Verkeerdevlei (Pol) Weather Records (SF002945000)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Verkeerdevlei (Pol) (SF002945000), South Africa, with 75 years of record.

Key Facts for Verkeerdevlei (Pol)

Verkeerdevlei (Pol) (SF002945000) is a weather station in South Africa at -28.83 latitude and 26.78 longitude, 1,472 m (4,829 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1923 to 1997, 75 years of record.
0 records set at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Verkeerdevlei (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 27 July 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -28.83 latitude, 26.78 longitude.
Elevation: 1,472 m (4,829 ft).
Period of record: 1923 to 1997, 75 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 Verkeerdevlei (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 Verkeerdevlei (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) between 16 March 1960 and 16 March 1960. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 113.5 mm (4.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Verkeerdevlei (Pol). The most was 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 16 March 1960.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Verkeerdevlei (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	19 January 1946
Feb	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	12 February 1923
Mar	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	16 March 1960
Apr	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2 April 1953
May	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 May 1996
Jun	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	3 June 1961
Jul	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25 July 1996
Aug	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 August 1943
Sep	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	22 September 1980
Oct	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	19 October 1939
Nov	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 November 1963
Dec	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 December 1995

Latest Records

Latest records at Verkeerdevlei (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1997	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1997	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1997	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1997	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	73 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1996	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1995	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1995	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1995	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1923 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Verkeerdevlei (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	1960	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	75
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	261.2 mm (10.3 in)	1923	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	75
Longest dry spell (CDD)	181 days	1994	72 days	75

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Verkeerdevlei (Pol), 1923 to 1997. The record is 113.5 mm (4.5 in) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.1 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1923	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1924	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1925	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1926	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1927	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1928	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1929	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1930	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1931	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1932	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1933	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1934	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1935	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1936	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1937	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1938	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1939	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1940	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1941	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1942	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1943	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1944	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1945	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1946	102.4 mm (4.0 in)
1947	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1948	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1949	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1950	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1951	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1952	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1953	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1954	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1955	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1956	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1957	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1958	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1959	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1960	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1961	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1962	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1963	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1965	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1966	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1967	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1968	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1969	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1970	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1971	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1972	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1973	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1974	38.7 mm (1.5 in)
1975	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1976	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1977	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
1978	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1979	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1980	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1981	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1982	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1983	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1984	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1985	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1986	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1987	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1988	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1989	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1990	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1991	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1992	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1993	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1994	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1995	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1996	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1997	60.0 mm (2.4 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Verkeerdevlei (Pol), 1923 to 1997. The record is 261.2 mm (10.3 in) in 1923, marked on the chart; the median year is 85.0 mm (3.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1923	261.2 mm (10.3 in)
1924	114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1925	124.5 mm (4.9 in)
1926	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1927	108.4 mm (4.3 in)
1928	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1929	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1930	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1931	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1932	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1933	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1934	107.1 mm (4.2 in)
1935	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1936	122.8 mm (4.8 in)
1937	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1938	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1939	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1940	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1941	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1942	76.4 mm (3.0 in)
1943	133.1 mm (5.2 in)
1944	53.9 mm (2.1 in)
1945	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1946	141.8 mm (5.6 in)
1947	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1948	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1949	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1950	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1951	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1952	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1953	138.9 mm (5.5 in)
1954	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1955	123.7 mm (4.9 in)
1956	115.5 mm (4.5 in)
1957	93.6 mm (3.7 in)
1958	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1959	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1961	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1962	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1963	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1964	106.0 mm (4.2 in)
1965	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1966	122.6 mm (4.8 in)
1967	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1968	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1969	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1970	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1971	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1972	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1973	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1974	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1975	129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1976	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1977	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1978	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
1979	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1980	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1981	115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1982	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1983	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1984	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1985	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1986	62.6 mm (2.5 in)
1987	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1988	124.5 mm (4.9 in)
1989	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1990	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1991	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1992	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1993	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1994	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1995	145.6 mm (5.7 in)
1996	106.0 mm (4.2 in)
1997	62.0 mm (2.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Verkeerdevlei (Pol), 1923 to 1997. The record is 181 days in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 72 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Verkeerdevlei (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1923	68 days
1924	23 days
1925	84 days
1926	143 days
1927	71 days
1928	119 days
1929	43 days
1930	75 days
1931	67 days
1932	125 days
1933	78 days
1934	54 days
1935	76 days
1936	141 days
1937	70 days
1938	51 days
1939	37 days
1940	82 days
1941	73 days
1942	92 days
1943	37 days
1944	95 days
1945	134 days
1946	64 days
1947	126 days
1948	149 days
1949	28 days
1950	29 days
1951	42 days
1952	37 days
1953	58 days
1954	104 days
1955	57 days
1956	114 days
1957	38 days
1958	104 days
1959	77 days
1960	56 days
1961	65 days
1962	123 days
1963	79 days
1964	60 days
1965	39 days
1966	127 days
1967	87 days
1968	38 days
1969	69 days
1970	39 days
1971	74 days
1972	85 days
1973	99 days
1974	104 days
1975	73 days
1976	56 days
1977	128 days
1978	51 days
1979	39 days
1980	111 days
1981	73 days
1982	39 days
1983	46 days
1984	100 days
1985	90 days
1986	133 days
1987	45 days
1988	48 days
1989	46 days
1990	38 days
1991	92 days
1992	106 days
1993	60 days
1994	181 days
1995	72 days
1996	51 days
1997	28 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

74 years, 1923 to 1997

A day with at least 52.5 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 121.9 mm (4.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Verkeerdevlei (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	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
10 years	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
25 years	98.9 mm (3.9 in)
50 years	110.4 mm (4.3 in)
100 years	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	Longer than the 74 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, 74 years of values from 1923 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: 113.5 mm (4.5 in) in 1960; 111.8 mm (4.4 in) in 1923; 102.9 mm (4.1 in) in 1925.

Download the Data

Data for Verkeerdevlei (Pol) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Verkeerdevlei (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 2026-10-14 (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).

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