All-time weather records — Elgin, OR

Record high
109.9°F
August 4, 1961
Record low
-31.0°F
December 29, 1990
Wettest day
4.00 in
December 30, 2002

Climate change signal in Elgin

0%

of Elgin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
27
6
1940s
37
53
1950s
44
74
1960s
68
57
1970s
59
53
1980s
70
55
1990s
36
45
2000s
25
23

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1937, the latest in 2005. Period of observation: 1937-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 31, 1971 -27.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.72 in — Jan 23, 1982
February 68.0°F — Feb 28, 1992 -26.0°F — Feb 1, 1956 3.39 in — Feb 7, 1940
March 78.1°F — Mar 29, 1978 -17.0°F — Mar 5, 1955 1.38 in — Mar 27, 2005
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1987 10.9°F — Apr 19, 1966 1.38 in — Apr 27, 1962
May 98.1°F — May 28, 1983 17.1°F — May 1, 1954 1.54 in — May 19, 1991
June 100.9°F — Jun 12, 1940 10.0°F — Jun 30, 2000 1.51 in — Jun 11, 1950
July 108.0°F — Jul 18, 1960 6.1°F — Jul 1, 2000 1.26 in — Jul 12, 1975
August 109.9°F — Aug 4, 1961 25.0°F — Aug 29, 1980 1.40 in — Aug 23, 2004
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1955 19.0°F — Sep 28, 1999 1.32 in — Sep 26, 1959
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1992 8.1°F — Oct 31, 2002 1.53 in — Oct 20, 1946
November 73.0°F — Nov 1, 1988 -24.0°F — Nov 15, 1955 2.55 in — Nov 28, 1995
December 64.0°F — Dec 18, 1956 -31.0°F — Dec 29, 1990 4.00 in — Dec 30, 2002

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Elgin.