Vredenburg (Pol) Weather Records (SF000608640)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Vredenburg (Pol) (SF000608640), South Africa, with 71 years of record.

Key Facts for Vredenburg (Pol)

Vredenburg (Pol) (SF000608640) is a weather station in South Africa at -32.92 latitude and 18.00 longitude, 120 m (394 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1925 to 1995, 71 years of record.
0 records set at Vredenburg (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Vredenburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 19.7 mm (0.8 in) on 20 May 1995.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -32.92 latitude, 18.00 longitude.
Elevation: 120 m (394 ft).
Period of record: 1925 to 1995, 71 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 Vredenburg (Pol). 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 Vredenburg (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Vredenburg (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Vredenburg (Pol) between 6 August 1974 and 6 August 1974. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Aug: 58.0 mm (2.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Vredenburg (Pol). The most was 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 6 August 1974.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Vredenburg (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 January 1975
Feb	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 February 1957
Mar	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	23 March 1981
Apr	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 April 1988
May	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 May 1953
Jun	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 June 1925
Jul	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 July 1994
Aug	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	6 August 1974
Sep	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 September 1936
Oct	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 October 1984
Nov	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 November 1976
Dec	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 December 1938

Latest Records

Latest records at Vredenburg (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1995	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1994	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1994	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1994	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1994	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain (Tie)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	tie	2 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1993	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1993	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1993	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1992	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1991	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1991	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1991	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1990	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1990	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1925 to 1995

Yearly extremes at Vredenburg (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	1974	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	70
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	1925	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	70
Longest dry spell (CDD)	116 days	1945	54 days	70

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Vredenburg (Pol), 1925 to 1995. The record is 58.0 mm (2.3 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 26.0 mm (1.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Vredenburg (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1925	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1926	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1927	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1928	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1929	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1930	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1931	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1932	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1933	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1934	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1935	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1936	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1937	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1938	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1939	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1940	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1941	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1942	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1943	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1944	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1945	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1946	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1947	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1948	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1949	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1950	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1951	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1952	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1953	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1954	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1955	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1956	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1957	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1958	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1959	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1960	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1961	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1962	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1963	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1966	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1968	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1969	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1970	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1972	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1973	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1974	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1975	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1976	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1977	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1978	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1979	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
1980	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1981	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1982	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1983	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1984	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1985	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1986	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1987	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1988	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1989	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1990	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1991	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1992	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1993	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1994	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1995	19.7 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Vredenburg (Pol), 1925 to 1995. The record is 113.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1925, marked on the chart; the median year is 44.3 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Vredenburg (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1925	113.3 mm (4.5 in)
1926	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
1927	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1928	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
1929	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1930	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
1931	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
1932	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1933	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1934	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1935	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1936	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1937	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1938	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1939	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1940	81.1 mm (3.2 in)
1941	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1942	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1943	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
1944	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1945	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1946	60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1947	38.7 mm (1.5 in)
1948	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1949	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1950	61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1951	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1952	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1953	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1954	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1955	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1956	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1957	83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1958	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1959	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1960	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1961	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1962	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1963	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1964	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1965	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1966	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1967	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1968	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1969	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1970	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1972	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1973	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1974	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1975	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1976	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1977	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1978	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1979	32.1 mm (1.3 in)
1980	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1981	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1982	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1983	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1984	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1985	42.3 mm (1.7 in)
1986	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1987	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1988	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1989	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1990	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1991	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1992	32.9 mm (1.3 in)
1993	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1994	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1995	20.0 mm (0.8 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Vredenburg (Pol), 1925 to 1995. The record is 116 days in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Vredenburg (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1925	18 days
1926	54 days
1927	56 days
1928	57 days
1929	64 days
1930	36 days
1931	50 days
1932	53 days
1933	47 days
1934	29 days
1935	58 days
1936	61 days
1937	86 days
1938	87 days
1939	46 days
1940	38 days
1941	54 days
1942	93 days
1943	68 days
1944	55 days
1945	116 days
1946	43 days
1947	80 days
1948	70 days
1949	65 days
1950	48 days
1951	71 days
1952	49 days
1953	48 days
1954	56 days
1955	47 days
1956	74 days
1957	50 days
1958	40 days
1959	32 days
1960	54 days
1961	58 days
1962	40 days
1963	80 days
1964	44 days
1965	45 days
1966	80 days
1967	88 days
1968	75 days
1969	41 days
1970	54 days
1972	109 days
1973	57 days
1974	58 days
1975	44 days
1976	64 days
1977	68 days
1978	38 days
1979	55 days
1980	53 days
1981	34 days
1982	25 days
1983	48 days
1984	38 days
1985	56 days
1986	58 days
1987	32 days
1988	66 days
1989	58 days
1990	78 days
1991	46 days
1992	35 days
1993	42 days
1994	90 days
1995	51 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

67 years, 1926 to 1994

A day with at least 25.9 mm (1.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 61.3 mm (2.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Vredenburg (Pol): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
5 years	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
10 years	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
25 years	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
50 years	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
100 years	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	Longer than the 67 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, 67 years of values from 1926 to 1994.

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: 58.0 mm (2.3 in) in 1974; 55.5 mm (2.2 in) in 1994; 45.0 mm (1.8 in) in 1953.

Download the Data

Data for Vredenburg (Pol) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Vredenburg (Pol) 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 2026-10-12 (12 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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