Kalkoenkrans (Pol) Weather Records (SF001235120)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kalkoenkrans (Pol) (SF001235120), South Africa, with 70 years of record.

Key Facts for Kalkoenkrans (Pol)

Kalkoenkrans (Pol) (SF001235120) is a weather station in South Africa at -31.53 latitude and 26.80 longitude, 1,433 m (4,701 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1920 to 1989, 70 years of record.
0 records set at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kalkoenkrans (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 18.0 mm (0.7 in) on 3 December 1989.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -31.53 latitude, 26.80 longitude.
Elevation: 1,433 m (4,701 ft).
Period of record: 1920 to 1989, 70 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 Kalkoenkrans (Pol). 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 Kalkoenkrans (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) between 11 November 1978 and 11 November 1978. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Nov: 100.0 mm (3.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Kalkoenkrans (Pol). The most was 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 11 November 1978.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Kalkoenkrans (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	30 January 1967
Feb	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 February 1988
Mar	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	20 March 1940
Apr	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	9 April 1943
May	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 May 1946
Jun	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	4 June 1981
Jul	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	6 July 1931
Aug	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 August 1970
Sep	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 September 1944
Oct	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	15 October 1978
Nov	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	11 November 1978
Dec	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 December 1931

Latest Records

Latest records at Kalkoenkrans (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 June 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1989	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	10 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain (Tie)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	tie	19 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	8 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1988	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1987	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1987	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1987	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1987	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1987	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1920 to 1989

Yearly extremes at Kalkoenkrans (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	1978	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	69
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	155.5 mm (6.1 in)	1970	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	69
Longest dry spell (CDD)	130 days	1951	66 days	69

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Kalkoenkrans (Pol), 1920 to 1989. The record is 100.0 mm (3.9 in) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 mm (1.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1920	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1921	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1922	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1923	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1925	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1926	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1927	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1928	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1929	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1930	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1931	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1932	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1933	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1934	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1935	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1936	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1937	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1938	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1939	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1940	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1941	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1942	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1943	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1944	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1945	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1946	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1947	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1948	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1949	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1950	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1951	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1952	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1953	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1954	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1955	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1956	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1957	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1958	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1959	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1960	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1961	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1962	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1963	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1964	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1965	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1966	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1967	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1968	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1969	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1970	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1971	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1972	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1973	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1974	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1975	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1976	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1977	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1978	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1979	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1980	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1981	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1982	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1983	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1984	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1985	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1986	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1987	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1988	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1989	54.0 mm (2.1 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Kalkoenkrans (Pol), 1920 to 1989. The record is 155.5 mm (6.1 in) in 1970, marked on the chart; the median year is 65.3 mm (2.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1920	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1921	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1922	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1923	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1925	101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1926	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1927	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1928	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1929	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
1930	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1931	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1932	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1933	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1934	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1935	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1936	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1937	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1938	100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1939	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1940	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1941	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1942	87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1943	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1944	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1945	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1946	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1947	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1948	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1949	43.1 mm (1.7 in)
1950	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1951	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
1952	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1953	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1954	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1955	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1956	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1957	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1958	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1959	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1960	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1961	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1962	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1963	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1964	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1965	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1966	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1967	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1968	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1969	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1970	155.5 mm (6.1 in)
1971	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	153.5 mm (6.0 in)
1973	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1974	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1975	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1976	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1977	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1978	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1979	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1980	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1981	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1982	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1983	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1984	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1985	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1986	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1987	61.1 mm (2.4 in)
1988	134.7 mm (5.3 in)
1989	88.2 mm (3.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Kalkoenkrans (Pol), 1920 to 1989. The record is 130 days in 1951, marked on the chart; the median year is 66 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Kalkoenkrans (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1920	33 days
1921	56 days
1922	34 days
1923	73 days
1925	42 days
1926	75 days
1927	102 days
1928	115 days
1929	32 days
1930	71 days
1931	80 days
1932	60 days
1933	105 days
1934	72 days
1935	71 days
1936	59 days
1937	91 days
1938	56 days
1939	53 days
1940	124 days
1941	59 days
1942	66 days
1943	45 days
1944	36 days
1945	67 days
1946	102 days
1947	53 days
1948	93 days
1949	66 days
1950	45 days
1951	130 days
1952	88 days
1953	85 days
1954	101 days
1955	54 days
1956	98 days
1957	64 days
1958	107 days
1959	61 days
1960	34 days
1961	78 days
1962	110 days
1963	90 days
1964	61 days
1965	67 days
1966	80 days
1967	96 days
1968	84 days
1969	54 days
1970	40 days
1971	53 days
1972	70 days
1973	62 days
1974	45 days
1975	46 days
1976	68 days
1977	130 days
1978	60 days
1979	81 days
1980	65 days
1981	86 days
1982	55 days
1983	45 days
1984	37 days
1985	103 days
1986	59 days
1987	24 days
1988	60 days
1989	40 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, 1921 to 1989

A day with at least 41.4 mm (1.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 87.7 mm (3.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Kalkoenkrans (Pol): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
5 years	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
10 years	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
25 years	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
50 years	80.1 mm (3.2 in)
100 years	87.7 mm (3.5 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 1921 to 1989.

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: 86.9 mm (3.4 in) in 1931; 85.5 mm (3.4 in) in 1967; 69.8 mm (2.7 in) in 1988.

Download the Data

Data for Kalkoenkrans (Pol) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Kalkoenkrans (Pol) 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).

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