Belmont (Pol) Weather Records (SF002576550)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Belmont (Pol) (SF002576550), South Africa, with 78 years of record.

Key Facts for Belmont (Pol)

Belmont (Pol) (SF002576550) is a weather station in South Africa at -29.42 latitude and 24.37 longitude, 1,210 m (3,970 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1914 to 1991, 78 years of record.
0 records set at Belmont (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Belmont (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 24.5 mm (1.0 in) on 25 January 1991.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -29.42 latitude, 24.37 longitude.
Elevation: 1,210 m (3,970 ft).
Period of record: 1914 to 1991, 78 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 Belmont (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 Belmont (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Belmont (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Belmont (Pol) between 12 March 1948 and 12 March 1948. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 95.3 mm (3.8 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Belmont (Pol). The most was 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 12 March 1948.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Belmont (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 January 1930
Feb	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	22 February 1988
Mar	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	12 March 1948
Apr	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	9 April 1969
May	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	12 May 1959
Jun	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	25 June 1957
Jul	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 July 1961
Aug	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 August 1984
Sep	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 September 1976
Oct	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	10 October 1934
Nov	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 November 1939
Dec	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 December 1924

Latest Records

Latest records at Belmont (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1991	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1991	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1991	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1991	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1990	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1990	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1990	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1989	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1989	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1989	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1989	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1989	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1 year	8 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1914 to 1991

Yearly extremes at Belmont (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	1948	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	78
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	1988	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	78
Longest dry spell (CDD)	219 days	1990	94 days	78

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Belmont (Pol), 1914 to 1991. The record is 95.3 mm (3.8 in) in 1948, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.8 mm (1.5 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Belmont (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1914	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1915	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1916	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1917	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1918	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1919	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1920	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1921	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1922	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1923	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1924	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1925	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1926	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1927	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1928	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1929	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1930	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1931	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1932	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1933	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1934	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1935	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1936	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1937	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1938	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1939	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1940	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1941	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1942	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1943	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1944	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1945	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1946	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1947	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1948	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1949	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1950	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1951	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1952	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1953	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1954	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1955	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1956	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1957	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1958	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1959	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1960	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1961	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1962	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
1963	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1964	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1965	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1966	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1967	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1968	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1969	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1970	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1971	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1972	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1973	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1974	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1975	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1976	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1977	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1978	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1979	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1980	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1981	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1982	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1983	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1984	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1985	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1986	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1987	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1988	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
1989	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1990	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1991	39.0 mm (1.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Belmont (Pol), 1914 to 1991. The record is 234.0 mm (9.2 in) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 55.2 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Belmont (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1914	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1915	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
1916	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1917	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1918	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1919	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1920	117.8 mm (4.6 in)
1921	42.6 mm (1.7 in)
1922	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1923	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1924	98.5 mm (3.9 in)
1925	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1926	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1927	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1928	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1929	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1930	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1931	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1932	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1933	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1934	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1935	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1936	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
1937	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1938	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1939	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1940	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1941	75.6 mm (3.0 in)
1942	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1943	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1944	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1945	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1946	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1947	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1948	106.7 mm (4.2 in)
1949	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1950	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1951	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1952	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1953	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1954	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1955	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1956	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1957	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1958	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1959	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1960	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1961	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1962	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1963	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1964	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1965	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1966	79.7 mm (3.1 in)
1967	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1968	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1969	107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1970	53.9 mm (2.1 in)
1971	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1972	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1973	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1974	202.0 mm (8.0 in)
1975	108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1976	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1977	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1978	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1979	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1980	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1981	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1982	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1983	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1984	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1985	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1986	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1987	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1988	234.0 mm (9.2 in)
1989	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1990	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1991	63.5 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Belmont (Pol), 1914 to 1991. The record is 219 days in 1990, marked on the chart; the median year is 94 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Belmont (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1914	21 days
1915	67 days
1916	61 days
1917	80 days
1918	94 days
1919	163 days
1920	150 days
1921	153 days
1922	74 days
1923	65 days
1924	56 days
1925	53 days
1926	60 days
1927	93 days
1928	138 days
1929	147 days
1930	134 days
1931	91 days
1932	128 days
1933	145 days
1934	170 days
1935	122 days
1936	119 days
1937	208 days
1938	59 days
1939	72 days
1940	68 days
1941	111 days
1942	95 days
1943	42 days
1944	96 days
1945	119 days
1946	73 days
1947	46 days
1948	161 days
1949	38 days
1950	85 days
1951	135 days
1952	65 days
1953	77 days
1954	147 days
1955	78 days
1956	78 days
1957	43 days
1958	150 days
1959	157 days
1960	78 days
1961	99 days
1962	133 days
1963	195 days
1964	156 days
1965	83 days
1966	176 days
1967	152 days
1968	157 days
1969	115 days
1970	120 days
1971	75 days
1972	113 days
1973	78 days
1974	105 days
1975	164 days
1976	90 days
1977	174 days
1978	74 days
1979	58 days
1980	142 days
1981	79 days
1982	48 days
1983	56 days
1984	117 days
1985	134 days
1986	82 days
1987	89 days
1988	69 days
1989	57 days
1990	219 days
1991	8 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

70 years, 1915 to 1990

A day with at least 39.6 mm (1.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 92.7 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Belmont (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	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
5 years	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
10 years	62.3 mm (2.5 in)
25 years	74.3 mm (2.9 in)
50 years	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
100 years	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 70 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, 70 years of values from 1915 to 1990.

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: 95.3 mm (3.8 in) in 1948; 77.0 mm (3.0 in) in 1969; 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1930.

Download the Data

Data for Belmont (Pol) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Belmont (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 2026-10-15 (15 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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