Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) Weather Records (BR001444001)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) (BR001444001), Brazil, with 49 years of record.

Key Facts for Capitanea (Varzea da Larga)

  • Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) (BR001444001) is a weather station in Brazil at -14.42 latitude and -44.48 longitude, 523 m (1,716 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1952 to 2000, 49 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 8 December 2000.

About the Station

  • Location: Brazil, -14.42 latitude, -44.48 longitude.
  • Elevation: 523 m (1,716 ft).
  • Period of record: 1952 to 2000, 49 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record
Daily record high and record low at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga). The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. 000111 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga). The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), with 2026 drawn through them
MonthHighest record highLowest record low2026 highest maximum2026 lowest minimum
Jann/an/an/an/a
Febn/an/an/an/a
Marn/an/an/an/a
Aprn/an/an/an/a
Mayn/an/an/an/a
Junn/an/an/an/a
Juln/an/an/an/a
Augn/an/an/an/a
Sepn/an/an/an/a
Octn/an/an/an/a
Novn/an/an/an/a
Decn/an/an/an/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records
Standing records at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by the year they were set 0 records at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) still stand.
Standing records at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records
When Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) set new all-time records 1 all-time records were set at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) between 25 December 1989 and 25 December 1989. Each dot is a new record. Record daily precipitation25 December 1989: Record daily precipitation 125.0 mm (4.9 in)1990
1 all-time records were set at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) between 25 December 1989 and 25 December 1989. Each dot is a new record.
When Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) set new all-time records
DateKindDetail
1989-12-25Record daily precipitationRecord daily precipitation 125.0 mm (4.9 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 125.0 mm (4.9 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga). The most was 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 25 December 1989. 050100150 Jan: 93.0 mm (3.7 in), 21 January 1983 Jan Feb: 81.5 mm (3.2 in), 10 February 1978 Feb Mar: 115.0 mm (4.5 in), 22 March 1981 Mar Apr: 111.9 mm (4.4 in), 12 April 1972 Apr May: 75.7 mm (3.0 in), 1 May 1961 May Jun: 54.2 mm (2.1 in), 5 June 1978 Jun Jul: 12.7 mm (0.5 in), 14 July 1972 Jul Aug: 55.0 mm (2.2 in), 28 August 1984 Aug Sep: 43.0 mm (1.7 in), 22 September 1991 Sep Oct: 92.0 mm (3.6 in), 23 October 1974 Oct Nov: 90.0 mm (3.5 in), 24 November 1970 Nov Dec: 125.0 mm (4.9 in), 25 December 1989 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga). The most was 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 25 December 1989.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga)
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan93.0 mm (3.7 in)21 January 1983
Feb81.5 mm (3.2 in)10 February 1978
Mar115.0 mm (4.5 in)22 March 1981
Apr111.9 mm (4.4 in)12 April 1972
May75.7 mm (3.0 in)1 May 1961
Jun54.2 mm (2.1 in)5 June 1978
Jul12.7 mm (0.5 in)14 July 1972
Aug55.0 mm (2.2 in)28 August 1984
Sep43.0 mm (1.7 in)22 September 1991
Oct92.0 mm (3.6 in)23 October 1974
Nov90.0 mm (3.5 in)24 November 1970
Dec125.0 mm (4.9 in)25 December 1989

Latest Records

20
Latest records at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga)
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
8 December 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain64.5 mm (2.5 in)8.3 mm (0.33 in)26 years15 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain85.0 mm (3.3 in)5.0 mm (0.20 in)31 years15 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain37.0 mm (1.5 in)36.0 mm (1.4 in)8 years46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain12.0 mm (0.5 in)10.1 mm (0.4 in)11 years19 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain68.0 mm (2.7 in)37.6 mm (1.5 in)33 years36 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain (Tie)52.3 mm (2.1 in)tie44 years4 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 2000Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain47.4 mm (1.9 in)14.6 mm (0.6 in)41 years25 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain41.0 mm (1.6 in)13.8 mm (0.5 in)21 years17 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain94.0 mm (3.7 in)10.0 mm (0.4 in)9 years11 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain (Tie)26.2 mm (1.0 in)tie22 years2 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain33.2 mm (1.3 in)5.2 mm (0.20 in)0 years7 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain7.0 mm (0.28 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)46 years20 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain42.0 mm (1.7 in)8.7 mm (0.34 in)42 years21 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1999Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain42.0 mm (1.7 in)19.0 mm (0.7 in)1 year15 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1998Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain28.0 mm (1.1 in)8.8 mm (0.35 in)19 years14 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1998Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain49.0 mm (1.9 in)10.2 mm (0.4 in)7 years12 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1998Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain39.0 mm (1.5 in)1.7 mm (0.07 in)36 years16 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1997Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain24.0 mm (0.9 in)9.6 mm (0.38 in)15 years19 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 1997Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain0.2 mm (0.01 in)0.2 mm (0.01 in)44 years17 of 100 (Routine)
9 June 1997Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), BRdaily rain3.8 mm (0.15 in)3.3 mm (0.13 in)36 years17 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1952 to 2000
Yearly extremes at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga): the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)125.0 mm (4.9 in)198977.0 mm (3.0 in)49
Wettest five days (Rx5day)232.6 mm (9.2 in)1978147.3 mm (5.8 in)49
Longest dry spell (CDD)197 days1998134 days49

