Durban-Botanical Gardens Threshold Days by Year

5 fixed thresholds counted per year at Durban-Botanical Gardens (SF002408910): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Durban-Botanical Gardens Thresholds

Durban-Botanical Gardens: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 113 years, most in 1893 with 44.
Durban-Botanical Gardens: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 113 years, most in 1872 with 20.
Durban-Botanical Gardens: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 107 years, most in 1893 with 10.
Durban-Botanical Gardens: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1893 with 3.
5 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Durban-Botanical Gardens.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

113 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Durban-Botanical Gardens with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 44 in 1893.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Durban-Botanical Gardens
Year	Days	Decade average
1871	15	30.6
1872	42	30.6
1873	30	30.6
1874	39	30.6
1875	33	30.6
1876	28	30.6
1877	28	30.6
1878	23	30.6
1879	37	30.6
1884	28	27.3
1885	27	27.3
1886	25	27.3
1887	27	27.3
1888	35	27.3
1889	22	27.3
1890	22	28.2
1891	32	28.2
1892	29	28.2
1893	44	28.2
1894	23	28.2
1895	34	28.2
1896	30	28.2
1897	22	28.2
1898	25	28.2
1899	21	28.2
1900	25	29.7
1901	42	29.7
1902	30	29.7
1903	25	29.7
1904	26	29.7
1905	25	29.7
1906	35	29.7
1907	27	29.7
1908	25	29.7
1909	37	29.7
1910	31	22.8
1912	16	22.8
1914	21	22.8
1915	23	22.8
1922	31	25.4
1923	23	25.4
1924	29	25.4
1925	27	25.4
1926	12	25.4
1927	27	25.4
1928	21	25.4
1929	33	25.4
1930	29	27.7
1931	16	27.7
1933	25	27.7
1934	33	27.7
1935	28	27.7
1936	31	27.7
1937	28	27.7
1938	30	27.7
1939	29	27.7
1940	27	28.1
1941	25	28.1
1942	38	28.1
1943	38	28.1
1944	23	28.1
1945	21	28.1
1946	25	28.1
1947	30	28.1
1948	27	28.1
1949	27	28.1
1950	18	28.5
1951	32	28.5
1952	27	28.5
1953	25	28.5
1954	27	28.5
1955	34	28.5
1956	34	28.5
1957	37	28.5
1958	26	28.5
1959	25	28.5
1960	38	29.2
1961	32	29.2
1962	27	29.2
1963	31	29.2
1964	31	29.2
1965	25	29.2
1966	26	29.2
1967	28	29.2
1968	21	29.2
1969	33	29.2
1970	26	29
1971	28	29
1972	24	29
1973	31	29
1974	31	29
1975	30	29
1976	31	29
1977	32	29
1978	32	29
1979	25	29
1980	14	28.5
1981	37	28.5
1982	22	28.5
1983	31	28.5
1984	36	28.5
1985	27	28.5
1986	27	28.5
1987	33	28.5
1988	33	28.5
1989	25	28.5
1990	32	26.4
1991	36	26.4
1992	13	26.4
1993	27	26.4
1994	23	26.4
1995	28	26.4
1996	26	26.4

