Cullendale Weather Records (SF000773090)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Cullendale (SF000773090), South Africa, with 96 years of record.

Key Facts for Cullendale

Cullendale (SF000773090) is a weather station in South Africa at -32.65 latitude and 26.18 longitude, 760 m (2,493 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1884 to 1979, 96 years of record.
0 records set at Cullendale still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Cullendale set a daily record precipitation of 14.5 mm (0.6 in) on 10 November 1978.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -32.65 latitude, 26.18 longitude.
Elevation: 760 m (2,493 ft).
Period of record: 1884 to 1979, 96 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 Cullendale. 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 Cullendale, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Cullendale still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Cullendale between 18 April 1948 and 18 April 1948. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Apr: 133.4 mm (5.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Cullendale. The most was 133.4 mm (5.3 in) on 18 April 1948.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Cullendale
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 January 1974
Feb	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	1 February 1939
Mar	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 March 1954
Apr	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	18 April 1948
May	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 May 1910
Jun	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 June 1917
Jul	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 July 1886
Aug	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 August 1953
Sep	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	11 September 1885
Oct	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	20 October 1953
Nov	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 November 1915
Dec	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	19 December 1889

Latest Records

Latest records at Cullendale
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 November 1978	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1978	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	77 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1977	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1976	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1976	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1976	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1976	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1976	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1975	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 June 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1884 to 1979

Yearly extremes at Cullendale: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	1948	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	94
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	1953	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	94
Longest dry spell (CDD)	134 days	1949	39 days	94

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Cullendale, 1884 to 1979. The record is 133.4 mm (5.3 in) in 1948, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.3 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Cullendale by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1884	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1885	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1886	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1887	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1888	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1889	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1890	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1891	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1892	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1893	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1894	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1895	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1896	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1897	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1898	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1899	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1900	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1901	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1902	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1903	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1904	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1905	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1906	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1907	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1908	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1909	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1910	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1911	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1912	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1913	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1914	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1915	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1916	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1917	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1918	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1919	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1920	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1921	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1922	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1923	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1924	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1925	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1926	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1927	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1928	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1929	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1930	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1932	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1933	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1934	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1935	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1936	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1937	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1938	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1939	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1940	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1941	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1942	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1943	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1944	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1945	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1946	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1947	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1948	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1949	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1950	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1951	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1952	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1953	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1954	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1955	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1956	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1957	44.1 mm (1.7 in)
1958	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1959	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1960	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1961	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1962	50.1 mm (2.0 in)
1963	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1964	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1965	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
1966	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1967	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1968	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1969	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1971	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1972	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1973	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1974	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1975	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1976	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1977	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1978	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1979	10.2 mm (0.4 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Cullendale, 1884 to 1979. The record is 231.1 mm (9.1 in) in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 76.7 mm (3.0 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Cullendale by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1884	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1885	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1886	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1887	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1888	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1889	178.6 mm (7.0 in)
1890	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1891	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1892	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1893	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1894	101.8 mm (4.0 in)
1895	139.7 mm (5.5 in)
1896	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1897	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1898	50.1 mm (2.0 in)
1899	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1900	92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1901	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1902	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1903	62.4 mm (2.5 in)
1904	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1905	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1906	65.1 mm (2.6 in)
1907	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1908	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1909	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1910	135.4 mm (5.3 in)
1911	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1912	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1913	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1914	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1915	95.9 mm (3.8 in)
1916	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1917	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1918	94.4 mm (3.7 in)
1919	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1920	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1921	103.7 mm (4.1 in)
1922	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1923	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1924	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1925	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1926	44.9 mm (1.8 in)
1927	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1928	129.0 mm (5.1 in)
1929	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1930	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1932	83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1933	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1934	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1935	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1936	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1937	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1938	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1939	118.9 mm (4.7 in)
1940	132.8 mm (5.2 in)
1941	134.7 mm (5.3 in)
1942	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1943	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1944	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1945	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1946	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1947	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1948	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1949	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1950	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1951	81.2 mm (3.2 in)
1952	87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1953	231.1 mm (9.1 in)
1954	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1955	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1956	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1957	117.2 mm (4.6 in)
1958	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1959	66.2 mm (2.6 in)
1960	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1961	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1962	66.7 mm (2.6 in)
1963	100.4 mm (4.0 in)
1964	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1965	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1966	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1967	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1968	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1969	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1971	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1972	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1973	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
1974	156.1 mm (6.1 in)
1975	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1976	96.3 mm (3.8 in)
1977	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1978	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1979	28.0 mm (1.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Cullendale, 1884 to 1979. The record is 134 days in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 39 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Cullendale by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1884	45 days
1885	33 days
1886	24 days
1887	27 days
1888	25 days
1889	51 days
1890	30 days
1891	21 days
1892	43 days
1893	18 days
1894	25 days
1895	22 days
1896	22 days
1897	34 days
1898	56 days
1899	27 days
1900	47 days
1901	30 days
1902	39 days
1903	23 days
1904	38 days
1905	51 days
1906	36 days
1907	34 days
1908	40 days
1909	47 days
1910	37 days
1911	31 days
1912	26 days
1913	21 days
1914	31 days
1915	33 days
1916	47 days
1917	32 days
1918	35 days
1919	103 days
1920	22 days
1921	25 days
1922	27 days
1923	55 days
1924	44 days
1925	24 days
1926	32 days
1927	65 days
1928	53 days
1929	40 days
1930	29 days
1932	47 days
1933	38 days
1934	24 days
1935	25 days
1936	33 days
1937	51 days
1938	26 days
1939	25 days
1940	85 days
1941	27 days
1942	27 days
1943	32 days
1944	34 days
1945	67 days
1946	50 days
1947	33 days
1948	81 days
1949	134 days
1950	42 days
1951	112 days
1952	64 days
1953	36 days
1954	31 days
1955	82 days
1956	59 days
1957	41 days
1958	95 days
1959	61 days
1960	55 days
1961	70 days
1962	96 days
1963	85 days
1964	53 days
1965	47 days
1966	60 days
1967	39 days
1968	29 days
1969	53 days
1971	44 days
1972	48 days
1973	83 days
1974	47 days
1975	58 days
1976	30 days
1977	53 days
1978	68 days
1979	24 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, 1885 to 1978

A day with at least 47.0 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 118.7 mm (4.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Cullendale: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
5 years	64.2 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
25 years	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
50 years	105.3 mm (4.1 in)
100 years	118.7 mm (4.7 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 1885 to 1978.

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: 133.4 mm (5.3 in) in 1948; 115.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1889; 105.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1944.

Download the Data

Data for Cullendale standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Cullendale 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 2026-10-14 (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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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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