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year The wettest day of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 125.0 mm (4.9 in) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 77.0 mm (3.0 in). 40608010012014019601970198019902000Record: 125.0 mm (4.9 in) in 1989
The wettest day of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 125.0 mm (4.9 in) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 77.0 mm (3.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
195256.0 mm (2.2 in)
195346.0 mm (1.8 in)
195477.3 mm (3.0 in)
195552.2 mm (2.1 in)
195653.6 mm (2.1 in)
195779.3 mm (3.1 in)
195896.6 mm (3.8 in)
195972.5 mm (2.9 in)
196078.7 mm (3.1 in)
196175.7 mm (3.0 in)
196274.2 mm (2.9 in)
196379.8 mm (3.1 in)
196483.2 mm (3.3 in)
196561.9 mm (2.4 in)
1966106.8 mm (4.2 in)
196775.5 mm (3.0 in)
196867.4 mm (2.7 in)
196980.0 mm (3.1 in)
197090.0 mm (3.5 in)
1971114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1972111.9 mm (4.4 in)
197353.0 mm (2.1 in)
197492.0 mm (3.6 in)
197577.0 mm (3.0 in)
197668.4 mm (2.7 in)
197786.4 mm (3.4 in)
197881.5 mm (3.2 in)
197991.5 mm (3.6 in)
198076.8 mm (3.0 in)
1981115.0 mm (4.5 in)
198251.4 mm (2.0 in)
198393.0 mm (3.7 in)
198455.0 mm (2.2 in)
198573.0 mm (2.9 in)
198672.8 mm (2.9 in)
198793.0 mm (3.7 in)
198870.4 mm (2.8 in)
1989125.0 mm (4.9 in)
199056.0 mm (2.2 in)
199180.1 mm (3.2 in)
199274.0 mm (2.9 in)
199364.3 mm (2.5 in)
199481.8 mm (3.2 in)
199570.0 mm (2.8 in)
199683.2 mm (3.3 in)
199761.5 mm (2.4 in)
199859.0 mm (2.3 in)
199994.0 mm (3.7 in)
200085.0 mm (3.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year The wettest five days of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 232.6 mm (9.2 in) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 147.3 mm (5.8 in). 5010015020025019601970198019902000Record: 232.6 mm (9.2 in) in 1978
The wettest five days of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 232.6 mm (9.2 in) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 147.3 mm (5.8 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1952130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1953103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1954172.6 mm (6.8 in)
1955108.1 mm (4.3 in)
1956128.9 mm (5.1 in)
1957226.1 mm (8.9 in)
1958168.1 mm (6.6 in)
1959131.4 mm (5.2 in)
1960167.0 mm (6.6 in)
1961135.6 mm (5.3 in)
1962200.9 mm (7.9 in)
1963158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1964196.4 mm (7.7 in)
1965152.3 mm (6.0 in)
1966184.2 mm (7.3 in)
1967161.4 mm (6.4 in)
1968127.1 mm (5.0 in)
1969177.1 mm (7.0 in)
1970183.0 mm (7.2 in)
1971181.5 mm (7.1 in)
1972201.8 mm (7.9 in)
1973140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1974140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1975140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1976126.6 mm (5.0 in)
1977183.6 mm (7.2 in)
1978232.6 mm (9.2 in)
1979158.7 mm (6.2 in)
1980189.8 mm (7.5 in)
1981197.8 mm (7.8 in)
198294.2 mm (3.7 in)
1983147.3 mm (5.8 in)
198476.5 mm (3.0 in)
1985179.9 mm (7.1 in)
1986129.7 mm (5.1 in)
1987145.4 mm (5.7 in)
1988146.0 mm (5.7 in)
1989216.0 mm (8.5 in)
199065.0 mm (2.6 in)
1991131.3 mm (5.2 in)
1992189.8 mm (7.5 in)
199386.7 mm (3.4 in)
1994125.6 mm (4.9 in)
1995135.0 mm (5.3 in)
1996137.0 mm (5.4 in)
1997145.5 mm (5.7 in)
1998128.7 mm (5.1 in)
1999159.6 mm (6.3 in)
2000177.5 mm (7.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year The longest dry spell of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 197 days in 1998, marked on the chart; the median year is 134 days. 5010015020019601970198019902000Record: 197 days in 1998
The longest dry spell of the year at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga), 1952 to 2000. The record is 197 days in 1998, marked on the chart; the median year is 134 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
1952134 days
1953142 days
1954129 days
1955185 days
195678 days
1957102 days
195891 days
195968 days
196084 days
1961163 days
1962140 days
1963193 days
196477 days
1965166 days
1966153 days
1967141 days
1968172 days
1969138 days
1970160 days
1971107 days
197278 days
1973142 days
197499 days
1975173 days
197659 days
1977129 days
197879 days
1979135 days
198093 days
198171 days
198292 days
1983172 days
1984134 days
1985148 days
198685 days
1987138 days
1988159 days
198962 days
1990192 days
1991143 days
1992137 days
1993131 days
1994124 days
1995106 days
199680 days
1997102 days
1998197 days
1999158 days
2000147 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

45 years, 1954 to 2000

A day with at least 77.2 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 128.5 mm (5.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Capitanea (Varzea da Larga): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years77.2 mm (3.0 in)
5 years93.2 mm (3.7 in)
10 years102.9 mm (4.1 in)
25 years114.0 mm (4.5 in)
50 years121.6 mm (4.8 in)Longer than the 45 years of record
100 years128.5 mm (5.1 in)Longer than the 45 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 45 years of values from 1954 to 2000.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 125.0 mm (4.9 in) in 1989; 115.0 mm (4.5 in) in 1981; 114.6 mm (4.5 in) in 1971.

Download the Data

  • Data for Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for Capitanea (Varzea da Larga) threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).