Palmietfontein"Knap Draai Weather Records (SF000698560)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Palmietfontein"Knap Draai (SF000698560), South Africa, with 85 years of record.

Key Facts for Palmietfontein"Knap Draai

Palmietfontein"Knap Draai (SF000698560) is a weather station in South Africa at -32.77 latitude and 22.48 longitude, 866 m (2,841 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1912 to 1996, 85 years of record.
0 records set at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai set a daily record precipitation of 8.0 mm (0.31 in) on 25 December 1995.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -32.77 latitude, 22.48 longitude.
Elevation: 866 m (2,841 ft).
Period of record: 1912 to 1996, 85 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 Palmietfontein"Knap Draai. 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 Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 111.8 mm (4.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai. The most was 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 7 February 1913.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 January 1981
Feb	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	7 February 1913
Mar	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 March 1981
Apr	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 April 1954
May	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 May 1958
Jun	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 June 1986
Jul	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 July 1929
Aug	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 August 1971
Sep	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 September 1950
Oct	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 October 1941
Nov	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 November 1983
Dec	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 December 1920

Latest Records

Latest records at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1995	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1994	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1994	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1994	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1994	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1994	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1993	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1992	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1992	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2 years	9 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1912 to 1996

Yearly extremes at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	1913	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	82
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	1913	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	82
Longest dry spell (CDD)	366 days	1932	84 days	82

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, 1912 to 1996. The record is 111.8 mm (4.4 in) in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is 27.0 mm (1.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1912	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1913	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1914	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1915	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1916	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1917	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1918	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1919	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1920	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1921	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1924	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1926	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1927	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1928	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1929	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1930	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1931	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1932	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1933	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1934	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1935	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1936	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1937	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1938	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1939	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1940	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1941	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1942	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1943	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1944	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1945	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1946	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1947	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1948	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1949	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1950	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1951	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1952	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1953	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1954	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1955	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1956	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1957	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1958	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1959	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1960	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1961	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1962	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1963	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1964	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1965	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1966	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1968	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1969	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1970	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1971	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1973	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1974	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1975	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1976	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1977	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1979	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1980	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1981	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1982	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1983	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1984	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1985	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1986	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1987	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1988	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1989	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1990	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1991	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1992	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1993	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1994	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1995	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1996	7.0 mm (0.28 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, 1912 to 1996. The record is 111.8 mm (4.4 in) in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.2 mm (1.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1912	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1913	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1914	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1915	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1916	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1917	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1918	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1919	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1920	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1921	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1924	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1926	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1927	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1928	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1929	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1930	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1931	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1932	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1933	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1934	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1935	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1936	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1937	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1938	55.3 mm (2.2 in)
1939	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1940	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1941	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1942	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1943	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1944	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1945	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1946	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1947	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1948	27.6 mm (1.1 in)
1949	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1950	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1951	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1952	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1953	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1954	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1955	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1956	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1957	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1958	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1959	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1960	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1961	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1962	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1963	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1964	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1965	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1966	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1968	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1969	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1970	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1971	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1973	55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1974	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1975	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1976	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
1977	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1979	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1980	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1981	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1982	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1983	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1984	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1985	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1986	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1987	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1988	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1989	24.3 mm (1.0 in)
1990	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1991	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1992	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1993	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1994	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1995	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1996	7.0 mm (0.28 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, 1912 to 1996. The record is 366 days in 1932, marked on the chart; the median year is 84 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1912	274 days
1913	130 days
1914	215 days
1915	122 days
1916	262 days
1917	71 days
1918	152 days
1919	183 days
1920	112 days
1921	214 days
1924	42 days
1926	167 days
1927	152 days
1928	142 days
1929	66 days
1930	150 days
1931	249 days
1932	366 days
1933	206 days
1934	172 days
1935	113 days
1936	115 days
1937	191 days
1938	81 days
1939	95 days
1940	130 days
1941	95 days
1942	104 days
1943	137 days
1944	73 days
1945	87 days
1946	83 days
1947	54 days
1948	85 days
1949	86 days
1950	53 days
1951	121 days
1952	67 days
1953	60 days
1954	76 days
1955	83 days
1956	103 days
1957	106 days
1958	75 days
1959	63 days
1960	71 days
1961	117 days
1962	89 days
1963	67 days
1964	65 days
1965	56 days
1966	88 days
1967	78 days
1968	71 days
1969	79 days
1970	67 days
1971	50 days
1972	66 days
1973	62 days
1974	73 days
1975	75 days
1976	100 days
1977	75 days
1978	141 days
1979	78 days
1980	71 days
1981	50 days
1982	78 days
1983	58 days
1984	105 days
1985	62 days
1986	66 days
1987	77 days
1988	62 days
1989	60 days
1990	76 days
1991	60 days
1992	85 days
1993	118 days
1994	95 days
1995	84 days
1996	16 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

73 years, 1912 to 1995

A day with at least 28.0 mm (1.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 75.2 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Palmietfontein"Knap Draai: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
5 years	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
10 years	49.9 mm (2.0 in)
25 years	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
50 years	67.9 mm (2.7 in)
100 years	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	Longer than the 73 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, 73 years of values from 1912 to 1995.

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: 79.0 mm (3.1 in) in 1981; 66.0 mm (2.6 in) in 1920; 63.5 mm (2.5 in) in 1928.

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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). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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