Quaggasdrift Weather Records (SF000950060)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Quaggasdrift (SF000950060), South Africa, with 66 years of record.

Key Facts for Quaggasdrift

Quaggasdrift (SF000950060) is a weather station in South Africa at -32.10 latitude and 24.02 longitude, 1,554 m (5,098 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1932 to 1997, 66 years of record.
0 records set at Quaggasdrift still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Quaggasdrift set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 27 June 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -32.10 latitude, 24.02 longitude.
Elevation: 1,554 m (5,098 ft).
Period of record: 1932 to 1997, 66 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 Quaggasdrift. 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 Quaggasdrift, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Quaggasdrift still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

May: 113.0 mm (4.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Quaggasdrift. The most was 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 4 May 1940.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Quaggasdrift
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 January 1961
Feb	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	10 February 1946
Mar	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	1 March 1988
Apr	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 April 1969
May	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	4 May 1940
Jun	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 June 1983
Jul	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 July 1983
Aug	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	26 August 1970
Sep	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	15 September 1950
Oct	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	17 October 1967
Nov	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 November 1943
Dec	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 December 1988

Latest Records

Latest records at Quaggasdrift
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 June 1997	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 June 1997	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1997	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1997	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1997	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	10 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1996	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	5 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1995	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	5 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1994	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	tie	55 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1994	Quaggasdrift, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1932 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Quaggasdrift: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	1940	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	66
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	1940	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66
Longest dry spell (CDD)	103 days	1949	49 days	66

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Quaggasdrift, 1932 to 1997. The record is 113.0 mm (4.4 in) in 1940, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.1 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Quaggasdrift by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1932	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1933	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1934	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1935	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1936	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1937	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1938	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1939	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1940	113.0 mm (4.4 in)
1941	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1942	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1943	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1944	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1945	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1946	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1947	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1948	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1949	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1951	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1952	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1953	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1954	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1955	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1956	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1957	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1958	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1959	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1960	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1961	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1962	35.9 mm (1.4 in)
1963	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1964	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1965	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1966	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1967	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1968	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1969	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1970	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1971	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1972	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1973	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1974	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1975	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1976	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1977	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1978	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1979	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1980	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1981	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1982	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1983	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1984	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1985	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1986	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1987	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1988	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1989	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1990	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1991	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1992	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1993	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1994	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1995	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1996	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1997	33.0 mm (1.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Quaggasdrift, 1932 to 1997. The record is 135.9 mm (5.4 in) in 1940, marked on the chart; the median year is 72.0 mm (2.8 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Quaggasdrift by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1932	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1933	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1934	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1935	122.7 mm (4.8 in)
1936	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1937	79.7 mm (3.1 in)
1938	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1939	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1940	135.9 mm (5.4 in)
1941	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1942	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1943	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1944	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1945	97.2 mm (3.8 in)
1946	115.1 mm (4.5 in)
1947	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1948	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1949	83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1950	87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1951	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1952	86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1953	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1954	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1955	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1956	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1957	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1958	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1959	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1960	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1961	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1962	90.9 mm (3.6 in)
1963	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1964	49.7 mm (2.0 in)
1965	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
1966	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1967	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1968	94.3 mm (3.7 in)
1969	117.5 mm (4.6 in)
1970	123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1971	129.4 mm (5.1 in)
1972	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1973	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1974	102.5 mm (4.0 in)
1975	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1976	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1977	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1978	90.3 mm (3.6 in)
1979	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1980	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1981	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1982	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1983	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1984	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1985	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1986	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1987	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1988	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
1989	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1990	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1991	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1992	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1993	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1994	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1995	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1996	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1997	73.0 mm (2.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Quaggasdrift, 1932 to 1997. The record is 103 days in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 49 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Quaggasdrift by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1932	38 days
1933	63 days
1934	44 days
1935	48 days
1936	42 days
1937	42 days
1938	69 days
1939	66 days
1940	50 days
1941	63 days
1942	33 days
1943	42 days
1944	65 days
1945	69 days
1946	28 days
1947	58 days
1948	45 days
1949	103 days
1950	44 days
1951	51 days
1952	36 days
1953	34 days
1954	53 days
1955	58 days
1956	44 days
1957	34 days
1958	62 days
1959	45 days
1960	43 days
1961	48 days
1962	47 days
1963	34 days
1964	54 days
1965	39 days
1966	74 days
1967	50 days
1968	62 days
1969	60 days
1970	39 days
1971	44 days
1972	48 days
1973	46 days
1974	39 days
1975	56 days
1976	35 days
1977	35 days
1978	51 days
1979	32 days
1980	44 days
1981	32 days
1982	37 days
1983	45 days
1984	77 days
1985	86 days
1986	89 days
1987	45 days
1988	61 days
1989	97 days
1990	50 days
1991	53 days
1992	63 days
1993	63 days
1994	88 days
1995	66 days
1996	78 days
1997	85 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

65 years, 1933 to 1997

A day with at least 44.8 mm (1.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 112.9 mm (4.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Quaggasdrift: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	44.8 mm (1.8 in)
5 years	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	75.3 mm (3.0 in)
25 years	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
50 years	101.8 mm (4.0 in)
100 years	112.9 mm (4.4 in)	Longer than the 65 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, 65 years of values from 1933 to 1997.

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: 113.0 mm (4.4 in) in 1940; 94.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1946; 91.5 mm (3.6 in) in 1970.

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Data for Quaggasdrift standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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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 2026-10-16 (16 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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