Winton Weather Records (SF003921480)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Winton (SF003921480), South Africa, with 72 years of record.

Key Facts for Winton

Winton (SF003921480) is a weather station in South Africa at -27.50 latitude and 22.63 longitude, 1,190 m (3,904 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1926 to 1997, 72 years of record.
0 records set at Winton still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Winton set a daily record precipitation of 4.0 mm (0.16 in) on 26 July 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -27.50 latitude, 22.63 longitude.
Elevation: 1,190 m (3,904 ft).
Period of record: 1926 to 1997, 72 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 Winton. 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 Winton, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Winton still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Winton between 8 March 1956 and 15 January 1974. Each dot is a new record.

When Winton set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1956-03-08	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1974-01-15	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 138.5 mm (5.5 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 138.5 mm (5.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Winton. The most was 138.5 mm (5.5 in) on 15 January 1974.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Winton
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	15 January 1974
Feb	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	14 February 1958
Mar	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	1 March 1974
Apr	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 April 1973
May	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 May 1970
Jun	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 June 1957
Jul	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 July 1939
Aug	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 August 1950
Sep	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 September 1977
Oct	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16 October 1986
Nov	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 November 1934
Dec	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	2 December 1973

Latest Records

Latest records at Winton
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1997	Winton, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	71 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1997	Winton, ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1997	Winton, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1997	Winton, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1996	Winton, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1995	Winton, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1995	Winton, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Winton, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1995	Winton, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1994	Winton, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1994	Winton, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1993	Winton, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	10 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1993	Winton, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1993	Winton, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1993	Winton, ZA	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1926 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Winton: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	1974	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	72
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	1955	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	72
Longest dry spell (CDD)	254 days	1945	117 days	72

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Winton, 1926 to 1997. The record is 138.5 mm (5.5 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.2 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Winton by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1926	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1927	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1928	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1929	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1930	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1931	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1932	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1933	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1934	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1935	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1936	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1937	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1938	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1939	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1940	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1941	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1942	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1943	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1944	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1945	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1946	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1947	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1948	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1949	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1950	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1951	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1952	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1953	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
1954	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1955	92.3 mm (3.6 in)
1956	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1957	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1958	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1959	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
1960	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1961	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1962	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1963	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1964	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1965	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1966	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1967	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1968	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1969	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1970	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1971	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1972	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1973	97.5 mm (3.8 in)
1974	138.5 mm (5.5 in)
1975	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1976	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1977	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1978	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1979	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1980	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1981	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1982	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1983	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1984	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1985	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1986	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1987	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1988	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1989	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1990	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1991	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1992	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
1993	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1994	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1995	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1996	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1997	30.0 mm (1.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Winton, 1926 to 1997. The record is 255.5 mm (10.1 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 62.4 mm (2.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Winton by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1926	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1927	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1928	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1929	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1930	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
1931	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1932	78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1933	37.4 mm (1.5 in)
1934	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1935	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1936	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1937	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1938	98.4 mm (3.9 in)
1939	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1940	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1941	141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1942	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1943	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1944	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1945	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1946	116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1947	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1948	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1949	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1950	125.2 mm (4.9 in)
1951	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1952	142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1953	62.1 mm (2.4 in)
1954	54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1955	255.5 mm (10.1 in)
1956	180.0 mm (7.1 in)
1957	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1958	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1959	102.4 mm (4.0 in)
1960	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1961	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1962	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1963	106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1964	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1965	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1966	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1967	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1968	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
1969	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1970	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1971	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1972	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1973	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1974	212.0 mm (8.3 in)
1975	148.0 mm (5.8 in)
1976	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1977	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1978	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1979	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1980	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1981	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1982	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1983	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1984	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1985	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1986	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1987	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1988	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
1989	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1990	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1991	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1992	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1993	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1994	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1995	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1996	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1997	64.0 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Winton, 1926 to 1997. The record is 254 days in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 117 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Winton by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1926	108 days
1927	108 days
1928	129 days
1929	109 days
1930	169 days
1931	186 days
1932	148 days
1933	159 days
1934	158 days
1935	148 days
1936	123 days
1937	189 days
1938	121 days
1939	52 days
1940	142 days
1941	111 days
1942	146 days
1943	102 days
1944	146 days
1945	254 days
1946	188 days
1947	82 days
1948	204 days
1949	73 days
1950	53 days
1951	136 days
1952	96 days
1953	169 days
1954	151 days
1955	142 days
1956	184 days
1957	55 days
1958	150 days
1959	161 days
1960	96 days
1961	103 days
1962	138 days
1963	115 days
1964	113 days
1965	113 days
1966	127 days
1967	78 days
1968	114 days
1969	127 days
1970	77 days
1971	68 days
1972	170 days
1973	91 days
1974	83 days
1975	63 days
1976	100 days
1977	147 days
1978	117 days
1979	58 days
1980	123 days
1981	78 days
1982	100 days
1983	95 days
1984	110 days
1985	135 days
1986	116 days
1987	95 days
1988	152 days
1989	101 days
1990	134 days
1991	83 days
1992	134 days
1993	125 days
1994	125 days
1995	109 days
1996	81 days
1997	77 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

71 years, 1926 to 1997

A day with at least 43.8 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 127.2 mm (5.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Winton: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	43.8 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
25 years	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
50 years	110.7 mm (4.4 in)
100 years	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	Longer than the 71 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, 71 years of values from 1926 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: 138.5 mm (5.5 in) in 1974; 101.5 mm (4.0 in) in 1956; 99.0 mm (3.9 in) in 1958.

Download the Data

Data for Winton standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Winton 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 2026-10-12 (12 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).

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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