Mkambati Weather Records (SF001547960)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Mkambati (SF001547960), South Africa, with 73 years of record.

Key Facts for Mkambati

Mkambati (SF001547960) is a weather station in South Africa at -31.28 latitude and 29.95 longitude, 183 m (600 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1925 to 1997, 73 years of record.
0 records set at Mkambati still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Mkambati set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 14 October 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -31.28 latitude, 29.95 longitude.
Elevation: 183 m (600 ft).
Period of record: 1925 to 1997, 73 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 Mkambati. 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 Mkambati, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Mkambati still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

3 new records

3 all-time records were set at Mkambati between 20 April 1978 and 13 June 1997. Each dot is a new record.

When Mkambati set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1978-04-20	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 243.0 mm (9.6 in)
1978-04-21	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 297.0 mm (11.7 in)
1997-06-13	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 330.0 mm (13.0 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 330.0 mm (13.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Mkambati. The most was 330.0 mm (13.0 in) on 13 June 1997.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Mkambati
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	3 January 1997
Feb	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	23 February 1949
Mar	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	19 March 1976
Apr	297.0 mm (11.7 in)	21 April 1978
May	152.5 mm (6.0 in)	20 May 1966
Jun	330.0 mm (13.0 in)	13 June 1997
Jul	163.4 mm (6.4 in)	8 July 1996
Aug	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	28 August 1986
Sep	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	27 September 1987
Oct	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	17 October 1954
Nov	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	17 November 1996
Dec	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	27 December 1994

Latest Records

Latest records at Mkambati
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Mkambati, ZA	all-time rain	330.0 mm (13.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1997	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1997	Mkambati, ZA	monthly rain	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1996	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1996	Mkambati, ZA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1996	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1996	Mkambati, ZA	monthly rain	163.4 mm (6.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1995	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1995	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1995	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1995	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1994	Mkambati, ZA	monthly rain	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1925 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Mkambati: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	330.0 mm (13.0 in)	1997	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	73
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	577.0 mm (22.7 in)	1978	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	73
Longest dry spell (CDD)	97 days	1973	32 days	73

