Kareepoort Weather Records (SF002001660)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kareepoort (SF002001660), South Africa, with 64 years of record.

Key Facts for Kareepoort

Kareepoort (SF002001660) is a weather station in South Africa at -30.25 latitude and 25.10 longitude, 1,356 m (4,449 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1916 to 1979, 64 years of record.
0 records set at Kareepoort still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kareepoort set a daily record precipitation of 15.5 mm (0.6 in) on 23 June 1977.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -30.25 latitude, 25.10 longitude.
Elevation: 1,356 m (4,449 ft).
Period of record: 1916 to 1979, 64 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 Kareepoort. 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 Kareepoort, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Oct	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nov	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Kareepoort still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Kareepoort between 24 January 1976 and 24 January 1976. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 91.0 mm (3.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Kareepoort. The most was 91.0 mm (3.6 in) on 24 January 1976.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Kareepoort
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	24 January 1976
Feb	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	16 February 1939
Mar	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	12 March 1924
Apr	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 April 1953
May	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	2 May 1950
Jun	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	3 June 1961
Jul	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 July 1970
Aug	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	18 August 1974
Sep	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 September 1929
Oct	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 October 1968
Nov	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	6 November 1952
Dec	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 December 1933

Latest Records

Latest records at Kareepoort
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1977	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1977	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1977	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	1 year	11 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1976	Kareepoort, ZA	all-time rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1975	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1975	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1975	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1975	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1975	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1974	Kareepoort, ZA	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1916 to 1979

Yearly extremes at Kareepoort: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	1976	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	64
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	1974	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	63
Longest dry spell (CDD)	208 days	1966	66 days	64

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Kareepoort, 1916 to 1979. The record is 91.0 mm (3.6 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 41.5 mm (1.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Kareepoort by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1916	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1917	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1918	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1919	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1920	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1921	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1922	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1923	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1924	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1925	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1926	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1927	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1928	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1929	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1930	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1931	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1932	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1933	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1934	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1935	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1936	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1937	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1938	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1939	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1940	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1941	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1942	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1943	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1944	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1945	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1946	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1947	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1948	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1949	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1950	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1951	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1952	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1953	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1954	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1955	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1956	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1957	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1958	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1959	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1960	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1961	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1962	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1963	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1964	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1965	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1966	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1967	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1968	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1969	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1970	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1971	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1972	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1973	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1974	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1975	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1976	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1977	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1979	33.0 mm (1.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Kareepoort, 1916 to 1979. The record is 142.5 mm (5.6 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 69.4 mm (2.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Kareepoort by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1916	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1917	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1918	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1919	39.8 mm (1.6 in)
1920	117.0 mm (4.6 in)
1921	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1922	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1923	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1924	135.9 mm (5.4 in)
1925	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1926	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1927	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1928	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1929	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1930	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1931	61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1932	63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1933	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1934	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1935	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1936	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1937	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1938	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1939	132.3 mm (5.2 in)
1940	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1941	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1942	69.4 mm (2.7 in)
1943	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1944	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1945	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1946	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1947	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1948	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1949	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1950	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1951	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1952	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1953	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1954	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1955	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1956	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1957	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1958	78.1 mm (3.1 in)
1959	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1960	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1961	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1962	104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1963	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1965	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1966	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1967	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1968	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1969	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1970	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1971	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1972	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1973	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1974	142.5 mm (5.6 in)
1975	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1976	141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1977	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1978	n/a
1979	40.5 mm (1.6 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Kareepoort, 1916 to 1979. The record is 208 days in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 66 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Kareepoort by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1916	64 days
1917	38 days
1918	51 days
1919	76 days
1920	67 days
1921	69 days
1922	64 days
1923	32 days
1924	59 days
1925	44 days
1926	62 days
1927	91 days
1928	103 days
1929	33 days
1930	66 days
1931	38 days
1932	73 days
1933	65 days
1934	49 days
1935	48 days
1936	58 days
1937	61 days
1938	51 days
1939	42 days
1940	83 days
1941	38 days
1942	111 days
1943	56 days
1944	95 days
1945	83 days
1946	66 days
1947	45 days
1948	92 days
1949	67 days
1950	57 days
1951	74 days
1952	36 days
1953	88 days
1954	163 days
1955	34 days
1956	70 days
1957	53 days
1958	107 days
1959	57 days
1960	59 days
1961	48 days
1962	84 days
1963	68 days
1964	60 days
1965	84 days
1966	208 days
1967	62 days
1968	81 days
1969	100 days
1970	124 days
1971	63 days
1972	133 days
1973	80 days
1974	83 days
1975	83 days
1976	142 days
1977	84 days
1978	1 day
1979	35 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

60 years, 1916 to 1976

A day with at least 42.5 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 99.3 mm (3.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Kareepoort: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	57.3 mm (2.3 in)
10 years	67.2 mm (2.6 in)
25 years	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
50 years	89.6 mm (3.5 in)
100 years	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	Longer than the 60 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, 60 years of values from 1916 to 1976.

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: 91.0 mm (3.6 in) in 1976; 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1939; 83.1 mm (3.3 in) in 1920.

Download the Data

Data for Kareepoort standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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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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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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