How extreme does Ełk's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ełk has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Suwalki station 51 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ełk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

95°F Jul 31, 1994

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Ełk (typical high near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 95°F Jul 31, 1994

2 95°F Aug 10, 1992

3 94°F Jul 30, 1994

❄️ Coldest night

-24°F Jan 7, 2003

About 45°F colder than a normal January night in Ełk (typical low near 21°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -24°F Jan 7, 2003

2 -22°F Jan 6, 2003

3 -21°F Dec 27, 1996

🌧️ Most rain in one day

10.31 in Jul 10, 1995

More rain in a single day than Ełk usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.31 in Jul 10, 1995

2 5.91 in May 15, 1994

3 4.13 in Dec 19, 2005

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Ełk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 95°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Ełk's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 95°F and as low as −24°F. A single day has delivered over 10 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Suwalki, a weather station, about 51 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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