Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Spitshoek Threshold Days by Year (SF001133210)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Spitshoek (SF001133210): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Spitshoek Thresholds

  • Spitshoek: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 54 years, most in 1976 with 17.
  • Spitshoek: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 46 years, most in 1974 with 7.
  • Spitshoek: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 6 years, most in 1974 with 3.
  • Spitshoek: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 1974 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Spitshoek.
54 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Spitshoek Days per year at Spitshoek with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1976. 051015201937: 61938: 41939: 131940: 51941: 81942: 41943: 61944: 31945: 41946: 41947: 71948: 71949: 31950: 91951: 31952: 71953: 71954: 101955: 111956: 121957: 41958: 31959: 51960: 61961: 161962: 21963: 121964: 51965: 71966: 21967: 51968: 41969: 71970: 51971: 131972: 41973: 91974: 161975: 51976: 171977: 121978: 31980: 61981: 81982: 51983: 51984: 41985: 131986: 111987: 81988: 81989: 71990: 71991: 2193719431949195519611967197319801986
Days per year at Spitshoek with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1976.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Spitshoek
YearDaysDecade average
193767.7
193847.7
1939137.7
194055.1
194185.1
194245.1
194365.1
194435.1
194545.1
194645.1
194775.1
194875.1
194935.1
195097.1
195137.1
195277.1
195377.1
1954107.1
1955117.1
1956127.1
195747.1
195837.1
195957.1
196066.6
1961166.6
196226.6
1963126.6
196456.6
196576.6
196626.6
196756.6
196846.6
196976.6
197059.3
1971139.3
197249.3
197399.3
1974169.3
197559.3
1976179.3
1977129.3
197839.3
198067.5
198187.5
198257.5
198357.5
198447.5
1985137.5
1986117.5
198787.5
198887.5
198977.5
199074.5
199124.5
First to last qualifying date each year at Spitshoek For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Spitshoek meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1937: 19 January 1937 to 17 December 19371938: 25 March 1938 to 25 September 19381939: 19 January 1939 to 25 October 19391940: 5 February 1940 to 9 November 19401941: 7 January 1941 to 23 December 19411942: 20 April 1942 to 4 December 19421943: 31 August 1943 to 1 December 19431944: 10 March 1944 to 19 August 19441945: 12 March 1945 to 12 July 19451946: 24 March 1946 to 26 November 19461947: 22 March 1947 to 4 December 19471948: 31 January 1948 to 16 December 19481949: 26 February 1949 to 2 November 19491950: 24 February 1950 to 29 November 19501951: 12 February 1951 to 17 May 19511952: 7 February 1952 to 16 November 19521953: 21 February 1953 to 19 December 19531954: 11 March 1954 to 26 November 19541955: 25 January 1955 to 4 December 19551956: 15 January 1956 to 5 December 19561957: 20 February 1957 to 30 December 19571958: 18 April 1958 to 13 December 19581959: 11 February 1959 to 11 December 19591960: 21 February 1960 to 6 May 19601961: 9 March 1961 to 11 November 19611962: 17 January 1962 to 18 November 19621963: 1 January 1963 to 7 December 19631964: 1 February 1964 to 4 December 19641965: 22 March 1965 to 9 October 19651966: 21 March 1966 to 8 November 19661967: 10 March 1967 to 10 June 19671968: 28 March 1968 to 22 October 19681969: 25 February 1969 to 20 November 19691970: 24 January 1970 to 5 December 19701971: 24 January 1971 to 21 August 19711972: 5 January 1972 to 23 November 19721973: 18 March 1973 to 22 December 19731974: 15 January 1974 to 17 December 19741975: 31 January 1975 to 22 December 19751976: 3 January 1976 to 12 December 19761977: 12 February 1977 to 29 December 19771978: 8 January 1978 to 26 August 19781980: 10 March 1980 to 12 December 19801981: 22 March 1981 to 4 December 19811982: 25 February 1982 to 11 October 19821983: 15 June 1983 to 12 November 19831984: 9 March 1984 to 10 October 19841985: 12 January 1985 to 24 December 19851986: 15 January 1986 to 28 November 19861987: 8 February 1987 to 12 November 19871988: 22 February 1988 to 31 December 19881989: 3 January 1989 to 14 November 19891990: 27 January 1990 to 27 June 19901991: 17 June 1991 to 30 December 199119371944195119581965197219801987JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Spitshoek meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Spitshoek
YearFirst dateLast date
19371937-01-191937-12-17
19381938-03-251938-09-25
19391939-01-191939-10-25
19401940-02-051940-11-09
19411941-01-071941-12-23
19421942-04-201942-12-04
19431943-08-311943-12-01
19441944-03-101944-08-19
19451945-03-121945-07-12
19461946-03-241946-11-26
19471947-03-221947-12-04
19481948-01-311948-12-16
19491949-02-261949-11-02
19501950-02-241950-11-29
19511951-02-121951-05-17
19521952-02-071952-11-16
19531953-02-211953-12-19
19541954-03-111954-11-26
19551955-01-251955-12-04
19561956-01-151956-12-05
19571957-02-201957-12-30
19581958-04-181958-12-13
19591959-02-111959-12-11
19601960-02-211960-05-06
19611961-03-091961-11-11
19621962-01-171962-11-18
19631963-01-011963-12-07
19641964-02-011964-12-04
19651965-03-221965-10-09
19661966-03-211966-11-08
19671967-03-101967-06-10
19681968-03-281968-10-22
19691969-02-251969-11-20
19701970-01-241970-12-05
19711971-01-241971-08-21
19721972-01-051972-11-23
19731973-03-181973-12-22
19741974-01-151974-12-17
19751975-01-311975-12-22
19761976-01-031976-12-12
19771977-02-121977-12-29
19781978-01-081978-08-26
19801980-03-101980-12-12
19811981-03-221981-12-04
19821982-02-251982-10-11
19831983-06-151983-11-12
19841984-03-091984-10-10
19851985-01-121985-12-24
19861986-01-151986-11-28
19871987-02-081987-11-12
19881988-02-221988-12-31
19891989-01-031989-11-14
19901990-01-271990-06-27
19911991-06-171991-12-30

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Spitshoek
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain541719762
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain46719741
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain6319741
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1119741

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1937.

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).