Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Saaifontein Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Saaifontein (SF001136730): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Saaifontein Thresholds

  • Saaifontein: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 79 years, most in 1976 with 16.
  • Saaifontein: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 51 years, most in 1921 with 6.
  • Saaifontein: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 12 years, most in 1976 with 3.
  • Saaifontein: 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 Saaifontein.
79 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Saaifontein Days per year at Saaifontein with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 16 in 1976. 051015201915: 61916: 41917: 101918: 21919: 31920: 41921: 151922: 21923: 41924: 11927: 21928: 71930: 21931: 71932: 41933: 71934: 111935: 71936: 71937: 71939: 41940: 41941: 61942: 41943: 81944: 21945: 31946: 41947: 41948: 61949: 11950: 101951: 31952: 61953: 51954: 61955: 81956: 121957: 61958: 41959: 61960: 51961: 91962: 21963: 121964: 11965: 51966: 41967: 71968: 41969: 71970: 31971: 81972: 41973: 141974: 151975: 91976: 161977: 111978: 11979: 51980: 21981: 91982: 51983: 31984: 31985: 91986: 81987: 51988: 91989: 81990: 51991: 91992: 41993: 51994: 61995: 91996: 91997: 71915192319341943195119591967197519831991
Days per year at Saaifontein with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 16 in 1976.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Saaifontein
YearDaysDecade average
191565
191645
1917105
191825
191935
192045
1921155
192225
192345
192415
192725
192875
193026.2
193176.2
193246.2
193376.2
1934116.2
193576.2
193676.2
193776.2
193946.2
194044.2
194164.2
194244.2
194384.2
194424.2
194534.2
194644.2
194744.2
194864.2
194914.2
1950106.6
195136.6
195266.6
195356.6
195466.6
195586.6
1956126.6
195766.6
195846.6
195966.6
196055.6
196195.6
196225.6
1963125.6
196415.6
196555.6
196645.6
196775.6
196845.6
196975.6
197038.6
197188.6
197248.6
1973148.6
1974158.6
197598.6
1976168.6
1977118.6
197818.6
197958.6
198026.1
198196.1
198256.1
198336.1
198436.1
198596.1
198686.1
198756.1
198896.1
198986.1
199056.8
199196.8
199246.8
199356.8
199466.8
199596.8
199696.8
199776.8
First to last qualifying date each year at Saaifontein For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Saaifontein meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1915: 16 February 1915 to 6 October 19151916: 1 March 1916 to 14 December 19161917: 1 January 1917 to 12 August 19171918: 1 January 1918 to 15 March 19181919: 18 February 1919 to 22 November 19191920: 29 January 1920 to 17 December 19201921: 1 February 1921 to 28 December 19211922: 10 January 1922 to 11 January 19221923: 10 February 1923 to 13 November 19231924: 19 February 1924 to 19 February 19241927: 23 February 1927 to 1 December 19271928: 20 February 1928 to 4 September 19281930: 13 February 1930 to 24 February 19301931: 10 January 1931 to 31 December 19311932: 27 February 1932 to 17 September 19321933: 2 January 1933 to 13 December 19331934: 2 January 1934 to 18 November 19341935: 27 February 1935 to 20 September 19351936: 8 March 1936 to 17 November 19361937: 26 January 1937 to 18 December 19371939: 1 February 1939 to 22 August 19391940: 2 February 1940 to 11 September 19401941: 31 January 1941 to 30 October 19411942: 1 April 1942 to 10 October 19421943: 16 March 1943 to 29 November 19431944: 20 January 1944 to 21 October 19441945: 6 March 1945 to 12 July 19451946: 13 February 1946 to 5 April 19461947: 21 March 1947 to 2 December 19471948: 25 February 1948 to 11 October 19481949: 21 March 1949 to 21 March 19491950: 5 January 1950 to 28 December 19501951: 14 February 1951 to 23 May 19511952: 7 February 1952 to 8 October 19521953: 16 March 1953 to 12 December 19531954: 21 March 1954 to 27 November 19541955: 4 January 1955 to 3 December 19551956: 16 January 1956 to 7 December 19561957: 11 January 1957 to 30 December 19571958: 18 April 1958 to 22 October 19581959: 13 February 1959 to 12 December 19591960: 10 