Oufontein Weather Records (SF001424970)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Oufontein (SF001424970), South Africa, with 72 years of record.

Key Facts for Oufontein

Oufontein (SF001424970) is a weather station in South Africa at -31.32 latitude and 23.82 longitude, 1,356 m (4,449 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1926 to 1997, 72 years of record.
0 records set at Oufontein still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Oufontein set a daily record precipitation of 17.5 mm (0.7 in) on 15 October 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -31.32 latitude, 23.82 longitude.
Elevation: 1,356 m (4,449 ft).
Period of record: 1926 to 1997, 72 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 Oufontein. 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 Oufontein, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Oufontein still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Oufontein between 27 March 1961 and 27 March 1961. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 97.0 mm (3.8 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Oufontein. The most was 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 27 March 1961.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Oufontein
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 January 1934
Feb	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	19 February 1988
Mar	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 March 1961
Apr	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 April 1969
May	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 May 1995
Jun	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	26 June 1988
Jul	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 July 1961
Aug	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 August 1974
Sep	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 September 1950
Oct	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18 October 1979
Nov	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	1 November 1956
Dec	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 December 1963

Latest Records

Latest records at Oufontein
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1997	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1997	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	3 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 1997	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1997	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1997	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	10 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1996	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1995	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1995	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1995	Oufontein, ZA	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1994	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1926 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Oufontein: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	1961	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	71
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	1976	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	71
Longest dry spell (CDD)	256 days	1948	72 days	71

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Oufontein, 1926 to 1997. The record is 97.0 mm (3.8 in) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.4 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Oufontein by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1926	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1927	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1928	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1929	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1930	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1931	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1932	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1933	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1934	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1935	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1936	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1937	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1938	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1939	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1940	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1941	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1942	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1943	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1944	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1945	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1947	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1948	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1949	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1950	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1951	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1952	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1953	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1954	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
1955	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1956	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1957	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1958	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1959	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1960	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1961	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1962	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1963	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1964	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1965	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1966	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1967	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1968	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1969	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1970	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1971	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1972	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1973	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1974	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1975	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1976	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1977	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1978	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1979	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1980	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
1981	70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1982	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1983	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1984	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1985	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1986	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1988	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1989	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
1990	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1991	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1992	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1993	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1994	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1995	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1996	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1997	23.0 mm (0.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Oufontein, 1926 to 1997. The record is 162.5 mm (6.4 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 48.3 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Oufontein by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1926	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1927	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1928	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1929	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1930	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1931	58.6 mm (2.3 in)
1932	75.1 mm (3.0 in)
1933	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
1934	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1935	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1936	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1937	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1938	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1939	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1940	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1941	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1942	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1943	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
1944	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1945	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1947	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1948	46.8 mm (1.8 in)
1949	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1950	62.3 mm (2.5 in)
1951	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1952	118.2 mm (4.7 in)
1953	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1954	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
1955	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1956	88.5 mm (3.5 in)
1957	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1958	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1959	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1960	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1961	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1962	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1963	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1964	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1965	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1966	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1967	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
1968	45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1969	143.0 mm (5.6 in)
1970	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1971	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1972	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1973	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1974	93.4 mm (3.7 in)
1975	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1976	162.5 mm (6.4 in)
1977	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1978	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1979	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1980	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1981	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1982	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1983	37.7 mm (1.5 in)
1984	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1985	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1986	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
1987	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1988	137.8 mm (5.4 in)
1989	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1990	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1991	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1992	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1993	36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1994	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1995	75.1 mm (3.0 in)
1996	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1997	40.6 mm (1.6 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Oufontein, 1926 to 1997. The record is 256 days in 1948, marked on the chart; the median year is 72 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Oufontein by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1926	64 days
1927	83 days
1928	95 days
1929	50 days
1930	119 days
1931	88 days
1932	109 days
1933	80 days
1934	142 days
1935	76 days
1936	59 days
1937	130 days
1938	61 days
1939	31 days
1940	88 days
1941	63 days
1942	25 days
1943	70 days
1944	65 days
1945	83 days
1947	65 days
1948	256 days
1949	144 days
1950	49 days
1951	92 days
1952	60 days
1953	71 days
1954	107 days
1955	118 days
1956	59 days
1957	76 days
1958	93 days
1959	82 days
1960	53 days
1961	65 days
1962	113 days
1963	53 days
1964	54 days
1965	49 days
1966	137 days
1967	64 days
1968	72 days
1969	70 days
1970	77 days
1971	46 days
1972	120 days
1973	62 days
1974	46 days
1975	66 days
1976	55 days
1977	96 days
1978	145 days
1979	65 days
1980	115 days
1981	46 days
1982	75 days
1983	46 days
1984	72 days
1985	75 days
1986	60 days
1987	49 days
1988	56 days
1989	52 days
1990	108 days
1991	76 days
1992	73 days
1993	55 days
1994	100 days
1995	104 days
1996	95 days
1997	87 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

63 years, 1927 to 1996

A day with at least 37.1 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 91.3 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Oufontein: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
5 years	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
10 years	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
25 years	72.7 mm (2.9 in)
50 years	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
100 years	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 63 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, 63 years of values from 1927 to 1996.

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: 97.0 mm (3.8 in) in 1961; 78.0 mm (3.1 in) in 1952; 74.0 mm (2.9 in) in 1988.

Download the Data

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