Hopkins Weather Records (SF003562850)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Hopkins (SF003562850), South Africa, with 79 years of record.

Key Facts for Hopkins

Hopkins (SF003562850) is a weather station in South Africa at -27.72 latitude and 22.70 longitude, 1,190 m (3,904 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1919 to 1997, 79 years of record.
0 records set at Hopkins still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Hopkins set a daily record precipitation of 17.6 mm (0.7 in) on 29 October 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -27.72 latitude, 22.70 longitude.
Elevation: 1,190 m (3,904 ft).
Period of record: 1919 to 1997, 79 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 Hopkins. 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 Hopkins, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Hopkins still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 116.8 mm (4.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Hopkins. The most was 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 2 March 1920.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Hopkins
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	14 January 1974
Feb	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 February 1973
Mar	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2 March 1920
Apr	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 April 1925
May	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	9 May 1963
Jun	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 June 1991
Jul	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 July 1939
Aug	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 August 1950
Sep	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 September 1957
Oct	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	21 October 1968
Nov	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 November 1934
Dec	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2 December 1973

Latest Records

Latest records at Hopkins
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	78 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1997	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1996	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1996	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	2 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1996	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1995	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1995	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1995	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1995	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	76 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1994	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1994	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1994	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1994	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1919 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Hopkins: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	1920	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	79
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	1920	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	79
Longest dry spell (CDD)	250 days	1949	96 days	79

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Hopkins, 1919 to 1997. The record is 116.8 mm (4.6 in) in 1920, marked on the chart; the median year is 41.9 mm (1.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Hopkins by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1919	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1920	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1921	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1922	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1923	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1924	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1925	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1926	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1927	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1928	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1929	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1930	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1931	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1932	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1933	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1934	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1935	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1936	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1937	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1938	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1939	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1940	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1941	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1942	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1943	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1944	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1945	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1946	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1947	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1948	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1949	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1950	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1951	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1952	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1953	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1954	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1955	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1956	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1957	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1958	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1959	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1960	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1961	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1962	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1963	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1964	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1965	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1966	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1967	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1968	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1969	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1970	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1971	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1972	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1973	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1974	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1975	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1976	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1977	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1978	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1979	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1980	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1981	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1982	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1983	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1984	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1985	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1986	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1988	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1989	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1990	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1991	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1992	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1993	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1994	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1995	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1996	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1997	34.0 mm (1.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Hopkins, 1919 to 1997. The record is 212.9 mm (8.4 in) in 1920, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.1 mm (2.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Hopkins by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1919	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1920	212.9 mm (8.4 in)
1921	114.7 mm (4.5 in)
1922	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1923	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1924	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
1925	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1926	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1927	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1928	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1929	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1930	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1931	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1932	125.4 mm (4.9 in)
1933	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1934	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1935	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1936	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
1937	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1938	77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1939	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1940	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1941	102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1942	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1943	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1944	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1945	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1946	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1947	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1948	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1949	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1950	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1951	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1952	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1953	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1954	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1955	179.4 mm (7.1 in)
1956	119.7 mm (4.7 in)
1957	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1958	135.5 mm (5.3 in)
1959	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1960	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1961	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1962	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1963	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1965	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1966	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1967	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1968	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1969	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1970	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1971	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1972	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1973	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
1974	155.5 mm (6.1 in)
1975	191.0 mm (7.5 in)
1976	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1977	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1978	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1979	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1980	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1981	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1982	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1983	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1984	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1985	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1986	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1987	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1988	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1989	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
1990	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1991	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1992	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1993	145.5 mm (5.7 in)
1994	70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1995	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1996	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1997	59.1 mm (2.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Hopkins, 1919 to 1997. The record is 250 days in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 96 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Hopkins by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1919	129 days
1920	99 days
1921	95 days
1922	130 days
1923	79 days
1924	144 days
1925	70 days
1926	70 days
1927	98 days
1928	120 days
1929	50 days
1930	71 days
1931	99 days
1932	99 days
1933	66 days
1934	138 days
1935	21 days
1936	55 days
1937	151 days
1938	105 days
1939	39 days
1940	85 days
1941	94 days
1942	94 days
1943	40 days
1944	125 days
1945	156 days
1946	69 days
1947	53 days
1948	170 days
1949	250 days
1950	53 days
1951	136 days
1952	96 days
1953	157 days
1954	120 days
1955	106 days
1956	171 days
1957	48 days
1958	76 days
1959	148 days
1960	60 days
1961	92 days
1962	178 days
1963	121 days
1964	119 days
1965	83 days
1966	128 days
1967	67 days
1968	147 days
1969	128 days
1970	77 days
1971	61 days
1972	155 days
1973	91 days
1974	82 days
1975	125 days
1976	65 days
1977	141 days
1978	45 days
1979	51 days
1980	124 days
1981	78 days
1982	101 days
1983	95 days
1984	45 days
1985	120 days
1986	116 days
1987	94 days
1988	108 days
1989	92 days
1990	111 days
1991	97 days
1992	103 days
1993	49 days
1994	99 days
1995	68 days
1996	82 days
1997	64 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

72 years, 1920 to 1997

A day with at least 42.8 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 105.4 mm (4.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Hopkins: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	42.8 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	59.3 mm (2.3 in)
10 years	70.3 mm (2.8 in)
25 years	84.4 mm (3.3 in)
50 years	94.9 mm (3.7 in)
100 years	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	Longer than the 72 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, 72 years of values from 1920 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: 116.8 mm (4.6 in) in 1920; 92.0 mm (3.6 in) in 1974; 83.0 mm (3.3 in) in 1973.

Download the Data

Data for Hopkins standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Hopkins 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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