Vleiplaas Weather Records (SF001177490)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Vleiplaas (SF001177490), South Africa, with 66 years of record.

Key Facts for Vleiplaas

Vleiplaas (SF001177490) is a weather station in South Africa at -31.98 latitude and 23.83 longitude, 1,215 m (3,986 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1932 to 1997, 66 years of record.
0 records set at Vleiplaas still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Vleiplaas set a daily record precipitation of 11.5 mm (0.5 in) on 19 July 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -31.98 latitude, 23.83 longitude.
Elevation: 1,215 m (3,986 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 Vleiplaas. 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 Vleiplaas, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Vleiplaas still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Vleiplaas between 19 February 1988 and 19 February 1988. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 76.5 mm (3.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Vleiplaas. The most was 76.5 mm (3.0 in) on 19 February 1988.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Vleiplaas
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	26 January 1963
Feb	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	19 February 1988
Mar	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 March 1961
Apr	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 April 1950
May	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	5 May 1995
Jun	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 June 1983
Jul	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 July 1961
Aug	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 August 1939
Sep	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 September 1950
Oct	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 October 1939
Nov	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 November 1965
Dec	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 December 1985

Latest Records

Latest records at Vleiplaas
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	10 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 June 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1997	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1996	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	4 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1995	Vleiplaas, ZA	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1932 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Vleiplaas: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	1988	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	66
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	133.5 mm (5.3 in)	1976	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	66
Longest dry spell (CDD)	194 days	1969	68 days	66

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Vleiplaas, 1932 to 1997. The record is 76.5 mm (3.0 in) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.9 mm (1.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Vleiplaas by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1932	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1933	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1934	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1935	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1936	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1937	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1938	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1939	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1940	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1941	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1942	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1943	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1944	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1945	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1946	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1947	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1948	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1949	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1950	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1951	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1952	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1953	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1954	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1955	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1956	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
1957	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1958	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
1959	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1960	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1961	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1962	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
1963	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
1964	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1965	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1966	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1967	45.9 mm (1.8 in)
1968	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1969	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1970	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1971	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1972	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1973	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1974	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1975	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1976	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1977	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1979	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1980	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1981	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1982	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1983	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1984	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1985	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1986	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1987	40.3 mm (1.6 in)
1988	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1989	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1990	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1991	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1992	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1993	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1994	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1995	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1996	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1997	20.6 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Vleiplaas, 1932 to 1997. The record is 133.5 mm (5.3 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 47.9 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Vleiplaas by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1932	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1933	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1934	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1935	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1936	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1937	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1938	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1939	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1940	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1941	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1942	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1943	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1944	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1945	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1946	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1947	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1948	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1949	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1950	95.7 mm (3.8 in)
1951	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
1952	71.7 mm (2.8 in)
1953	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1954	58.3 mm (2.3 in)
1955	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1956	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1957	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1958	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1959	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1960	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1961	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1962	75.6 mm (3.0 in)
1963	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1964	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1965	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1966	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1967	45.9 mm (1.8 in)
1968	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1969	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1970	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1971	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1973	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1974	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1975	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1976	133.5 mm (5.3 in)
1977	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1978	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1979	39.2 mm (1.5 in)
1980	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
1981	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1982	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1983	50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1984	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1985	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1986	35.9 mm (1.4 in)
1987	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1988	125.1 mm (4.9 in)
1989	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1990	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1991	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1992	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1993	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1994	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1995	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1996	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1997	40.1 mm (1.6 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Vleiplaas, 1932 to 1997. The record is 194 days in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is 68 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Vleiplaas by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1932	47 days
1933	146 days
1934	143 days
1935	58 days
1936	111 days
1937	59 days
1938	89 days
1939	55 days
1940	129 days
1941	67 days
1942	50 days
1943	71 days
1944	65 days
1945	68 days
1946	39 days
1947	58 days
1948	73 days
1949	69 days
1950	73 days
1951	71 days
1952	40 days
1953	37 days
1954	95 days
1955	85 days
1956	44 days
1957	47 days
1958	92 days
1959	54 days
1960	95 days
1961	50 days
1962	53 days
1963	36 days
1964	62 days
1965	67 days
1966	106 days
1967	95 days
1968	78 days
1969	194 days
1970	43 days
1971	78 days
1972	88 days
1973	43 days
1974	69 days
1975	68 days
1976	65 days
1977	98 days
1978	140 days
1979	47 days
1980	72 days
1981	45 days
1982	28 days
1983	58 days
1984	71 days
1985	75 days
1986	104 days
1987	48 days
1988	83 days
1989	80 days
1990	83 days
1991	52 days
1992	51 days
1993	62 days
1994	60 days
1995	65 days
1996	80 days
1997	86 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

64 years, 1933 to 1997

A day with at least 33.8 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 84.2 mm (3.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Vleiplaas: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
5 years	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
10 years	53.9 mm (2.1 in)
25 years	65.4 mm (2.6 in)
50 years	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
100 years	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	Longer than the 64 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, 64 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: 76.5 mm (3.0 in) in 1988; 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1950; 66.0 mm (2.6 in) in 1961.

Download the Data

Data for Vleiplaas standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Vleiplaas threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 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).

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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