Bladgrond Weather Records (SF002807720)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bladgrond (SF002807720), South Africa, with 65 years of record.

Key Facts for Bladgrond

Bladgrond (SF002807720) is a weather station in South Africa at -28.88 latitude and 19.92 longitude, 910 m (2,986 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1933 to 1997, 65 years of record.
0 records set at Bladgrond still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bladgrond set a daily record precipitation of 6.5 mm (0.26 in) on 26 May 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -28.88 latitude, 19.92 longitude.
Elevation: 910 m (2,986 ft).
Period of record: 1933 to 1997, 65 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 Bladgrond. 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 Bladgrond, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Bladgrond still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

4 new records

4 all-time records were set at Bladgrond between 20 April 1970 and 3 February 1976. Each dot is a new record.

When Bladgrond set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1970-04-20	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1973-02-16	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1974-01-26	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1976-02-03	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 100.0 mm (3.9 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 100.0 mm (3.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Bladgrond. The most was 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 3 February 1976.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Bladgrond
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 January 1974
Feb	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	3 February 1976
Mar	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	6 March 1938
Apr	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 April 1970
May	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	15 May 1968
Jun	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 June 1983
Jul	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 July 1996
Aug	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 August 1981
Sep	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 September 1940
Oct	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 October 1950
Nov	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7 November 1996
Dec	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 December 1975

Latest Records

Latest records at Bladgrond
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1997	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1997	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1996	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	tie	24 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1995	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1994	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1994	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1993	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1993	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1933 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Bladgrond: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	1976	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	65
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	1976	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	65
Longest dry spell (CDD)	238 days	1937	104 days	65

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Bladgrond, 1933 to 1997. The record is 100.0 mm (3.9 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 25.1 mm (1.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Bladgrond by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1933	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1934	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1935	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1936	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1937	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1938	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1939	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1940	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1941	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1942	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1943	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1944	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1945	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1946	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1947	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1948	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1949	8.4 mm (0.33 in)
1950	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1951	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1952	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1953	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1954	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1955	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1956	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1957	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1958	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1959	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1960	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1961	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1962	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1963	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1966	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1968	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1969	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1970	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1971	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1972	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1973	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1974	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1975	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1976	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1977	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1978	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1979	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1980	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1981	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1982	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1983	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1984	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1985	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1986	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1987	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1988	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1989	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1990	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1991	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1992	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
1993	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1994	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1995	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1996	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1997	19.5 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Bladgrond, 1933 to 1997. The record is 115.5 mm (4.5 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.3 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Bladgrond by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1933	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1934	54.3 mm (2.1 in)
1935	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1936	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1937	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1938	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1939	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1940	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1941	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1942	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1943	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1944	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1945	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
1946	47.9 mm (1.9 in)
1947	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
1948	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1949	8.4 mm (0.33 in)
1950	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1951	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1952	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
1953	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1954	29.1 mm (1.1 in)
1955	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1956	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1957	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1958	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1959	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1960	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1961	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1962	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1963	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1966	38.3 mm (1.5 in)
1967	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1968	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1969	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1970	61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1971	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1972	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1973	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1974	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1975	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1976	115.5 mm (4.5 in)
1977	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1978	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1979	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1980	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1981	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1982	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1983	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1984	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1985	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1986	35.9 mm (1.4 in)
1987	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1988	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1989	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1990	78.9 mm (3.1 in)
1991	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1992	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
1993	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1994	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1995	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1996	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1997	34.0 mm (1.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Bladgrond, 1933 to 1997. The record is 238 days in 1937, marked on the chart; the median year is 104 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Bladgrond by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1933	78 days
1934	155 days
1935	120 days
1936	106 days
1937	238 days
1938	111 days
1939	51 days
1940	164 days
1941	116 days
1942	110 days
1943	104 days
1944	104 days
1945	88 days
1946	81 days
1947	141 days
1948	176 days
1949	150 days
1950	109 days
1951	100 days
1952	114 days
1953	94 days
1954	181 days
1955	87 days
1956	93 days
1957	70 days
1958	179 days
1959	122 days
1960	217 days
1961	68 days
1962	166 days
1963	64 days
1964	88 days
1965	91 days
1966	194 days
1967	128 days
1968	95 days
1969	171 days
1970	67 days
1971	53 days
1972	119 days
1973	90 days
1974	72 days
1975	67 days
1976	71 days
1977	88 days
1978	118 days
1979	55 days
1980	80 days
1981	104 days
1982	83 days
1983	86 days
1984	196 days
1985	109 days
1986	145 days
1987	67 days
1988	139 days
1989	167 days
1990	159 days
1991	96 days
1992	168 days
1993	99 days
1994	98 days
1995	68 days
1996	71 days
1997	156 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

65 years, 1933 to 1997

A day with at least 25.7 mm (1.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 99.7 mm (3.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Bladgrond: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
5 years	40.3 mm (1.6 in)
10 years	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
25 years	68.7 mm (2.7 in)
50 years	83.3 mm (3.3 in)
100 years	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	Longer than the 65 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, 65 years of values from 1933 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: 100.0 mm (3.9 in) in 1976; 81.0 mm (3.2 in) in 1974; 64.0 mm (2.5 in) in 1996.

Download the Data

Data for Bladgrond standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Bladgrond 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 2026-10-13 (13 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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