Qacha's Nek Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Qacha's Nek (LT002073370): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Qacha's Nek Thresholds

Qacha's Nek: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 60 years, most in 1942 with 52.
Qacha's Nek: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 59 years, most in 1950 with 17.
Qacha's Nek: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 32 years, most in 1948 with 5.
3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Qacha's Nek.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

60 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Qacha's Nek with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 52 in 1942.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Qacha's Nek
Year	Days	Decade average
1913	34	32.2
1915	35	32.2
1916	34	32.2
1918	39	32.2
1919	19	32.2
1922	33	33
1923	29	33
1924	35	33
1925	33	33
1926	36	33
1927	29	33
1928	36	33
1930	20	28.4
1931	29	28.4
1932	27	28.4
1933	25	28.4
1934	35	28.4
1935	24	28.4
1936	25	28.4
1937	33	28.4
1938	35	28.4
1939	31	28.4
1940	30	34.2
1941	22	34.2
1942	52	34.2
1943	48	34.2
1944	29	34.2
1945	26	34.2
1946	30	34.2
1947	40	34.2
1948	33	34.2
1949	32	34.2
1950	50	35.4
1951	24	35.4
1952	39	35.4
1953	30	35.4
1954	39	35.4
1955	37	35.4
1956	35	35.4
1957	35	35.4
1959	30	35.4
1962	24	22.8
1963	33	22.8
1968	15	22.8
1969	19	22.8
1970	23	27.4
1971	26	27.4
1973	21	27.4
1974	32	27.4
1977	30	27.4
1978	23	27.4
1979	37	27.4
1980	21	23.9
1981	34	23.9
1982	17	23.9
1983	21	23.9
1984	25	23.9
1985	23	23.9
1986	28	23.9
1987	22	23.9

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Qacha's Nek meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Qacha's Nek
Year	First date	Last date
1913	1913-01-01	1913-12-08
1915	1915-01-13	1915-11-27
1916	1916-01-04	1916-12-29
1918	1918-01-06	1918-12-30
1919	1919-01-07	1919-11-28
1922	1922-01-09	1922-12-19
1923	1923-01-08	1923-12-22
1924	1924-01-12	1924-12-29
1925	1925-01-04	1925-12-28
1926	1926-01-08	1926-12-28
1927	1927-01-10	1927-12-28
1928	1928-01-03	1928-12-30
1930	1930-01-09	1930-12-30
1931	1931-01-02	1931-12-30
1932	1932-01-01	1932-12-25
1933	1933-01-01	1933-12-29
1934	1934-01-01	1934-12-21
1935	1935-01-13	1935-12-12
1936	1936-01-11	1936-12-28
1937	1937-01-02	1937-12-19
1938	1938-01-16	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-01	1939-12-27
1940	1940-01-07	1940-12-21
1941	1941-01-01	1941-12-28
1942	1942-01-10	1942-12-31
1943	1943-01-07	1943-12-25
1944	1944-01-04	1944-12-18
1945	1945-01-06	1945-12-01
1946	1946-01-08	1946-12-23
1947	1947-01-08	1947-12-29
1948	1948-01-02	1948-12-21
1949	1949-01-03	1949-12-28
1950	1950-01-03	1950-12-31
1951	1951-01-02	1951-10-26
1952	1952-01-13	1952-12-18
1953	1953-01-11	1953-12-19
1954	1954-01-11	1954-12-13
1955	1955-01-08	1955-12-27
1956	1956-01-10	1956-12-25
1957	1957-01-05	1957-12-24
1959	1959-01-06	1959-12-18
1962	1962-01-05	1962-12-27
1963	1963-01-04	1963-12-29
1968	1968-02-11	1968-12-08
1969	1969-01-07	1969-11-19
1970	1970-01-15	1970-12-05
1971	1971-01-05	1971-12-29
1973	1973-01-06	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-03	1974-12-17
1977	1977-02-11	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-05	1978-12-21
1979	1979-01-02	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-06	1980-11-19
1981	1981-01-08	1981-12-14
1982	1982-01-03	1982-11-16
1983	1983-01-14	1983-12-31
1984	1984-01-05	1984-11-11
1985	1985-01-15	1985-11-28
1986	1986-01-03	1986-12-28
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-21

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Qacha's Nek
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	60	52	1942	22
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	59	17	1950	8
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	32	5	1948	4

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1913.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Qacha's Nek Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Qacha's Nek Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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