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Cape Agulhas Threshold Days by Year (SF000068920)

8 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Agulhas (SF000068920): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Agulhas Thresholds

  • Cape Agulhas: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 72 years, most in 1959 with 23.
  • Cape Agulhas: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1964 with 7.
  • Cape Agulhas: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 59 years, most in 1999 with 33.
  • Cape Agulhas: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 22 years, most in 1932 with 3.
  • 8 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Agulhas.
9 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Agulhas Days per year at Cape Agulhas with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 4 in 2018. 012341964: 11967: 11974: 11977: 12007: 12009: 22010: 22012: 22018: 4196419671974197720072009201020122018
Days per year at Cape Agulhas with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 4 in 2018.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Agulhas
YearDaysDecade average
196411
196711
197411
197711
200711.5
200921.5
201022.7
201222.7
201842.7
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Agulhas For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Agulhas meeting 30 C (86 F). 1964: 27 May 1964 to 27 May 19641967: 12 February 1967 to 12 February 19671974: 10 May 1974 to 10 May 19741977: 11 April 1977 to 11 April 19772007: 26 January 2007 to 26 January 20072009: 4 April 2009 to 5 April 20092010: 7 February 2010 to 8 February 20102012: 11 January 2012 to 12 January 20122018: 8 February 2018 to 13 April 201819641974200720102018JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Agulhas meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Agulhas
YearFirst dateLast date
19641964-05-271964-05-27
19671967-02-121967-02-12
19741974-05-101974-05-10
19771977-04-111977-04-11
20072007-01-262007-01-26
20092009-04-042009-04-05
20102010-02-072010-02-08
20122012-01-112012-01-12
20182018-02-082018-04-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Agulhas
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days9420184
90 F (32.2 C): Days1220092
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min1120081
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min5933199914
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain722319595
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain65719641
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain22319321
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain5119301

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1964.

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).