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Mkambati, 1925 to 1997. The record is 330.0 mm (13.0 in) in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 98.0 mm (3.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Mkambati by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1925	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1926	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1927	146.6 mm (5.8 in)
1928	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1929	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1930	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1931	158.8 mm (6.3 in)
1932	148.3 mm (5.8 in)
1933	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1934	97.3 mm (3.8 in)
1935	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1936	146.6 mm (5.8 in)
1937	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1938	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1939	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1940	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1941	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1942	148.1 mm (5.8 in)
1943	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1944	138.7 mm (5.5 in)
1945	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1946	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1947	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1948	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1949	199.9 mm (7.9 in)
1950	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1951	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1952	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1953	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1954	120.5 mm (4.7 in)
1955	148.0 mm (5.8 in)
1956	134.0 mm (5.3 in)
1957	88.2 mm (3.5 in)
1958	110.3 mm (4.3 in)
1959	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1960	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1961	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1962	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1963	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1964	171.5 mm (6.8 in)
1965	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1966	152.5 mm (6.0 in)
1967	195.5 mm (7.7 in)
1968	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1969	115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1970	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1971	118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1972	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1973	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1974	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1975	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1976	168.0 mm (6.6 in)
1977	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1978	297.0 mm (11.7 in)
1979	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1980	100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1981	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1982	140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1983	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1984	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1985	106.4 mm (4.2 in)
1986	133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1987	180.0 mm (7.1 in)
1988	158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1989	116.0 mm (4.6 in)
1990	110.1 mm (4.3 in)
1991	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1992	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1993	147.0 mm (5.8 in)
1994	179.0 mm (7.0 in)
1995	104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1996	163.4 mm (6.4 in)
1997	330.0 mm (13.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Mkambati, 1925 to 1997. The record is 577.0 mm (22.7 in) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 188.0 mm (7.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Mkambati by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1925	88.3 mm (3.5 in)
1926	100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1927	213.2 mm (8.4 in)
1928	101.7 mm (4.0 in)
1929	225.2 mm (8.9 in)
1930	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1931	321.1 mm (12.6 in)
1932	220.7 mm (8.7 in)
1933	137.7 mm (5.4 in)
1934	215.9 mm (8.5 in)
1935	155.4 mm (6.1 in)
1936	246.9 mm (9.7 in)
1937	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1938	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1939	113.0 mm (4.4 in)
1940	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1941	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1942	223.3 mm (8.8 in)
1943	121.4 mm (4.8 in)
1944	176.3 mm (6.9 in)
1945	130.3 mm (5.1 in)
1946	162.6 mm (6.4 in)
1947	145.1 mm (5.7 in)
1948	192.6 mm (7.6 in)
1949	306.6 mm (12.1 in)
1950	87.8 mm (3.5 in)
1951	143.3 mm (5.6 in)
1952	128.4 mm (5.1 in)
1953	133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1954	198.0 mm (7.8 in)
1955	288.0 mm (11.3 in)
1956	258.5 mm (10.2 in)
1957	197.7 mm (7.8 in)
1958	146.2 mm (5.8 in)
1959	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1960	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1961	149.0 mm (5.9 in)
1962	115.7 mm (4.6 in)
1963	246.0 mm (9.7 in)
1964	211.0 mm (8.3 in)
1965	215.2 mm (8.5 in)
1966	193.5 mm (7.6 in)
1967	209.5 mm (8.2 in)
1968	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1969	214.5 mm (8.4 in)
1970	246.5 mm (9.7 in)
1971	183.0 mm (7.2 in)
1972	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1973	147.5 mm (5.8 in)
1974	188.0 mm (7.4 in)
1975	233.0 mm (9.2 in)
1976	345.0 mm (13.6 in)
1977	146.5 mm (5.8 in)
1978	577.0 mm (22.7 in)
1979	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1980	111.6 mm (4.4 in)
1981	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1982	140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1983	123.5 mm (4.9 in)
1984	206.5 mm (8.1 in)
1985	269.2 mm (10.6 in)
1986	210.4 mm (8.3 in)
1987	508.5 mm (20.0 in)
1988	415.5 mm (16.4 in)
1989	253.0 mm (10.0 in)
1990	222.8 mm (8.8 in)
1991	226.7 mm (8.9 in)
1992	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1993	192.1 mm (7.6 in)
1994	357.5 mm (14.1 in)
1995	256.1 mm (10.1 in)
1996	354.9 mm (14.0 in)
1997	334.5 mm (13.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Mkambati, 1925 to 1997. The record is 97 days in 1973, marked on the chart; the median year is 32 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Mkambati by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1925	18 days
1926	22 days
1927	32 days
1928	17 days
1929	16 days
1930	26 days
1931	16 days
1932	30 days
1933	28 days
1934	21 days
1935	24 days
1936	30 days
1937	30 days
1938	17 days
1939	18 days
1940	26 days
1941	45 days
1942	65 days
1943	45 days
1944	20 days
1945	33 days
1946	25 days
1947	17 days
1948	49 days
1949	46 days
1950	19 days
1951	24 days
1952	42 days
1953	21 days
1954	32 days
1955	36 days
1956	32 days
1957	31 days
1958	71 days
1959	43 days
1960	33 days
1961	35 days
1962	28 days
1963	24 days
1964	22 days
1965	24 days
1966	32 days
1967	34 days
1968	34 days
1969	40 days
1970	36 days
1971	27 days
1972	27 days
1973	97 days
1974	21 days
1975	44 days
1976	61 days
1977	39 days
1978	23 days
1979	32 days
1980	27 days
1981	53 days
1982	75 days
1983	20 days
1984	26 days
1985	37 days
1986	56 days
1987	85 days
1988	23 days
1989	49 days
1990	40 days
1991	52 days
1992	44 days
1993	56 days
1994	34 days
1995	27 days
1996	32 days
1997	22 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

59 years, 1927 to 1997

A day with at least 100.6 mm (4.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 310.1 mm (12.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Mkambati: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	100.6 mm (4.0 in)
5 years	144.6 mm (5.7 in)
10 years	178.1 mm (7.0 in)
25 years	225.9 mm (8.9 in)
50 years	266.0 mm (10.5 in)
100 years	310.1 mm (12.2 in)	Longer than the 59 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, 59 years of values from 1927 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: 330.0 mm (13.0 in) in 1997; 297.0 mm (11.7 in) in 1978; 199.9 mm (7.9 in) in 1949.

Download the Data

Data for Mkambati standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Mkambati 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 2026-10-17 (17 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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