Mafeteng Weather Records (LT002334390)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Mafeteng (LT002334390), Lesotho, with 69 years of record.

Key Facts for Mafeteng

Mafeteng (LT002334390) is a weather station in Lesotho at -29.82 latitude and 27.25 longitude, 1,610 m (5,282 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1920 to 1988, 69 years of record.
0 records set at Mafeteng still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Mafeteng set a daily record precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 11 March 1988.

About the Station

Location: Lesotho, -29.82 latitude, 27.25 longitude.
Elevation: 1,610 m (5,282 ft).
Period of record: 1920 to 1988, 69 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Mafeteng. 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 Mafeteng, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Mafeteng still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Mafeteng between 27 October 1986 and 27 October 1986. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Oct: 168.0 mm (6.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Mafeteng. The most was 168.0 mm (6.6 in) on 27 October 1986.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Mafeteng
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	21 January 1966
Feb	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	13 February 1923
Mar	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	9 March 1971
Apr	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	10 April 1967
May	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 May 1971
Jun	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	2 June 1961
Jul	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 July 1929
Aug	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	15 August 1987
Sep	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 September 1944
Oct	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	27 October 1986
Nov	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 November 1985
Dec	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 December 1929

Latest Records

Latest records at Mafeteng
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1988	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1987	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1987	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1987	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1987	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1987	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	66 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1987	Mafeteng, LS	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain (Tie)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	tie	31 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	0 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1986	Mafeteng, LS	all-time rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 September 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1986	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1920 to 1988

Yearly extremes at Mafeteng: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	1986	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	67
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	1988	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	67
Longest dry spell (CDD)	136 days	1985	50 days	67

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Mafeteng, 1920 to 1988. The record is 168.0 mm (6.6 in) in 1986, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.1 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Mafeteng by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1920	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1921	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1922	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1923	104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1924	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1925	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1926	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1927	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1928	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1929	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1930	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1931	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1932	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1933	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1934	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1935	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1936	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1937	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1938	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1939	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1940	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1941	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1942	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1943	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1944	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1945	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1946	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1947	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1948	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
1949	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1950	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1951	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1952	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1953	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1954	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1955	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1956	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1957	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1958	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1959	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1960	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1961	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1962	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1963	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1964	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1965	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1966	104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1967	80.4 mm (3.2 in)
1968	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1969	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1970	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1971	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1972	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
1973	75.6 mm (3.0 in)
1974	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1975	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1976	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1977	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1978	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1979	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1980	2.2 mm (0.09 in)
1983	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1984	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1985	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1986	168.0 mm (6.6 in)
1987	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1988	72.5 mm (2.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Mafeteng, 1920 to 1988. The record is 239.8 mm (9.4 in) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 88.2 mm (3.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Mafeteng by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1920	47.6 mm (1.9 in)
1921	78.9 mm (3.1 in)
1922	73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1923	203.1 mm (8.0 in)
1924	97.5 mm (3.8 in)
1925	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1926	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1927	134.4 mm (5.3 in)
1928	58.6 mm (2.3 in)
1929	158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1930	61.1 mm (2.4 in)
1931	92.9 mm (3.7 in)
1932	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1933	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1934	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1935	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1936	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1937	88.2 mm (3.5 in)
1938	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1939	80.7 mm (3.2 in)
1940	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1941	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1942	122.0 mm (4.8 in)
1943	74.1 mm (2.9 in)
1944	107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1945	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1946	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1947	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1948	89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1949	70.7 mm (2.8 in)
1950	71.7 mm (2.8 in)
1951	125.4 mm (4.9 in)
1952	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1953	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1954	103.2 mm (4.1 in)
1955	148.5 mm (5.8 in)
1956	164.0 mm (6.5 in)
1957	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1958	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1959	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1960	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1961	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1962	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1963	89.5 mm (3.5 in)
1964	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1965	45.1 mm (1.8 in)
1966	191.1 mm (7.5 in)
1967	107.3 mm (4.2 in)
1968	79.9 mm (3.1 in)
1969	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1970	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1971	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1972	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
1973	90.9 mm (3.6 in)
1974	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1975	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1976	106.9 mm (4.2 in)
1977	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1978	130.7 mm (5.1 in)
1979	130.7 mm (5.1 in)
1980	2.2 mm (0.09 in)
1983	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1984	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1985	86.0 mm (3.4 in)
1986	218.0 mm (8.6 in)
1987	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1988	239.8 mm (9.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Mafeteng, 1920 to 1988. The record is 136 days in 1985, marked on the chart; the median year is 50 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Mafeteng by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1920	50 days
1921	83 days
1922	64 days
1923	62 days
1924	89 days
1925	36 days
1926	42 days
1927	70 days
1928	66 days
1929	34 days
1930	66 days
1931	59 days
1932	49 days
1933	58 days
1934	50 days
1935	37 days
1936	74 days
1937	70 days
1938	26 days
1939	25 days
1940	40 days
1941	57 days
1942	74 days
1943	48 days
1944	94 days
1945	82 days
1946	63 days
1947	46 days
1948	82 days
1949	27 days
1950	28 days
1951	44 days
1952	33 days
1953	87 days
1954	70 days
1955	53 days
1956	59 days
1957	41 days
1958	110 days
1959	58 days
1960	37 days
1961	32 days
1962	95 days
1963	62 days
1964	45 days
1965	49 days
1966	125 days
1967	32 days
1968	36 days
1969	36 days
1970	42 days
1971	61 days
1972	31 days
1973	52 days
1974	64 days
1975	36 days
1976	11 days
1977	15 days
1978	34 days
1979	7 days
1980	19 days
1983	46 days
1984	70 days
1985	136 days
1986	88 days
1987	32 days
1988	49 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

52 years, 1921 to 1987

A day with at least 52.4 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 149.1 mm (5.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Mafeteng: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
10 years	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
25 years	105.7 mm (4.2 in)
50 years	125.6 mm (4.9 in)
100 years	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	Longer than the 52 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, 52 years of values from 1921 to 1987.

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: 168.0 mm (6.6 in) in 1986; 104.6 mm (4.1 in) in 1923; 104.5 mm (4.1 in) in 1966.

Download the Data

Data for Mafeteng standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Mafeteng 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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

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