Berlin (Sar) Weather Records (SF000801430)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Berlin (Sar) (SF000801430), South Africa, with 101 years of record.

Key Facts for Berlin (Sar)

Berlin (Sar) (SF000801430) is a weather station in South Africa at -32.88 latitude and 27.58 longitude, 500 m (1,640 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1892 to 1992, 101 years of record.
0 records set at Berlin (Sar) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Berlin (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 26.1 mm (1.0 in) on 20 October 1991.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -32.88 latitude, 27.58 longitude.
Elevation: 500 m (1,640 ft).
Period of record: 1892 to 1992, 101 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 Berlin (Sar). 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 Berlin (Sar), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Berlin (Sar) still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Nov: 247.1 mm (9.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Berlin (Sar). The most was 247.1 mm (9.7 in) on 4 November 1922.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Berlin (Sar)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 January 1893
Feb	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	1 February 1964
Mar	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	28 March 1928
Apr	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	20 April 1948
May	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	18 May 1950
Jun	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	8 June 1917
Jul	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	19 July 1923
Aug	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	28 August 1970
Sep	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	2 September 1968
Oct	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	11 October 1905
Nov	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	4 November 1922
Dec	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	6 December 1970

Latest Records

Latest records at Berlin (Sar)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1991	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1991	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1990	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1990	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1985	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1985	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1984	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1984	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 June 1984	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1984	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1983	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1981	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1981	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1981	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1892 to 1992

Yearly extremes at Berlin (Sar): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	1922	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	96
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	532.5 mm (21.0 in)	1970	108.1 mm (4.3 in)	96
Longest dry spell (CDD)	152 days	1927	43 days	96