March 1960 to 27 December 19601961: 12 March 1961 to 16 December 19611962: 9 August 1962 to 20 November 19621963: 16 January 1963 to 8 December 19631964: 1 February 1964 to 1 February 19641965: 6 April 1965 to 20 November 19651966: 20 January 1966 to 9 November 19661967: 15 February 1967 to 29 October 19671968: 28 March 1968 to 21 October 19681969: 22 February 1969 to 20 November 19691970: 30 April 1970 to 5 December 19701971: 24 January 1971 to 29 July 19711972: 5 January 1972 to 13 October 19721973: 17 March 1973 to 22 December 19731974: 15 January 1974 to 17 December 19741975: 30 January 1975 to 22 December 19751976: 17 January 1976 to 25 October 19761977: 11 February 1977 to 31 December 19771978: 8 January 1978 to 8 January 19781979: 23 February 1979 to 17 November 19791980: 5 February 1980 to 12 March 19801981: 24 January 1981 to 4 December 19811982: 20 February 1982 to 10 October 19821983: 15 June 1983 to 2 November 19831984: 22 March 1984 to 9 October 19841985: 16 January 1985 to 17 December 19851986: 17 January 1986 to 19 June 19861987: 8 February 1987 to 18 September 19871988: 14 February 1988 to 23 December 19881989: 7 February 1989 to 15 November 19891990: 16 January 1990 to 4 December 19901991: 25 January 1991 to 30 December 19911992: 17 February 1992 to 11 June 19921993: 19 February 1993 to 23 December 19931994: 5 January 1994 to 20 April 19941995: 19 January 1995 to 16 December 19951996: 20 February 1996 to 6 November 19961997: 27 February 1997 to 7 June 199719151927193919491959196919791989JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Saaifontein meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Saaifontein
YearFirst dateLast date
19151915-02-161915-10-06
19161916-03-011916-12-14
19171917-01-011917-08-12
19181918-01-011918-03-15
19191919-02-181919-11-22
19201920-01-291920-12-17
19211921-02-011921-12-28
19221922-01-101922-01-11
19231923-02-101923-11-13
19241924-02-191924-02-19
19271927-02-231927-12-01
19281928-02-201928-09-04
19301930-02-131930-02-24
19311931-01-101931-12-31
19321932-02-271932-09-17
19331933-01-021933-12-13
19341934-01-021934-11-18
19351935-02-271935-09-20
19361936-03-081936-11-17
19371937-01-261937-12-18
19391939-02-011939-08-22
19401940-02-021940-09-11
19411941-01-311941-10-30
19421942-04-011942-10-10
19431943-03-161943-11-29
19441944-01-201944-10-21
19451945-03-061945-07-12
19461946-02-131946-04-05
19471947-03-211947-12-02
19481948-02-251948-10-11
19491949-03-211949-03-21
19501950-01-051950-12-28
19511951-02-141951-05-23
19521952-02-071952-10-08
19531953-03-161953-12-12
19541954-03-211954-11-27
19551955-01-041955-12-03
19561956-01-161956-12-07
19571957-01-111957-12-30
19581958-04-181958-10-22
19591959-02-131959-12-12
19601960-03-101960-12-27
19611961-03-121961-12-16
19621962-08-091962-11-20
19631963-01-161963-12-08
19641964-02-011964-02-01
19651965-04-061965-11-20
19661966-01-201966-11-09
19671967-02-151967-10-29
19681968-03-281968-10-21
19691969-02-221969-11-20
19701970-04-301970-12-05
19711971-01-241971-07-29
19721972-01-051972-10-13
19731973-03-171973-12-22
19741974-01-151974-12-17
19751975-01-301975-12-22
19761976-01-171976-10-25
19771977-02-111977-12-31
19781978-01-081978-01-08
19791979-02-231979-11-17
19801980-02-051980-03-12
19811981-01-241981-12-04
19821982-02-201982-10-10
19831983-06-151983-11-02
19841984-03-221984-10-09
19851985-01-161985-12-17
19861986-01-171986-06-19
19871987-02-081987-09-18
19881988-02-141988-12-23
19891989-02-071989-11-15
19901990-01-161990-12-04
19911991-01-251991-12-30
19921992-02-171992-06-11
19931993-02-191993-12-23
19941994-01-051994-04-20
19951995-01-191995-12-16
19961996-02-201996-11-06
19971997-02-271997-06-07

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Saaifontein
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain791619767
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain51619213
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain12319761
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 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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).