09-06
2003	2003-05-13	2003-09-30
2004	2004-05-18	2004-09-16
2006	2006-05-12	2006-08-24
2007	2007-06-05	2007-08-25
2008	2008-05-20	2008-08-22
2009	2009-05-06	2009-08-23
2011	2011-05-26	2011-09-13
2012	2012-04-25	2012-09-22
2019	2019-06-07	2019-09-18
2020	2020-04-30	2020-10-14
2021	2021-05-25	2021-10-25
2022	2022-05-06	2022-09-23
2023	2023-05-07	2023-10-21
2024	2024-05-18	2024-10-12
2025	2025-04-13	2025-09-10
2026	2026-03-20	2026-09-15

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Elk
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	59	88	2011	96
35 C (95 F): Days	39	17	1896	18
40 C (104 F): Days	2	1	1896	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	59	52	2023	64
100 F (37.8 C): Days	6	6	1896	1
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	1	2023	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	52	8	1949	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	61	168	1952	60
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	61	34	2007	9
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	21	6	1987	1
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	2	1	1962	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	9	2	1896	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	67	24	1986	6
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	63	10	1986	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	18	3	1974	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	53	5	1986	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	13	2	1987	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1896.

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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).

Elk Threshold Days by Year (USC00292865)

Key Facts for Elk Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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