Oranjeoord Weather Records (SF002555520)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Oranjeoord (SF002555520), South Africa, with 61 years of record.

Key Facts for Oranjeoord

Oranjeoord (SF002555520) is a weather station in South Africa at -29.20 latitude and 23.33 longitude, 975 m (3,199 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1937 to 1997, 61 years of record.
0 records set at Oranjeoord still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Oranjeoord set a daily record precipitation of 1.5 mm (0.06 in) on 4 August 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -29.20 latitude, 23.33 longitude.
Elevation: 975 m (3,199 ft).
Period of record: 1937 to 1997, 61 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 Oranjeoord. 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 Oranjeoord, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Oranjeoord still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Oranjeoord between 4 March 1974 and 4 March 1974. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 162.0 mm (6.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Oranjeoord. The most was 162.0 mm (6.4 in) on 4 March 1974.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Oranjeoord
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	14 January 1974
Feb	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	22 February 1975
Mar	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	4 March 1974
Apr	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	8 April 1969
May	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	3 May 1974
Jun	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 June 1991
Jul	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 July 1982
Aug	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 August 1979
Sep	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 September 1986
Oct	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	12 October 1960
Nov	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	19 November 1995
Dec	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	14 December 1975

Latest Records

Latest records at Oranjeoord
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	3 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	tie	42 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	7 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1997	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1996	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1995	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	6 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1995	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1995	Oranjeoord, ZA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1995	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1937 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Oranjeoord: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	1974	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	61
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	1975	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	61
Longest dry spell (CDD)	180 days	1985	96 days	61

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Oranjeoord, 1937 to 1997. The record is 162.0 mm (6.4 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.5 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Oranjeoord by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1937	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1938	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1939	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1940	103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1941	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1942	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1943	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1944	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1945	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1946	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1947	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1948	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1949	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1950	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1951	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1952	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1953	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1954	68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1955	59.8 mm (2.4 in)
1956	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1957	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1958	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1959	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1961	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1962	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1963	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1966	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1968	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1969	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1970	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1971	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1972	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1973	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1974	162.0 mm (6.4 in)
1975	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1976	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1977	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1978	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1979	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1980	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1981	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1982	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1983	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1984	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1985	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1986	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1988	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1989	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1990	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1991	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1992	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1993	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1994	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1995	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1996	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1997	38.5 mm (1.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Oranjeoord, 1937 to 1997. The record is 173.0 mm (6.8 in) in 1975, marked on the chart; the median year is 57.6 mm (2.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Oranjeoord by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1937	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1938	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
1939	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1940	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1941	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1942	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1943	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1944	67.4 mm (2.7 in)
1945	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1946	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1947	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1948	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1949	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
1950	71.7 mm (2.8 in)
1951	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1952	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1953	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1954	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1955	96.6 mm (3.8 in)
1956	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1957	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1958	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1959	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1961	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1962	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1963	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1964	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1965	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1966	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1968	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1969	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
1970	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1971	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1973	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
1974	162.0 mm (6.4 in)
1975	173.0 mm (6.8 in)
1976	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1977	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1978	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1979	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1980	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1981	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1982	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1983	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1984	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1985	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1986	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1988	99.5 mm (3.9 in)
1989	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1990	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1991	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1992	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1993	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1994	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1995	135.0 mm (5.3 in)
1996	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1997	80.0 mm (3.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Oranjeoord, 1937 to 1997. The record is 180 days in 1985, marked on the chart; the median year is 96 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Oranjeoord by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1937	103 days
1938	51 days
1939	36 days
1940	87 days
1941	77 days
1942	97 days
1943	56 days
1944	95 days
1945	112 days
1946	88 days
1947	46 days
1948	175 days
1949	78 days
1950	51 days
1951	113 days
1952	59 days
1953	82 days
1954	131 days
1955	79 days
1956	158 days
1957	38 days
1958	111 days
1959	91 days
1960	64 days
1961	105 days
1962	143 days
1963	77 days
1964	121 days
1965	84 days
1966	130 days
1967	153 days
1968	158 days
1969	129 days
1970	96 days
1971	76 days
1972	142 days
1973	112 days
1974	103 days
1975	86 days
1976	66 days
1977	87 days
1978	122 days
1979	71 days
1980	168 days
1981	150 days
1982	100 days
1983	95 days
1984	117 days
1985	180 days
1986	68 days
1987	96 days
1988	86 days
1989	102 days
1990	171 days
1991	90 days
1992	125 days
1993	85 days
1994	126 days
1995	107 days
1996	83 days
1997	70 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, 1938 to 1997

A day with at least 43.0 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 129.2 mm (5.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Oranjeoord: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	63.9 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	78.6 mm (3.1 in)
25 years	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
50 years	113.4 mm (4.5 in)
100 years	129.2 mm (5.1 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 1938 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: 162.0 mm (6.4 in) in 1974; 103.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1940; 86.5 mm (3.4 in) in 1975.

Download the Data

Data for Oranjeoord 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 2026-10-17 (17 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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