Niekerk Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Niekerk (NLE00109216): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Niekerk Thresholds

Niekerk: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 73 years, most in 2002 with 39.
Niekerk: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 56 years, most in 1968 with 6.
Niekerk: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 6 years, most in 1960 with 1.
3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Niekerk.

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

73 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Niekerk with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 39 in 2002.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Niekerk
Year	Days	Decade average
1951	23	19.2
1952	25	19.2
1953	19	19.2
1954	18	19.2
1955	13	19.2
1956	19	19.2
1957	22	19.2
1958	17	19.2
1959	17	19.2
1960	24	21.5
1961	23	21.5
1962	18	21.5
1963	17	21.5
1964	16	21.5
1965	26	21.5
1966	25	21.5
1967	18	21.5
1968	25	21.5
1969	23	21.5
1970	19	18.7
1971	20	18.7
1972	19	18.7
1973	20	18.7
1974	15	18.7
1975	17	18.7
1976	10	18.7
1977	18	18.7
1978	19	18.7
1979	30	18.7
1980	19	22.9
1981	20	22.9
1982	22	22.9
1983	21	22.9
1984	25	22.9
1985	30	22.9
1986	26	22.9
1987	25	22.9
1988	23	22.9
1989	18	22.9
1990	29	23.6
1991	18	23.6
1992	25	23.6
1993	26	23.6
1994	23	23.6
1995	28	23.6
1996	12	23.6
1997	18	23.6
1998	32	23.6
1999	25	23.6
2000	15	24.4
2001	30	24.4
2002	39	24.4
2003	22	24.4
2004	27	24.4
2005	17	24.4
2006	21	24.4
2007	30	24.4
2008	26	24.4
2009	17	24.4
2010	31	20.5
2011	18	20.5
2012	25	20.5
2013	23	20.5
2014	18	20.5
2015	24	20.5
2016	14	20.5
2017	23	20.5
2018	16	20.5
2019	13	20.5
2020	24	19
2024	23	19
2025	21	19
2026	8	19

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Niekerk
Year	First date	Last date
1951	1951-01-05	1951-12-10
1952	1952-01-11	1952-12-16
1953	1953-01-31	1953-09-22
1954	1954-01-13	1954-12-25
1955	1955-01-10	1955-12-09
1956	1956-01-12	1956-12-11
1957	1957-01-31	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-06	1958-10-31
1959	1959-01-07	1959-11-09
1960	1960-01-24	1960-12-03
1961	1961-01-10	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-21	1962-12-15
1963	1963-05-01	1963-11-19
1964	1964-03-19	1964-12-13
1965	1965-01-16	1965-12-31
1966	1966-02-08	1966-12-29
1967	1967-02-27	1967-12-30
1968	1968-01-05	1968-11-23
1969	1969-03-13	1969-11-27
1970	1970-02-21	1970-11-02
1971	1971-01-23	1971-12-22
1972	1972-01-20	1972-11-20
1973	1973-02-08	1973-12-15
1974	1974-02-09	1974-12-12
1975	1975-01-06	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-01	1976-11-30
1977	1977-03-14	1977-12-29
1978	1978-01-02	1978-12-29
1979	1979-01-12	1979-12-27
1980	1980-03-12	1980-12-17
1981	1981-01-02	1981-12-03
1982	1982-01-05	1982-12-10
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-08
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-21	1985-12-17
1986	1986-01-02	1986-12-30
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-17
1988	1988-01-05	1988-12-18
1989	1989-03-07	1989-12-20
1990	1990-01-23	1990-12-28
1991	1991-01-05	1991-12-17
1992	1992-01-05	1992-12-11
1993	1993-01-10	1993-12-30
1994	1994-01-12	1994-12-28
1995	1995-01-21	1995-12-22
1996	1996-02-12	1996-12-18
1997	1997-02-12	1997-12-09
1998	1998-01-03	1998-12-25
1999	1999-01-15	1999-12-24
2000	2000-01-03	2000-12-11
2001	2001-01-05	2001-12-05
2002	2002-01-20	2002-12-29
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-27
2004	2004-01-18	2004-12-18
2005	2005-02-11	2005-12-15
2006	2006-03-25	2006-12-07
2007	2007-01-10	2007-12-06
2008	2008-01-10	2008-11-21
2009	2009-02-09	2009-12-24
2010	2010-02-02	2010-12-16
2011	2011-05-26	2011-12-29
2012	2012-01-01	2012-12-31
2013	2013-01-29	2013-12-24
2014	2014-01-06	2014-12-18
2015	2015-01-08	2015-12-12
2016	2016-01-29	2016-12-10
2017	2017-01-12	2017-12-13
2018	2018-01-02	2018-12-21
2019	2019-03-03	2019-11-18
2020	2020-01-28	2020-12-23
2024	2024-01-01	2024-12-18
2025	2025-01-05	2025-11-14
2026	2026-01-07	2026-06-27

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Niekerk
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	73	39	2002	8
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	56	6	1968	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	6	1	1960	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1951.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Niekerk Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Niekerk Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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