Rietpan Weather Records (SF003984090)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Rietpan (SF003984090), South Africa, with 69 years of record.

Key Facts for Rietpan

Rietpan (SF003984090) is a weather station in South Africa at -27.32 latitude and 25.73 longitude, 1,322 m (4,337 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1929 to 1997, 69 years of record.
0 records set at Rietpan still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Rietpan set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 14 October 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -27.32 latitude, 25.73 longitude.
Elevation: 1,322 m (4,337 ft).
Period of record: 1929 to 1997, 69 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 Rietpan. 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 Rietpan, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Rietpan still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Rietpan between 3 March 1968 and 3 March 1968. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 106.6 mm (4.2 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Rietpan. The most was 106.6 mm (4.2 in) on 3 March 1968.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Rietpan
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	14 January 1976
Feb	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	20 February 1988
Mar	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	3 March 1968
Apr	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	3 April 1996
May	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	3 May 1950
Jun	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 June 1944
Jul	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 July 1939
Aug	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 August 1943
Sep	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 September 1973
Oct	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	6 October 1983
Nov	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	4 November 1976
Dec	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	31 December 1950

Latest Records

Latest records at Rietpan
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1997	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	8 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Rietpan, ZA	monthly rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1996	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	12 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1995	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1929 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Rietpan: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	1968	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	1968	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	69
Longest dry spell (CDD)	194 days	1933	96 days	69

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Rietpan, 1929 to 1997. The record is 106.6 mm (4.2 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 47.0 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Rietpan by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1929	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1930	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1931	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1932	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1933	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1934	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1935	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1936	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1937	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1938	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1939	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1940	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1941	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1942	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1943	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1944	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1945	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1946	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1947	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1948	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1949	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1950	102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1951	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1952	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1953	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1954	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1955	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1956	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1957	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1958	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1959	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1960	51.9 mm (2.0 in)
1961	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1962	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1963	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1964	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1965	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1966	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1967	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1968	106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1969	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1970	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1971	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1972	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1973	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1974	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1975	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1976	94.8 mm (3.7 in)
1977	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1978	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1979	78.4 mm (3.1 in)
1980	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1981	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1982	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1983	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1984	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1985	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
1986	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1987	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1988	101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1989	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1990	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1991	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1992	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1993	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1994	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1995	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1996	86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1997	35.0 mm (1.4 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Rietpan, 1929 to 1997. The record is 178.6 mm (7.0 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 76.4 mm (3.0 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Rietpan by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1929	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
1930	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1931	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1932	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1933	76.4 mm (3.0 in)
1934	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1935	54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1936	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1937	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1938	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
1939	78.8 mm (3.1 in)
1940	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1941	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1942	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1943	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1944	127.4 mm (5.0 in)
1945	149.4 mm (5.9 in)
1946	85.7 mm (3.4 in)
1947	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1948	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1949	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1950	116.3 mm (4.6 in)
1951	107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1952	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1953	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1954	96.2 mm (3.8 in)
1955	87.8 mm (3.5 in)
1956	136.7 mm (5.4 in)
1957	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1958	69.7 mm (2.7 in)
1959	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1960	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1961	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1962	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1963	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1964	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1965	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1966	43.8 mm (1.7 in)
1967	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1968	178.6 mm (7.0 in)
1969	62.6 mm (2.5 in)
1970	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1971	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1972	56.3 mm (2.2 in)
1973	78.9 mm (3.1 in)
1974	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1975	145.6 mm (5.7 in)
1976	178.4 mm (7.0 in)
1977	136.0 mm (5.4 in)
1978	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1979	116.0 mm (4.6 in)
1980	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1981	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1982	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1983	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1984	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1985	50.9 mm (2.0 in)
1986	119.9 mm (4.7 in)
1987	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
1988	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1989	96.1 mm (3.8 in)
1990	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1991	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1992	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1993	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1994	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1995	123.8 mm (4.9 in)
1996	86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1997	57.4 mm (2.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Rietpan, 1929 to 1997. The record is 194 days in 1933, marked on the chart; the median year is 96 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Rietpan by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1929	15 days
1930	62 days
1931	186 days
1932	100 days
1933	194 days
1934	55 days
1935	78 days
1936	40 days
1937	125 days
1938	52 days
1939	47 days
1940	133 days
1941	151 days
1942	91 days
1943	40 days
1944	96 days
1945	87 days
1946	129 days
1947	126 days
1948	123 days
1949	82 days
1950	48 days
1951	52 days
1952	65 days
1953	142 days
1954	85 days
1955	99 days
1956	109 days
1957	31 days
1958	111 days
1959	58 days
1960	47 days
1961	53 days
1962	121 days
1963	89 days
1964	109 days
1965	62 days
1966	102 days
1967	77 days
1968	144 days
1969	142 days
1970	91 days
1971	155 days
1972	145 days
1973	97 days
1974	105 days
1975	131 days
1976	101 days
1977	145 days
1978	78 days
1979	86 days
1980	167 days
1981	78 days
1982	76 days
1983	74 days
1984	49 days
1985	104 days
1986	84 days
1987	96 days
1988	65 days
1989	106 days
1990	98 days
1991	85 days
1992	96 days
1993	110 days
1994	119 days
1995	115 days
1996	49 days
1997	48 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

67 years, 1930 to 1996

A day with at least 47.3 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 124.0 mm (4.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Rietpan: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
5 years	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
25 years	94.7 mm (3.7 in)
50 years	108.8 mm (4.3 in)
100 years	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	Longer than the 67 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, 67 years of values from 1930 to 1996.

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: 106.6 mm (4.2 in) in 1968; 102.1 mm (4.0 in) in 1950; 101.0 mm (4.0 in) in 1988.

Download the Data

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