Impendle (Pol) Weather Records (SF002386360)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Impendle (Pol) (SF002386360), South Africa, with 70 years of record.

Key Facts for Impendle (Pol)

Impendle (Pol) (SF002386360) is a weather station in South Africa at -29.60 latitude and 29.87 longitude, 1,539 m (5,049 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1927 to 1996, 70 years of record.
0 records set at Impendle (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Impendle (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 23.0 mm (0.9 in) on 31 March 1996.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -29.60 latitude, 29.87 longitude.
Elevation: 1,539 m (5,049 ft).
Period of record: 1927 to 1996, 70 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 Impendle (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 Impendle (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Impendle (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Impendle (Pol) between 4 November 1966 and 28 September 1987. Each dot is a new record.

When Impendle (Pol) set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1966-11-04	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 167.8 mm (6.6 in)
1987-09-28	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 194.5 mm (7.7 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Sep: 194.5 mm (7.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Impendle (Pol). The most was 194.5 mm (7.7 in) on 28 September 1987.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Impendle (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	14 January 1947
Feb	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 February 1947
Mar	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	3 March 1996
Apr	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 April 1943
May	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	5 May 1940
Jun	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13 June 1935
Jul	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	4 July 1943
Aug	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 August 1970
Sep	194.5 mm (7.7 in)	28 September 1987
Oct	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 October 1943
Nov	167.8 mm (6.6 in)	4 November 1966
Dec	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	12 December 1956

Latest Records

Latest records at Impendle (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 February 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1996	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	8 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1995	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1994	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1994	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1993	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1993	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1993	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	62 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1991	Impendle (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1927 to 1996

Yearly extremes at Impendle (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	194.5 mm (7.7 in)	1987	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	70
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	345.0 mm (13.6 in)	1987	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	70
Longest dry spell (CDD)	128 days	1937	47 days	70

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Impendle (Pol), 1927 to 1996. The record is 194.5 mm (7.7 in) in 1987, marked on the chart; the median year is 55.5 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Impendle (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1927	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1928	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1929	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1930	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1931	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1932	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1933	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1934	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1935	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1936	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1937	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1938	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1939	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1940	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1941	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1942	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1943	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1944	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1945	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1946	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1947	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1948	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1949	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1950	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1951	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1952	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1953	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1954	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1955	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1956	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1957	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1958	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1959	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1960	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1961	42.6 mm (1.7 in)
1962	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1963	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1964	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1965	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1966	167.8 mm (6.6 in)
1967	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1968	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1969	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1970	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1971	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1972	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1973	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1974	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1975	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1976	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1977	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1978	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1979	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1980	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1981	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1982	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1983	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1984	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1985	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1986	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1987	194.5 mm (7.7 in)
1988	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1989	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1990	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1991	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1992	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1993	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1994	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1995	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1996	128.0 mm (5.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Impendle (Pol), 1927 to 1996. The record is 345.0 mm (13.6 in) in 1987, marked on the chart; the median year is 101.8 mm (4.0 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Impendle (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1927	75.6 mm (3.0 in)
1928	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1929	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1930	122.2 mm (4.8 in)
1931	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1932	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1933	84.4 mm (3.3 in)
1934	114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1935	83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1936	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1937	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1938	90.1 mm (3.5 in)
1939	170.8 mm (6.7 in)
1940	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1941	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1942	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1943	138.9 mm (5.5 in)
1944	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1945	143.6 mm (5.7 in)
1946	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1947	143.3 mm (5.6 in)
1948	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1949	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1950	113.8 mm (4.5 in)
1951	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1952	97.9 mm (3.9 in)
1953	120.9 mm (4.8 in)
1954	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1955	113.9 mm (4.5 in)
1956	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
1957	142.5 mm (5.6 in)
1958	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1959	180.0 mm (7.1 in)
1960	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
1961	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1962	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
1963	114.5 mm (4.5 in)
1964	106.0 mm (4.2 in)
1965	118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1966	195.8 mm (7.7 in)
1967	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1968	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1969	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1970	139.5 mm (5.5 in)
1971	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1972	140.5 mm (5.5 in)
1973	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1974	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1975	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1976	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1977	72.7 mm (2.9 in)
1978	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1979	152.0 mm (6.0 in)
1980	79.6 mm (3.1 in)
1981	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1982	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1983	121.5 mm (4.8 in)
1984	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1985	132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1986	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1987	345.0 mm (13.6 in)
1988	132.5 mm (5.2 in)
1989	119.0 mm (4.7 in)
1990	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1991	113.0 mm (4.4 in)
1992	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1993	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1994	86.0 mm (3.4 in)
1995	103.5 mm (4.1 in)
1996	159.0 mm (6.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Impendle (Pol), 1927 to 1996. The record is 128 days in 1937, marked on the chart; the median year is 47 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Impendle (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1927	74 days
1928	83 days
1929	19 days
1930	49 days
1931	41 days
1932	91 days
1933	77 days
1934	26 days
1935	45 days
1936	98 days
1937	128 days
1938	49 days
1939	47 days
1940	86 days
1941	32 days
1942	42 days
1943	24 days
1944	23 days
1945	47 days
1946	51 days
1947	25 days
1948	85 days
1949	56 days
1950	45 days
1951	65 days
1952	23 days
1953	63 days
1954	33 days
1955	73 days
1956	80 days
1957	40 days
1958	47 days
1959	51 days
1960	42 days
1961	44 days
1962	85 days
1963	35 days
1964	27 days
1965	40 days
1966	82 days
1967	38 days
1968	73 days
1969	31 days
1970	115 days
1971	36 days
1972	36 days
1973	84 days
1974	58 days
1975	124 days
1976	84 days
1977	74 days
1978	93 days
1979	24 days
1980	68 days
1981	28 days
1982	46 days
1983	40 days
1984	38 days
1985	43 days
1986	84 days
1987	21 days
1988	38 days
1989	46 days
1990	42 days
1991	64 days
1992	78 days
1993	99 days
1994	49 days
1995	43 days
1996	13 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

68 years, 1927 to 1995

A day with at least 54.0 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 166.9 mm (6.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Impendle (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	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	74.1 mm (2.9 in)
10 years	90.8 mm (3.6 in)
25 years	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
50 years	139.7 mm (5.5 in)
100 years	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	Longer than the 68 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, 68 years of values from 1927 to 1995.

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: 194.5 mm (7.7 in) in 1987; 167.8 mm (6.6 in) in 1966; 114.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1943.

Download the Data

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