Quaggasdrift Threshold Days by Year (SF000950060)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Quaggasdrift (SF000950060): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Quaggasdrift Thresholds

Quaggasdrift: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1974 with 29.
Quaggasdrift: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 61 years, most in 1939 with 9.
Quaggasdrift: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 30 years, most in 1940 with 3.
Quaggasdrift: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1940 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Quaggasdrift.

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

65 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Quaggasdrift with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 29 in 1974.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Quaggasdrift
Year	Days	Decade average
1933	14	17.7
1934	23	17.7
1935	16	17.7
1936	16	17.7
1937	16	17.7
1938	20	17.7
1939	19	17.7
1940	13	13.5
1941	20	13.5
1942	8	13.5
1943	19	13.5
1944	14	13.5
1945	15	13.5
1946	15	13.5
1947	9	13.5
1948	12	13.5
1949	10	13.5
1950	23	12.5
1951	8	12.5
1952	11	12.5
1953	11	12.5
1954	15	12.5
1955	8	12.5
1956	14	12.5
1957	12	12.5
1958	13	12.5
1959	10	12.5
1960	10	12.3
1961	16	12.3
1962	12	12.3
1963	19	12.3
1964	8	12.3
1965	19	12.3
1966	4	12.3
1967	15	12.3
1968	9	12.3
1969	11	12.3
1970	16	18
1971	19	18
1972	6	18
1973	16	18
1974	29	18
1975	21	18
1976	29	18
1977	17	18
1978	13	18
1979	14	18
1980	11	14
1981	18	14
1982	14	14
1983	12	14
1984	9	14
1985	15	14
1986	7	14
1987	11	14
1988	25	14
1989	18	14
1990	11	13
1991	11	13
1992	9	13
1993	11	13
1994	15	13
1995	15	13
1996	18	13
1997	14	13

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

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

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Quaggasdrift
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	65	29	1974	14
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	61	9	1939	3
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	30	3	1940	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	1	1	1940	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1933.

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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).

Quaggasdrift Threshold Days by Year (SF000950060)

Key Facts for Quaggasdrift Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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