Snowhill Weather Records (SF002381320)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Snowhill (SF002381320), South Africa, with 74 years of record.

Key Facts for Snowhill

Snowhill (SF002381320) is a weather station in South Africa at -29.72 latitude and 29.60 longitude, 1,577 m (5,174 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1924 to 1997, 74 years of record.
0 records set at Snowhill still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Snowhill set a daily record precipitation of 17.0 mm (0.7 in) on 31 August 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -29.72 latitude, 29.60 longitude.
Elevation: 1,577 m (5,174 ft).
Period of record: 1924 to 1997, 74 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 Snowhill. 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 Snowhill, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Snowhill still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Snowhill between 17 May 1959 and 17 May 1959. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

May: 189.0 mm (7.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Snowhill. The most was 189.0 mm (7.4 in) on 17 May 1959.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Snowhill
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	14 January 1930
Feb	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	23 February 1988
Mar	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	21 March 1925
Apr	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	1 April 1938
May	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	17 May 1959
Jun	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2 June 1947
Jul	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 July 1996
Aug	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	26 August 1970
Sep	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	28 September 1987
Oct	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 October 1926
Nov	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 November 1966
Dec	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 December 1951

Latest Records

Latest records at Snowhill
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1997	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 1997	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1997	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1997	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1996	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1996	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Snowhill, ZA	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1996	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1996	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1996	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1995	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1995	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1995	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	70 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1995	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1994	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1994	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1994	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1994	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	tie	4 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1993	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1993	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1924 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Snowhill: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	1959	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	74
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	324.0 mm (12.8 in)	1987	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	74
Longest dry spell (CDD)	128 days	1992	50 days	74

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Snowhill, 1924 to 1997. The record is 189.0 mm (7.4 in) in 1959, marked on the chart; the median year is 58.2 mm (2.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Snowhill by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1924	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1925	133.9 mm (5.3 in)
1926	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1927	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1928	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1929	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1930	120.1 mm (4.7 in)
1931	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1932	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1933	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1934	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1935	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1936	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1937	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1938	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1939	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1940	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1941	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1942	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1943	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1944	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1945	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1946	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1947	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1948	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1949	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1950	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1951	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1952	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1953	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1954	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1955	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1956	83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1957	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1958	66.4 mm (2.6 in)
1959	189.0 mm (7.4 in)
1960	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1961	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1962	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1963	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1965	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1966	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1967	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1968	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1969	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1970	88.5 mm (3.5 in)
1971	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1972	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1973	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1974	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1975	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1976	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1977	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1978	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1979	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1980	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1981	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1982	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1983	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1984	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1985	88.5 mm (3.5 in)
1986	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1987	154.5 mm (6.1 in)
1988	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1989	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1990	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1991	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1992	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1993	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1994	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1995	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1996	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1997	64.0 mm (2.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Snowhill, 1924 to 1997. The record is 324.0 mm (12.8 in) in 1987, marked on the chart; the median year is 93.0 mm (3.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Snowhill by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1924	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1925	198.9 mm (7.8 in)
1926	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1927	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1928	90.1 mm (3.5 in)
1929	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1930	153.3 mm (6.0 in)
1931	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1932	104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1933	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1934	115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1935	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1936	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1937	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1938	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1939	105.7 mm (4.2 in)
1940	120.1 mm (4.7 in)
1941	68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1942	101.4 mm (4.0 in)
1943	94.7 mm (3.7 in)
1944	80.6 mm (3.2 in)
1945	113.6 mm (4.5 in)
1946	73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1947	104.2 mm (4.1 in)
1948	70.3 mm (2.8 in)
1949	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1950	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1951	100.7 mm (4.0 in)
1952	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1953	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1954	130.3 mm (5.1 in)
1955	115.5 mm (4.5 in)
1956	117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1957	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1958	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1959	281.9 mm (11.1 in)
1960	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1961	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1962	146.5 mm (5.8 in)
1963	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1964	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1965	101.7 mm (4.0 in)
1966	109.9 mm (4.3 in)
1967	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1968	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1969	84.2 mm (3.3 in)
1970	128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1971	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1972	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1973	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1974	146.0 mm (5.7 in)
1975	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1976	128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1977	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1978	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1979	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1980	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1981	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1982	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1983	114.0 mm (4.5 in)
1984	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1985	151.5 mm (6.0 in)
1986	179.5 mm (7.1 in)
1987	324.0 mm (12.8 in)
1988	166.5 mm (6.6 in)
1989	129.0 mm (5.1 in)
1990	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1991	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1992	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1993	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1994	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1995	104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1996	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1997	83.0 mm (3.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Snowhill, 1924 to 1997. The record is 128 days in 1992, marked on the chart; the median year is 50 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Snowhill by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1924	29 days
1925	57 days
1926	68 days
1927	73 days
1928	83 days
1929	30 days
1930	51 days
1931	67 days
1932	57 days
1933	46 days
1934	49 days
1935	58 days
1936	68 days
1937	117 days
1938	32 days
1939	38 days
1940	67 days
1941	58 days
1942	50 days
1943	27 days
1944	32 days
1945	114 days
1946	65 days
1947	34 days
1948	63 days
1949	54 days
1950	45 days
1951	67 days
1952	38 days
1953	51 days
1954	87 days
1955	62 days
1956	74 days
1957	24 days
1958	50 days
1959	50 days
1960	65 days
1961	29 days
1962	85 days
1963	42 days
1964	39 days
1965	37 days
1966	60 days
1967	42 days
1968	111 days
1969	42 days
1970	43 days
1971	37 days
1972	51 days
1973	83 days
1974	30 days
1975	73 days
1976	42 days
1977	65 days
1978	45 days
1979	48 days
1980	121 days
1981	32 days
1982	28 days
1983	34 days
1984	37 days
1985	60 days
1986	73 days
1987	24 days
1988	47 days
1989	49 days
1990	35 days
1991	71 days
1992	128 days
1993	70 days
1994	36 days
1995	62 days
1996	50 days
1997	34 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

71 years, 1925 to 1996

A day with at least 56.8 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 168.2 mm (6.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Snowhill: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	56.8 mm (2.2 in)
5 years	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
10 years	92.8 mm (3.7 in)
25 years	118.2 mm (4.7 in)
50 years	141.2 mm (5.6 in)
100 years	168.2 mm (6.6 in)	Longer than the 71 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, 71 years of values from 1925 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: 189.0 mm (7.4 in) in 1959; 154.5 mm (6.1 in) in 1987; 133.9 mm (5.3 in) in 1925.

Download the Data

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

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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