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Durban-Botanical Gardens meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Durban-Botanical Gardens
Year	First date	Last date
1871	1871-01-06	1871-09-23
1872	1872-02-07	1872-12-19
1873	1873-01-06	1873-12-31
1874	1874-01-07	1874-12-23
1875	1875-01-04	1875-12-26
1876	1876-01-01	1876-12-24
1877	1877-01-02	1877-12-21
1878	1878-01-29	1878-12-18
1879	1879-01-04	1879-12-25
1884	1884-01-03	1884-12-09
1885	1885-01-19	1885-12-30
1886	1886-01-01	1886-12-16
1887	1887-01-10	1887-11-22
1888	1888-01-04	1888-12-30
1889	1889-01-06	1889-12-03
1890	1890-01-27	1890-12-28
1891	1891-01-04	1891-12-21
1892	1892-02-02	1892-12-18
1893	1893-01-03	1893-12-30
1894	1894-01-21	1894-12-30
1895	1895-01-07	1895-12-29
1896	1896-01-11	1896-12-31
1897	1897-01-05	1897-12-29
1898	1898-01-04	1898-12-26
1899	1899-01-09	1899-12-30
1900	1900-01-26	1900-12-31
1901	1901-01-02	1901-12-22
1902	1902-01-20	1902-12-27
1903	1903-01-19	1903-12-23
1904	1904-01-17	1904-12-22
1905	1905-01-09	1905-12-12
1906	1906-01-01	1906-12-29
1907	1907-01-11	1907-12-28
1908	1908-01-02	1908-12-23
1909	1909-01-04	1909-12-26
1910	1910-01-11	1910-12-22
1912	1912-01-04	1912-11-29
1914	1914-01-23	1914-12-25
1915	1915-01-14	1915-12-14
1922	1922-01-10	1922-11-28
1923	1923-01-03	1923-12-28
1924	1924-01-05	1924-12-30
1925	1925-01-03	1925-12-16
1926	1926-02-09	1926-12-28
1927	1927-01-19	1927-12-31
1928	1928-01-05	1928-12-22
1929	1929-01-05	1929-12-19
1930	1930-01-04	1930-12-30
1931	1931-01-02	1931-12-24
1933	1933-01-07	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-01	1934-12-12
1935	1935-01-03	1935-12-31
1936	1936-01-17	1936-11-28
1937	1937-01-14	1937-12-29
1938	1938-01-05	1938-12-10
1939	1939-01-23	1939-12-21
1940	1940-01-03	1940-12-22
1941	1941-01-25	1941-12-07
1942	1942-01-01	1942-12-31
1943	1943-01-01	1943-12-19
1944	1944-01-30	1944-12-31
1945	1945-01-23	1945-12-30
1946	1946-01-01	1946-12-23
1947	1947-01-02	1947-12-30
1948	1948-01-16	1948-12-29
1949	1949-01-12	1949-12-27
1950	1950-01-20	1950-12-30
1951	1951-01-02	1951-12-24
1952	1952-01-02	1952-12-13
1953	1953-01-12	1953-12-29
1954	1954-01-02	1954-12-30
1955	1955-01-03	1955-12-27
1956	1956-02-08	1956-12-28
1957	1957-01-12	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-05	1958-12-11
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-17
1960	1960-01-19	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-27	1961-12-25
1962	1962-01-05	1962-12-24
1963	1963-01-09	1963-12-13
1964	1964-01-07	1964-12-27
1965	1965-01-05	1965-12-29
1966	1966-01-08	1966-12-21
1967	1967-01-08	1967-12-24
1968	1968-01-08	1968-12-30
1969	1969-01-21	1969-12-28
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-28
1971	1971-01-03	1971-12-02
1972	1972-01-10	1972-12-22
1973	1973-01-05	1973-12-27
1974	1974-01-16	1974-12-26
1975	1975-01-02	1975-12-25
1976	1976-01-07	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-04	1977-12-30
1978	1978-01-03	1978-12-08
1979	1979-01-02	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-06	1980-12-14
1981	1981-01-11	1981-12-26
1982	1982-01-03	1982-12-06
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-30
1984	1984-01-01	1984-11-12
1985	1985-01-16	1985-12-30
1986	1986-01-17	1986-12-29
1987	1987-01-07	1987-12-14
1988	1988-01-07	1988-12-24
1989	1989-01-06	1989-11-30
1990	1990-01-07	1990-12-07
1991	1991-01-16	1991-12-08
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-16
1993	1993-01-09	1993-12-29
1994	1994-01-02	1994-12-27
1995	1995-01-14	1995-12-25
1996	1996-01-12	1996-12-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Durban-Botanical Gardens
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	113	44	1893	26
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	113	20	1872	9
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	107	10	1893	5
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	42	3	1893	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	4	1	1875	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1871.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Durban-Botanical Gardens Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Durban-Botanical Gardens Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

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