Elsenburg Weather Records (SF000215910)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Elsenburg (SF000215910), South Africa, with 87 years of record.

Key Facts for Elsenburg

Elsenburg (SF000215910) is a weather station in South Africa at -33.85 latitude and 18.83 longitude, 180 m (591 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1903 to 1989, 87 years of record.
0 records set at Elsenburg still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Elsenburg set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 26 August 1989.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -33.85 latitude, 18.83 longitude.
Elevation: 180 m (591 ft).
Period of record: 1903 to 1989, 87 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 Elsenburg. 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 Elsenburg, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Elsenburg still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 204.4 mm (8.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Elsenburg. The most was 204.4 mm (8.0 in) on 12 July 1908.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Elsenburg
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	23 January 1903
Feb	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 February 1932
Mar	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	17 March 1915
Apr	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	6 April 1904
May	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	19 May 1911
Jun	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	7 June 1968
Jul	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	12 July 1908
Aug	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	9 August 1913
Sep	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22 September 1934
Oct	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 October 1940
Nov	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23 November 1976
Dec	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 December 1910

Latest Records

Latest records at Elsenburg
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1989	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1989	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1989	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1989	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1988	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1988	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1988	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1987	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1986	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1986	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1986	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	76 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1986	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1985	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1985	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	66 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1985	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1903 to 1989

Yearly extremes at Elsenburg: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	1908	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	70
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	210.9 mm (8.3 in)	1908	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	70
Longest dry spell (CDD)	74 days	1915	37 days	70

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Elsenburg, 1903 to 1989. The record is 204.4 mm (8.0 in) in 1908, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.0 mm (1.5 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Elsenburg by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1903	147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1904	81.2 mm (3.2 in)
1905	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1906	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
1907	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1908	204.4 mm (8.0 in)
1909	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1910	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1911	97.2 mm (3.8 in)
1912	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1913	56.8 mm (2.2 in)
1914	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1915	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1916	64.7 mm (2.5 in)
1917	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
1918	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1919	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1920	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1921	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1922	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1923	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1924	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1925	55.8 mm (2.2 in)
1926	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1927	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1928	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1929	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
1930	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1931	42.6 mm (1.7 in)
1932	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1933	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1934	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1935	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1936	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1937	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1938	25.3 mm (1.0 in)
1939	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
1940	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1941	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1942	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1943	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
1944	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
1945	47.4 mm (1.9 in)
1946	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1947	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
1948	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1949	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1950	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1968	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1969	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1970	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1971	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1972	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1973	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1974	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1975	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1976	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1977	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1978	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1979	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1980	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1981	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1982	74.8 mm (2.9 in)
1983	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1985	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
1986	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1987	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1988	28.6 mm (1.1 in)
1989	29.0 mm (1.1 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Elsenburg, 1903 to 1989. The record is 210.9 mm (8.3 in) in 1908, marked on the chart; the median year is 81.7 mm (3.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Elsenburg by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1903	147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1904	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1905	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1906	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1907	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1908	210.9 mm (8.3 in)
1909	72.8 mm (2.9 in)
1910	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
1911	98.4 mm (3.9 in)
1912	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1913	124.1 mm (4.9 in)
1914	107.4 mm (4.2 in)
1915	91.1 mm (3.6 in)
1916	90.1 mm (3.5 in)
1917	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1918	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1919	63.1 mm (2.5 in)
1920	101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1921	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1922	67.4 mm (2.7 in)
1923	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1924	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1925	118.7 mm (4.7 in)
1926	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1927	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1928	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1929	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1930	72.7 mm (2.9 in)
1931	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1932	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
1933	67.4 mm (2.7 in)
1934	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1935	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
1936	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1937	70.8 mm (2.8 in)
1938	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1939	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1940	104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1941	110.7 mm (4.4 in)
1942	147.5 mm (5.8 in)
1943	83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1944	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1945	127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1946	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1947	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1948	86.8 mm (3.4 in)
1949	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1950	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1968	117.7 mm (4.6 in)
1969	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1970	53.2 mm (2.1 in)
1971	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1972	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1973	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1974	101.2 mm (4.0 in)
1975	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1976	112.3 mm (4.4 in)
1977	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1978	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1979	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1980	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1981	61.9 mm (2.4 in)
1982	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1983	118.7 mm (4.7 in)
1984	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1985	97.4 mm (3.8 in)
1986	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1987	84.9 mm (3.3 in)
1988	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1989	74.1 mm (2.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Elsenburg, 1903 to 1989. The record is 74 days in 1915, marked on the chart; the median year is 37 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Elsenburg by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1903	28 days
1904	23 days
1905	35 days
1906	25 days
1907	30 days
1908	20 days
1909	41 days
1910	31 days
1911	20 days
1912	31 days
1913	54 days
1914	31 days
1915	74 days
1916	37 days
1917	63 days
1918	33 days
1919	29 days
1920	25 days
1921	32 days
1922	31 days
1923	32 days
1924	31 days
1925	60 days
1926	38 days
1927	32 days
1928	31 days
1929	50 days
1930	40 days
1931	40 days
1932	27 days
1933	47 days
1934	41 days
1935	47 days
1936	20 days
1937	43 days
1938	36 days
1939	46 days
1940	38 days
1941	37 days
1942	26 days
1943	39 days
1944	55 days
1945	60 days
1946	23 days
1947	43 days
1948	38 days
1949	47 days
1950	48 days
1968	47 days
1969	29 days
1970	32 days
1971	44 days
1972	44 days
1973	47 days
1974	45 days
1975	25 days
1976	39 days
1977	33 days
1978	27 days
1979	51 days
1980	36 days
1981	34 days
1982	37 days
1983	51 days
1984	33 days
1985	51 days
1986	29 days
1987	23 days
1988	66 days
1989	30 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

69 years, 1903 to 1988

A day with at least 38.8 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 162.6 mm (6.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Elsenburg: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
5 years	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
10 years	70.8 mm (2.8 in)
25 years	98.2 mm (3.9 in)
50 years	126.2 mm (5.0 in)
100 years	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	Longer than the 69 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, 69 years of values from 1903 to 1988.

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: 204.4 mm (8.0 in) in 1908; 147.3 mm (5.8 in) in 1903; 97.2 mm (3.8 in) in 1911.

Download the Data

Data for Elsenburg standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Elsenburg 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 2026-10-13 (13 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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