Driekoppies Threshold Days by Year

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Driekoppies (SF003992080): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Driekoppies Thresholds

Driekoppies: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1976 with 30.
Driekoppies: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1978 with 11.
Driekoppies: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 28 years, most in 1937 with 3.
3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Driekoppies.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

58 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Driekoppies with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 30 in 1976.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Driekoppies
Year	Days	Decade average
1928	18	17.5
1929	17	17.5
1930	12	15.9
1931	19	15.9
1932	13	15.9
1933	8	15.9
1934	29	15.9
1935	14	15.9
1936	15	15.9
1937	17	15.9
1938	12	15.9
1939	20	15.9
1940	9	14.8
1941	14	14.8
1942	22	14.8
1943	20	14.8
1944	17	14.8
1945	10	14.8
1946	13	14.8
1947	20	14.8
1948	13	14.8
1949	10	14.8
1950	27	20
1952	13	20
1954	14	20
1955	25	20
1956	21	20
1957	27	20
1958	18	20
1959	15	20
1960	19	16.7
1961	17	16.7
1962	16	16.7
1963	22	16.7
1964	15	16.7
1965	12	16.7
1966	18	16.7
1967	19	16.7
1968	15	16.7
1969	14	16.7
1970	13	22.6
1971	23	22.6
1972	16	22.6
1973	26	22.6
1974	27	22.6
1975	21	22.6
1976	30	22.6
1977	25	22.6
1978	27	22.6
1979	18	22.6
1980	12	13.9
1981	22	13.9
1982	8	13.9
1984	10	13.9
1985	14	13.9
1986	15	13.9
1987	12	13.9
1988	18	13.9

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Driekoppies meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Driekoppies
Year	First date	Last date
1928	1928-01-05	1928-12-13
1929	1929-01-19	1929-12-29
1930	1930-01-24	1930-12-20
1931	1931-01-15	1931-12-29
1932	1932-01-24	1932-11-17
1933	1933-03-04	1933-12-28
1934	1934-01-01	1934-12-06
1935	1935-02-02	1935-12-15
1936	1936-01-09	1936-12-18
1937	1937-01-04	1937-12-24
1938	1938-01-25	1938-11-30
1939	1939-01-08	1939-12-27
1940	1940-02-05	1940-12-20
1941	1941-01-03	1941-12-14
1942	1942-01-02	1942-12-31
1943	1943-01-01	1943-12-12
1944	1944-01-14	1944-11-26
1945	1945-01-06	1945-03-17
1946	1946-01-09	1946-12-22
1947	1947-01-11	1947-12-26
1948	1948-03-03	1948-11-20
1949	1949-01-19	1949-12-23
1950	1950-01-06	1950-12-28
1952	1952-02-06	1952-12-24
1954	1954-01-01	1954-12-08
1955	1955-01-03	1955-12-18
1956	1956-01-05	1956-12-15
1957	1957-01-11	1957-12-31
1958	1958-01-02	1958-12-18
1959	1959-01-06	1959-12-30
1960	1960-01-14	1960-12-28
1961	1961-01-28	1961-12-15
1962	1962-01-11	1962-12-26
1963	1963-01-09	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-08	1964-12-13
1965	1965-01-14	1965-11-25
1966	1966-01-07	1966-12-31
1967	1967-01-17	1967-12-22
1968	1968-02-23	1968-12-07
1969	1969-02-25	1969-12-23
1970	1970-01-07	1970-12-24
1971	1971-01-11	1971-12-22
1972	1972-01-02	1972-11-27
1973	1973-01-26	1973-12-23
1974	1974-01-16	1974-12-27
1975	1975-01-23	1975-12-17
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-26
1977	1977-01-07	1977-12-30
1978	1978-01-11	1978-12-09
1979	1979-01-18	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-31	1980-11-27
1981	1981-01-09	1981-12-01
1982	1982-03-20	1982-12-06
1984	1984-01-08	1984-10-31
1985	1985-01-15	1985-12-13
1986	1986-02-04	1986-12-25
1987	1987-01-11	1987-12-26
1988	1988-01-13	1988-11-01

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Driekoppies
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	58	30	1976	18
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	58	11	1978	5
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	28	3	1937	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1928.

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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). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Driekoppies Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Driekoppies Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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