South Africa Weather Records in 2019

684 weather records set or tied in South Africa in 2019, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for South Africa in 2019

684 weather records were set or tied in South Africa in 2019.
401 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
3,303 records set in 2019 still stand in South Africa.

Records per Year, by Type

2019 outlined

Records set or tied in South Africa each year from 1881 to 2026, stacked by type. 2019 had 684.

Weather records per year in South Africa, stacked by type, 2019 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1881	0	0	0	0	10	10
1882	0	0	0	0	16	16
1883	0	0	0	0	11	11
1884	0	0	0	0	10	10
1885	0	0	0	0	13	13
1886	0	0	0	0	12	12
1887	0	0	0	0	8	8
1888	0	0	0	0	8	8
1889	0	0	0	0	11	11
1890	0	0	0	0	14	14
1891	0	0	0	0	10	10
1892	0	0	0	0	11	11
1893	0	0	0	0	5	5
1894	0	0	0	0	4	4
1895	0	0	0	0	8	8
1896	0	0	0	0	7	7
1897	0	0	0	0	6	6
1898	0	0	0	0	9	9
1899	0	0	0	0	7	7
1900	0	0	0	0	6	6
1901	0	0	0	0	9	9
1902	0	0	0	0	23	23
1903	0	0	0	0	32	32
1904	0	0	0	0	26	26
1905	0	0	0	0	23	23
1906	0	0	0	0	23	23
1907	0	0	0	0	18	18
1908	0	0	0	0	285	285
1909	0	0	0	0	440	440
1910	0	0	0	0	410	410
1911	0	0	0	0	547	547
1912	0	0	0	0	472	472
1913	0	0	0	0	558	558
1914	0	0	0	0	577	577
1915	0	0	0	0	570	570
1916	0	0	0	0	579	579
1917	0	0	0	0	1,049	1,049
1918	0	0	0	0	827	827
1919	0	0	0	0	591	591
1920	0	0	0	0	914	914
1921	0	0	0	0	1,326	1,326
1922	0	0	0	0	1,188	1,188
1923	0	0	0	0	1,206	1,206
1924	0	0	0	0	898	898
1925	0	0	0	0	1,408	1,408
1926	0	0	0	0	832	832
1927	0	0	0	0	718	718
1928	0	0	0	0	1,009	1,009
1929	0	0	0	0	1,717	1,717
1930	0	0	0	0	1,274	1,274
1931	0	0	0	0	1,673	1,673
1932	0	0	0	0	1,349	1,349
1933	0	0	0	0	1,211	1,211
1934	0	0	0	0	1,965	1,965
1935	0	0	0	0	1,812	1,812
1936	0	0	0	0	2,190	2,190
1937	0	0	0	0	1,810	1,810
1938	0	0	0	0	2,622	2,622
1939	0	0	0	0	3,450	3,450
1940	0	0	0	0	2,998	2,998
1941	0	0	0	0	2,492	2,492
1942	0	0	0	0	3,350	3,350
1943	0	0	0	0	5,435	5,435
1944	0	0	0	0	4,112	4,112
1945	0	0	0	0	2,593	2,593
1946	0	0	0	0	3,807	3,807
1947	0	0	0	0	4,307	4,307
1948	0	0	0	0	3,839	3,839
1949	0	0	0	0	3,684	3,684
1950	0	0	0	0	6,697	6,697
1951	0	0	0	0	4,745	4,745
1952	0	0	0	0	5,554	5,554
1953	0	0	0	0	5,237	5,237
1954	0	0	0	0	5,038	5,038
1955	0	0	0	0	6,742	6,742
1956	0	0	0	0	7,136	7,136
1957	0	0	0	0	9,701	9,701
1958	0	0	0	0	6,683	6,683
1959	0	0	0	0	7,235	7,235
1960	0	0	0	0	7,030	7,030
1961	0	0	0	0	8,851	8,851
1962	0	0	0	0	6,081	6,081
1963	0	0	0	0	9,530	9,530
1964	0	0	0	0	6,885	6,885
1965	0	0	0	0	6,369	6,369
1966	0	0	0	0	5,356	5,356
1967	0	0	0	0	8,897	8,897
1968	0	0	0	0	5,728	5,728
1969	0	0	0	0	6,313	6,313
1970	0	0	0	0	6,837	6,837
1971	0	0	0	0	8,323	8,323
1972	0	0	0	0	6,143	6,143
1973	0	0	0	0	6,883	6,883
1974	0	0	0	0	9,406	9,406
1975	0	0	0	0	7,293	7,293
1976	0	0	0	0	9,266	9,266
1977	0	0	0	0	6,962	6,962
1978	9	7	14	4	5,707	5,741
1979	6	11	12	8	6,569	6,606
1980	28	19	19	25	4,647	4,738
1981	18	24	9	32	7,043	7,126
1982	20	30	37	20	5,028	5,135
1983	89	29	64	10	5,373	5,565
1984	46	25	43	23	4,743	4,880
1985	45	30	46	19	5,718	5,858
1986	43	30	50	22	4,302	4,447
1987	54	36	65	13	5,547	5,715
1988	27	43	55	32	6,038	6,195
1989	69	75	75	56	4,953	5,228
1990	108	113	128	115	3,312	3,776
1991	107	70	108	101	4,124	4,510
1992	248	57	177	84	2,255	2,821
1993	168	53	172	47	3,421	3,861
1994	124	99	99	139	2,419	2,880
1995	163	123	135	105	3,783	4,309
1996	118	159	118	95	4,559	5,049
1997	138	112	160	97	3,809	4,316
1998	253	80	171	91	127	722
1999	215	55	188	61	125	644
2000	103	99	116	86	152	556
2001	73	153	55	159	124	564
2002	98	184	22	249	131	684
2003	93	145	33	153	93	517
2004	84	81	42	100	132	439
2005	121	93	17	89	64	384
2006	78	64	17	71	117	347
2007	178	54	38	87	116	473
2008	113	86	36	87	111	433
2009	108	49	62	64	122	405
2010	176	47	137	108	92	560
2011	156	96	99	143	145	639
2012	226	95	110	164	117	712
2013	247	109	101	151	98	706
2014	191	128	140	121	136	716
2015	373	75	206	98	101	853
2016	269	75	204	92	134	774
2017	154	99	89	138	108	588
2018	196	89	132	103	115	635
2019	275	68	126	116	99	684
2020	182	103	92	120	140	637
2021	141	87	65	94	117	504
2022	133	76	115	61	127	512
2023	199	72	97	82	121	571
2024	410	69	128	93	96	796
2025	50	51	82	37	40	260
2026	6	25	35	0	62	128