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Berlin (Sar), 1892 to 1992. The record is 247.1 mm (9.7 in) in 1922, marked on the chart; the median year is 66.3 mm (2.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Berlin (Sar) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1892	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1893	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1894	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1895	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1896	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1897	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1898	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1899	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1900	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1901	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1902	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1903	107.4 mm (4.2 in)
1904	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1905	210.3 mm (8.3 in)
1906	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1907	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1908	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1909	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1910	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1911	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1912	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1913	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1914	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1915	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1916	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1917	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1919	86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1920	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1921	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1922	247.1 mm (9.7 in)
1923	129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1924	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1925	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1926	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1927	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1928	173.0 mm (6.8 in)
1929	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1930	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1931	115.6 mm (4.6 in)
1932	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1933	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1934	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1935	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1936	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1937	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1938	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1939	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1940	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1941	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1942	78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1943	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1944	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1945	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1946	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1947	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1948	195.6 mm (7.7 in)
1949	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1950	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1951	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1952	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1953	195.0 mm (7.7 in)
1954	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1955	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1956	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1957	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1958	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1959	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1960	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1961	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1962	131.0 mm (5.2 in)
1963	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1964	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1965	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1966	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1967	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1968	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1969	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1970	193.5 mm (7.6 in)
1971	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1972	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1973	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1974	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1975	93.5 mm (3.7 in)
1976	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1977	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1978	70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1979	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
1980	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1981	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1982	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1983	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1984	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1985	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1990	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1991	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1992	13.8 mm (0.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Berlin (Sar), 1892 to 1992. The record is 532.5 mm (21.0 in) in 1970, marked on the chart; the median year is 108.1 mm (4.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Berlin (Sar) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1892	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1893	203.2 mm (8.0 in)
1894	103.6 mm (4.1 in)
1895	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1896	139.7 mm (5.5 in)
1897	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1898	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1899	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1900	119.3 mm (4.7 in)
1901	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1902	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1903	152.1 mm (6.0 in)
1904	122.0 mm (4.8 in)
1905	267.5 mm (10.5 in)
1906	160.0 mm (6.3 in)
1907	100.4 mm (4.0 in)
1908	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1909	118.2 mm (4.7 in)
1910	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1911	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1912	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1913	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1914	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1915	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1916	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1917	81.7 mm (3.2 in)
1919	131.4 mm (5.2 in)
1920	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1921	102.3 mm (4.0 in)
1922	360.2 mm (14.2 in)
1923	162.8 mm (6.4 in)
1924	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1925	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1926	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1927	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1928	203.9 mm (8.0 in)
1929	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1930	86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1931	129.1 mm (5.1 in)
1932	125.3 mm (4.9 in)
1933	107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1934	103.1 mm (4.1 in)
1935	146.8 mm (5.8 in)
1936	73.8 mm (2.9 in)
1937	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1938	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1939	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1940	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1941	169.4 mm (6.7 in)
1942	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1943	109.3 mm (4.3 in)
1944	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1945	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1946	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1947	102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1948	234.7 mm (9.2 in)
1949	117.9 mm (4.6 in)
1950	148.0 mm (5.8 in)
1951	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1952	119.2 mm (4.7 in)
1953	294.5 mm (11.6 in)
1954	169.1 mm (6.7 in)
1955	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1956	183.5 mm (7.2 in)
1957	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1958	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1959	192.0 mm (7.6 in)
1960	140.5 mm (5.5 in)
1961	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1962	170.0 mm (6.7 in)
1963	172.5 mm (6.8 in)
1964	158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1965	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1966	118.5 mm (4.7 in)
1967	117.2 mm (4.6 in)
1968	166.5 mm (6.6 in)
1969	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1970	532.5 mm (21.0 in)
1971	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1972	170.2 mm (6.7 in)
1973	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1974	126.7 mm (5.0 in)
1975	133.5 mm (5.3 in)
1976	108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1977	131.6 mm (5.2 in)
1978	190.1 mm (7.5 in)
1979	191.0 mm (7.5 in)
1980	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1981	132.5 mm (5.2 in)
1982	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1983	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1984	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1985	127.9 mm (5.0 in)
1990	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1991	77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1992	20.8 mm (0.8 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Berlin (Sar), 1892 to 1992. The record is 152 days in 1927, marked on the chart; the median year is 43 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Berlin (Sar) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1892	29 days
1893	35 days
1894	33 days
1895	37 days
1896	42 days
1897	39 days
1898	37 days
1899	59 days
1900	40 days
1901	78 days
1902	60 days
1903	60 days
1904	123 days
1905	65 days
1906	81 days
1907	118 days
1908	47 days
1909	113 days
1910	31 days
1911	13 days
1912	38 days
1913	25 days
1914	44 days
1915	97 days
1916	88 days
1917	37 days
1919	65 days
1920	51 days
1921	27 days
1922	38 days
1923	44 days
1924	30 days
1925	93 days
1926	15 days
1927	152 days
1928	40 days
1929	41 days
1930	48 days
1931	79 days
1932	48 days
1933	57 days
1934	82 days
1935	49 days
1936	35 days
1937	50 days
1938	39 days
1939	38 days
1940	84 days
1941	49 days
1942	77 days
1943	42 days
1944	26 days
1945	34 days
1946	28 days
1947	30 days
1948	58 days
1949	91 days
1950	45 days
1951	48 days
1952	49 days
1953	51 days
1954	28 days
1955	26 days
1956	30 days
1957	51 days
1958	47 days
1959	46 days
1960	78 days
1961	42 days
1962	70 days
1963	53 days
1964	54 days
1965	47 days
1966	59 days
1967	30 days
1968	42 days
1969	39 days
1970	33 days
1971	34 days
1972	31 days
1973	41 days
1974	47 days
1975	41 days
1976	38 days
1977	39 days
1978	27 days
1979	41 days
1980	61 days
1981	29 days
1982	54 days
1983	64 days
1984	35 days
1985	33 days
1990	49 days
1991	30 days
1992	8 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, 1893 to 1991

A day with at least 71.9 mm (2.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 250.1 mm (9.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Berlin (Sar): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
5 years	108.8 mm (4.3 in)
10 years	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
25 years	177.8 mm (7.0 in)
50 years	212.1 mm (8.4 in)
100 years	250.1 mm (9.8 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 1893 to 1991.

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: 247.1 mm (9.7 in) in 1922; 210.3 mm (8.3 in) in 1905; 195.6 mm (7.7 in) in 1948.

Download the Data

Data for Berlin (Sar) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Berlin (Sar) 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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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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