Niekerkshoop (Pol) Weather Records (SF002545890)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Niekerkshoop (Pol) (SF002545890), South Africa, with 84 years of record.

Key Facts for Niekerkshoop (Pol)

Niekerkshoop (Pol) (SF002545890) is a weather station in South Africa at -29.33 latitude and 22.83 longitude, 1,196 m (3,924 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1914 to 1997, 84 years of record.
0 records set at Niekerkshoop (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Niekerkshoop (Pol) tied a daily record precipitation of 8.5 mm (0.33 in) on 14 November 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -29.33 latitude, 22.83 longitude.
Elevation: 1,196 m (3,924 ft).
Period of record: 1914 to 1997, 84 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 Niekerkshoop (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 Niekerkshoop (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Niekerkshoop (Pol) still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 88.9 mm (3.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Niekerkshoop (Pol). The most was 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 18 February 1938.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Niekerkshoop (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 January 1923
Feb	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	18 February 1938
Mar	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13 March 1948
Apr	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	3 April 1933
May	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 May 1935
Jun	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 June 1964
Jul	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 July 1946
Aug	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 August 1979
Sep	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	13 September 1988
Oct	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 October 1991
Nov	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 November 1921
Dec	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 December 1970

Latest Records

Latest records at Niekerkshoop (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain (Tie)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	tie	38 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1997	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	77 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1996	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	80 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1995	Niekerkshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1914 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Niekerkshoop (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	1938	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	80
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	1989	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	80
Longest dry spell (CDD)	161 days	1925	97 days	80

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Niekerkshoop (Pol), 1914 to 1997. The record is 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1938, marked on the chart; the median year is 37.5 mm (1.5 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Niekerkshoop (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1914	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1915	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1916	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1917	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1918	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1919	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1920	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1921	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1922	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1923	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1924	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1925	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1927	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1931	4.6 mm (0.18 in)
1932	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1933	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1934	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1935	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1936	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1937	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1938	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1939	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1940	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1941	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1942	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1943	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1944	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1945	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1946	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1947	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1948	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1949	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1950	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1951	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1952	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1953	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1954	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1955	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1956	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1957	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1958	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1959	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1960	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1961	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1962	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1963	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1964	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1965	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1966	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1968	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1969	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1970	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1971	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1972	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1973	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1974	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1975	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1976	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1977	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1978	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1979	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1980	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1981	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1982	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
1983	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1985	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1986	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1988	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1989	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1990	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1991	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1992	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1993	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1994	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1995	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1996	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1997	44.0 mm (1.7 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Niekerkshoop (Pol), 1914 to 1997. The record is 136.0 mm (5.4 in) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.7 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Niekerkshoop (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1914	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1915	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1916	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1917	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1918	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1919	65.1 mm (2.6 in)
1920	54.3 mm (2.1 in)
1921	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1922	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1923	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1924	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1925	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1927	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1931	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1932	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1933	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1934	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1935	90.8 mm (3.6 in)
1936	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1937	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1938	129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1939	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1940	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1941	129.3 mm (5.1 in)
1942	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1943	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1944	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1945	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
1946	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1947	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1948	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1949	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1950	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1951	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1952	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1953	59.8 mm (2.4 in)
1954	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1955	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1956	90.9 mm (3.6 in)
1957	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1958	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1959	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1960	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1961	70.2 mm (2.8 in)
1962	33.7 mm (1.3 in)
1963	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1964	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1965	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1966	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1968	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1969	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1970	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1971	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1972	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1973	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1974	100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1975	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1976	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1977	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1978	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1979	48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1980	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1981	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1982	64.1 mm (2.5 in)
1983	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
1984	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1985	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1986	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1987	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1988	97.5 mm (3.8 in)
1989	136.0 mm (5.4 in)
1990	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1991	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1992	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1993	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1994	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
1995	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1996	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1997	93.5 mm (3.7 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Niekerkshoop (Pol), 1914 to 1997. The record is 161 days in 1925, marked on the chart; the median year is 97 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Niekerkshoop (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1914	118 days
1915	87 days
1916	104 days
1917	95 days
1918	56 days
1919	113 days
1920	68 days
1921	70 days
1922	118 days
1923	102 days
1924	94 days
1925	161 days
1927	31 days
1931	51 days
1932	109 days
1933	146 days
1934	136 days
1935	124 days
1936	131 days
1937	104 days
1938	57 days
1939	34 days
1940	135 days
1941	93 days
1942	160 days
1943	98 days
1944	117 days
1945	119 days
1946	84 days
1947	53 days
1948	125 days
1949	108 days
1950	107 days
1951	116 days
1952	69 days
1953	145 days
1954	132 days
1955	81 days
1956	66 days
1957	79 days
1958	131 days
1959	95 days
1960	76 days
1961	105 days
1962	157 days
1963	57 days
1964	61 days
1965	116 days
1966	99 days
1967	149 days
1968	144 days
1969	75 days
1970	100 days
1971	69 days
1972	91 days
1973	75 days
1974	114 days
1975	62 days
1976	45 days
1977	76 days
1978	126 days
1979	40 days
1980	113 days
1981	118 days
1982	63 days
1983	86 days
1984	105 days
1985	139 days
1986	47 days
1987	95 days
1988	59 days
1989	62 days
1990	66 days
1991	96 days
1992	126 days
1993	125 days
1994	73 days
1995	77 days
1996	80 days
1997	107 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

76 years, 1915 to 1997

A day with at least 38.4 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 100.4 mm (4.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Niekerkshoop (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	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
5 years	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
10 years	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
25 years	78.9 mm (3.1 in)
50 years	89.6 mm (3.5 in)
100 years	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	Longer than the 76 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, 76 years of values from 1915 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: 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1938; 82.3 mm (3.2 in) in 1923; 80.5 mm (3.2 in) in 1974.

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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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