Poortjie-Wes Threshold Days by Year (SF000935800)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Poortjie-Wes (SF000935800): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Poortjie-Wes Thresholds

Poortjie-Wes: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 80 years, most in 1952 with 16.
Poortjie-Wes: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 55 years, most in 1961 with 5.
Poortjie-Wes: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 13 years, most in 1974 with 2.
Poortjie-Wes: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 2 years, most in 1936 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Poortjie-Wes.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

80 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Poortjie-Wes with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 16 in 1952.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Poortjie-Wes
Year	Days	Decade average
1915	2	6.8
1916	6	6.8
1917	14	6.8
1918	5	6.8
1922	2	5
1923	3	5
1924	4	5
1925	13	5
1926	2	5
1927	3	5
1928	6	5
1929	7	5
1930	3	6.7
1931	6	6.7
1932	8	6.7
1933	5	6.7
1934	9	6.7
1935	5	6.7
1936	8	6.7
1937	7	6.7
1938	6	6.7
1939	10	6.7
1940	7	5.7
1941	6	5.7
1942	3	5.7
1943	8	5.7
1944	5	5.7
1945	8	5.7
1946	2	5.7
1947	4	5.7
1948	9	5.7
1949	5	5.7
1950	10	8
1951	3	8
1952	16	8
1953	13	8
1954	4	8
1955	6	8
1956	10	8
1957	5	8
1958	7	8
1959	6	8
1960	5	6.8
1961	10	6.8
1962	5	6.8
1963	10	6.8
1964	4	6.8
1965	8	6.8
1966	3	6.8
1967	5	6.8
1968	6	6.8
1969	12	6.8
1970	6	10.4
1971	10	10.4
1972	2	10.4
1973	12	10.4
1974	15	10.4
1975	14	10.4
1976	15	10.4
1977	15	10.4
1978	7	10.4
1979	8	10.4
1980	6	8.4
1981	10	8.4
1982	8	8.4
1983	6	8.4
1984	4	8.4
1985	10	8.4
1986	9	8.4
1987	7	8.4
1988	13	8.4
1989	11	8.4
1990	7	8.8
1991	6	8.8
1992	10	8.8
1993	9	8.8
1994	5	8.8
1995	14	8.8
1996	12	8.8
1997	7	8.8

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Poortjie-Wes meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Poortjie-Wes
Year	First date	Last date
1915	1915-01-03	1915-04-12
1916	1916-03-02	1916-12-20
1917	1917-02-06	1917-11-16
1918	1918-01-01	1918-12-02
1922	1922-01-10	1922-01-11
1923	1923-03-26	1923-11-12
1924	1924-02-19	1924-12-03
1925	1925-02-19	1925-12-05
1926	1926-06-17	1926-11-17
1927	1927-07-23	1927-12-03
1928	1928-01-03	1928-09-05
1929	1929-02-02	1929-12-29
1930	1930-02-13	1930-03-26
1931	1931-01-31	1931-12-31
1932	1932-01-01	1932-11-26
1933	1933-04-04	1933-12-27
1934	1934-01-23	1934-12-22
1935	1935-02-23	1935-06-11
1936	1936-02-26	1936-12-02
1937	1937-01-19	1937-12-19
1938	1938-01-21	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-21	1939-10-25
1940	1940-01-19	1940-09-11
1941	1941-04-05	1941-12-22
1942	1942-02-14	1942-10-10
1943	1943-01-21	1943-12-31
1944	1944-01-14	1944-08-17
1945	1945-03-06	1945-12-04
1946	1946-04-12	1946-12-18
1947	1947-03-20	1947-12-03
1948	1948-02-15	1948-08-06
1949	1949-02-23	1949-12-11
1950	1950-01-05	1950-11-29
1951	1951-01-11	1951-03-26
1952	1952-02-17	1952-12-15
1953	1953-02-11	1953-12-19
1954	1954-11-06	1954-12-08
1955	1955-01-25	1955-12-17
1956	1956-02-05	1956-11-20
1957	1957-01-30	1957-09-12
1958	1958-04-08	1958-12-14
1959	1959-01-24	1959-10-08
1960	1960-03-15	1960-11-26
1961	1961-01-25	1961-11-26
1962	1962-02-11	1962-11-17
1963	1963-01-04	1963-12-06
1964	1964-02-01	1964-10-19
1965	1965-01-16	1965-11-16
1966	1966-01-30	1966-02-03
1967	1967-03-18	1967-05-30
1968	1968-03-28	1968-11-14
1969	1969-02-23	1969-11-20
1970	1970-05-01	1970-12-25
1971	1971-02-06	1971-08-21
1972	1972-03-10	1972-03-13
1973	1973-03-18	1973-12-25
1974	1974-01-09	1974-12-17
1975	1975-01-31	1975-12-22
1976	1976-01-10	1976-10-30
1977	1977-02-11	1977-12-29
1978	1978-01-07	1978-12-09
1979	1979-02-11	1979-10-09
1980	1980-02-04	1980-12-14
1981	1981-01-24	1981-10-15
1982	1982-02-21	1982-11-15
1983	1983-04-09	1983-12-03
1984	1984-06-19	1984-11-27
1985	1985-01-13	1985-12-18
1986	1986-01-18	1986-11-25
1987	1987-02-09	1987-11-29
1988	1988-01-13	1988-12-19
1989	1989-01-17	1989-11-15
1990	1990-01-30	1990-12-04
1991	1991-01-25	1991-12-30
1992	1992-02-11	1992-11-07
1993	1993-05-01	1993-12-23
1994	1994-02-12	1994-11-02
1995	1995-01-13	1995-12-16
1996	1996-01-14	1996-12-28
1997	1997-01-06	1997-05-24

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Poortjie-Wes
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	80	16	1952	7
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	55	5	1961	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	13	2	1974	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1936	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1915.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Poortjie-Wes Threshold Days by Year (SF000935800)

Key Facts for Poortjie-Wes Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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