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in South Africa: 1970s 1.4 to 1, 1980s 1.5 to 1, 1990s 1.7 to 1, 2000s 0.7 to 1, 2010s 1.8 to 1, 2020s 1.8 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2019: 3,303

Records still standing in South Africa by the year they were set. 3,303 of them were set in 2019.

Standing records in South Africa by the year they were set, 2019 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1850	5
1851	1
1852	3
1853	3
1855	3
1856	2
1858	4
1859	10
1860	3
1861	4
1862	4
1863	2
1864	1
1865	3
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1869	10
1870	8
1871	3
1872	14
1873	4
1874	5
1875	9
1876	6
1877	22
1878	193
1879	206
1880	202
1881	297
1882	251
1883	191
1884	312
1885	329
1886	501
1887	502
1888	548
1889	425
1890	548
1891	956
1892	784
1893	763
1894	585
1895	436
1896	594
1897	377
1898	668
1899	703
1900	912
1901	835
1902	817
1903	617
1904	1,133
1905	1,226
1906	1,423
1907	1,328
1908	1,453
1909	1,769
1910	1,259
1911	2,146
1912	1,702
1913	2,633
1914	2,501
1915	2,519
1916	1,539
1917	3,946
1918	3,427
1919	1,669
1920	3,006
1921	3,193
1922	3,029
1923	3,067
1924	2,943
1925	4,737
1926	2,964
1927	3,157
1928	3,704
1929	6,475
1930	4,137
1931	5,341
1932	4,143
1933	3,612
1934	6,683
1935	4,410
1936	5,807
1937	3,436
1938	5,380
1939	7,338
1940	5,690
1941	4,023
1942	5,598
1943	8,827
1944	5,513
1945	3,166
1946	4,100
1947	4,534
1948	4,211
1949	3,777
1950	6,680
1951	4,654
1952	5,441
1953	4,829
1954	4,480
1955	5,296
1956	5,780
1957	8,065
1958	4,982
1959	5,887
1960	5,258
1961	6,984
1962	4,269
1963	7,331
1964	5,062
1965	4,886
1966	3,935
1967	6,720
1968	4,534
1969	4,940
1970	5,593
1971	6,314
1972	4,754
1973	5,524
1974	7,539
1975	5,961
1976	7,919
1977	5,992
1978	4,904
1979	5,971
1980	4,453
1981	6,996
1982	5,699
1983	6,139
1984	5,438
1985	6,078
1986	4,774
1987	6,279
1988	6,908
1989	5,710
1990	3,881
1991	4,545
1992	3,318
1993	4,192
1994	3,296
1995	4,664
1996	5,520
1997	4,938
1998	3,283
1999	2,971
2000	3,154
2001	2,755
2002	2,328
2003	1,874
2004	1,598
2005	1,326
2006	1,697
2007	2,756
2008	2,605
2009	2,481
2010	2,804
2011	2,081
2012	2,234
2013	2,279
2014	2,914
2015	3,609
2016	3,566
2017	3,470
2018	3,311
2019	3,303
2020	3,072
2021	2,375
2022	2,030
2023	2,677
2024	3,662
2025	2,869
2026	1,906

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Sources: 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)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Decade	Highs per low
1970s	1.40 to 1
1980s	1.54 to 1
1990s	1.68 to 1
2000s	0.70 to 1
2010s	1.75 to 1
2020s	1.83 to 1