Loeriesfontein (Pol) Weather Records (SF001608070)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Loeriesfontein (Pol) (SF001608070), South Africa, with 90 years of record.

Key Facts for Loeriesfontein (Pol)

Loeriesfontein (Pol) (SF001608070) is a weather station in South Africa at -30.95 latitude and 19.45 longitude, 900 m (2,953 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1908 to 1997, 90 years of record.
0 records set at Loeriesfontein (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Loeriesfontein (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 12.5 mm (0.5 in) on 16 November 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -30.95 latitude, 19.45 longitude.
Elevation: 900 m (2,953 ft).
Period of record: 1908 to 1997, 90 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 Loeriesfontein (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 Loeriesfontein (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Loeriesfontein (Pol) still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 66.0 mm (2.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Loeriesfontein (Pol). The most was 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 3 February 1940.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Loeriesfontein (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 January 1976
Feb	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	3 February 1940
Mar	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	26 March 1961
Apr	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	11 April 1942
May	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 May 1997
Jun	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 June 1986
Jul	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 July 1961
Aug	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 August 1939
Sep	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 September 1946
Oct	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 October 1942
Nov	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 November 1933
Dec	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 December 1984

Latest Records

Latest records at Loeriesfontein (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	3 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1997	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	7 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	5 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1995	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	86 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1995	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1995	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	86 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1995	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	86 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1908 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Loeriesfontein (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	1940	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	69
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	1940	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	69
Longest dry spell (CDD)	146 days	1979	63 days	69

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Loeriesfontein (Pol), 1908 to 1997. The record is 66.0 mm (2.6 in) in 1940, marked on the chart; the median year is 26.0 mm (1.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Loeriesfontein (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1908	5.8 mm (0.23 in)
1909	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1910	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1911	6.1 mm (0.24 in)
1933	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1934	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1935	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1936	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1937	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1938	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1939	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1940	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1941	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1942	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1943	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1944	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1945	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1946	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1947	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1948	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1949	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1950	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1951	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1952	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1953	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1954	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1955	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1956	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1957	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1958	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1959	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1960	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1961	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1962	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1963	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1964	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1965	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1966	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1967	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1968	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1969	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1970	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
1971	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1972	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1973	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1974	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1975	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1976	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1977	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1979	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1980	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1981	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1982	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1983	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1984	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1985	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1986	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1987	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1988	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1989	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1990	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1991	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1992	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1993	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
1994	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1995	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1996	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1997	44.0 mm (1.7 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Loeriesfontein (Pol), 1908 to 1997. The record is 93.2 mm (3.7 in) in 1940, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.9 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Loeriesfontein (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1908	8.8 mm (0.35 in)
1909	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1910	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1911	6.1 mm (0.24 in)
1933	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1934	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1935	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1936	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1937	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1938	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1939	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1940	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1941	62.3 mm (2.5 in)
1942	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1943	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1944	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1945	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1946	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1947	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1948	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1949	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1950	35.9 mm (1.4 in)
1951	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1952	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1953	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1954	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1955	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1956	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1957	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1958	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1959	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1960	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1961	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1962	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1963	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1964	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1965	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1966	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1967	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1968	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1969	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1970	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1971	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1972	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1973	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1974	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1975	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1976	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1977	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1979	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1980	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1981	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1982	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1983	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1984	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1985	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1986	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1987	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1988	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1989	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1990	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1991	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1992	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1993	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1994	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1995	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1996	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1997	73.0 mm (2.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Loeriesfontein (Pol), 1908 to 1997. The record is 146 days in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 63 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Loeriesfontein (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1908	57 days
1909	71 days
1910	32 days
1911	25 days
1933	45 days
1934	77 days
1935	105 days
1936	67 days
1937	98 days
1938	53 days
1939	61 days
1940	61 days
1941	63 days
1942	59 days
1943	41 days
1944	64 days
1945	52 days
1946	70 days
1947	78 days
1948	81 days
1949	73 days
1950	67 days
1951	41 days
1952	47 days
1953	74 days
1954	84 days
1955	49 days
1956	46 days
1957	63 days
1958	69 days
1959	72 days
1960	70 days
1961	56 days
1962	100 days
1963	49 days
1964	45 days
1965	58 days
1966	56 days
1967	46 days
1968	89 days
1969	64 days
1970	63 days
1971	133 days
1972	101 days
1973	50 days
1974	37 days
1975	46 days
1976	79 days
1977	54 days
1978	117 days
1979	146 days
1980	60 days
1981	81 days
1982	78 days
1983	57 days
1984	68 days
1985	27 days
1986	86 days
1987	103 days
1988	45 days
1989	46 days
1990	106 days
1991	71 days
1992	60 days
1993	81 days
1994	72 days
1995	36 days
1996	45 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

64 years, 1934 to 1997

A day with at least 26.5 mm (1.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 71.4 mm (2.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Loeriesfontein (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	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
5 years	36.7 mm (1.4 in)
10 years	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
25 years	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
50 years	62.6 mm (2.5 in)
100 years	71.4 mm (2.8 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 1934 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: 66.0 mm (2.6 in) in 1940; 56.0 mm (2.2 in) in 1976; 54.4 mm (2.1 in) in 1942.

Download the Data

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