Potchefstroom;Braksp Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Potchefstroom;Braksp (SF004368550): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Potchefstroom;Braksp Thresholds

Potchefstroom;Braksp: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 76 years, most in 1934 with 36.
Potchefstroom;Braksp: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 76 years, most in 1944 with 14.
Potchefstroom;Braksp: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1918 with 3.
Potchefstroom;Braksp: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 3 years, most in 1929 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Potchefstroom;Braksp.

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

76 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Potchefstroom;Braksp with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 36 in 1934.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Potchefstroom;Braksp
Year	Days	Decade average
1905	13	20.5
1909	28	20.5
1910	16	21.5
1917	29	21.5
1918	26	21.5
1919	15	21.5
1920	14	21.6
1921	23	21.6
1922	22	21.6
1923	19	21.6
1924	32	21.6
1925	18	21.6
1926	16	21.6
1927	19	21.6
1928	19	21.6
1929	34	21.6
1930	17	21.7
1931	22	21.7
1932	19	21.7
1933	12	21.7
1934	36	21.7
1935	14	21.7
1936	29	21.7
1937	14	21.7
1938	24	21.7
1939	30	21.7
1940	19	23.1
1941	23	23.1
1942	34	23.1
1943	35	23.1
1944	25	23.1
1945	14	23.1
1946	20	23.1
1947	22	23.1
1948	23	23.1
1949	16	23.1
1950	25	21.8
1951	21	21.8
1952	28	21.8
1953	14	21.8
1954	14	21.8
1955	19	21.8
1956	24	21.8
1957	30	21.8
1958	22	21.8
1959	21	21.8
1960	26	21.5
1961	19	21.5
1962	20	21.5
1963	22	21.5
1964	20	21.5
1965	16	21.5
1966	23	21.5
1967	31	21.5
1968	17	21.5
1969	21	21.5
1970	23	23.9
1971	27	23.9
1972	11	23.9
1973	22	23.9
1974	27	23.9
1975	28	23.9
1976	35	23.9
1977	26	23.9
1978	22	23.9
1979	18	23.9
1980	18	21
1981	23	21
1982	21	21
1983	22	21
1984	14	21
1985	15	21
1986	29	21
1987	21	21
1988	26	21
1990	16	16

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Potchefstroom;Braksp
Year	First date	Last date
1905	1905-01-01	1905-12-16
1909	1909-01-13	1909-12-27
1910	1910-01-17	1910-12-22
1917	1917-01-06	1917-12-29
1918	1918-01-05	1918-12-30
1919	1919-01-16	1919-12-30
1920	1920-02-07	1920-12-10
1921	1921-02-01	1921-12-24
1922	1922-01-10	1922-12-29
1923	1923-01-01	1923-11-20
1924	1924-01-04	1924-12-28
1925	1925-01-04	1925-11-12
1926	1926-02-01	1926-12-21
1927	1927-01-03	1927-12-08
1928	1928-01-08	1928-11-24
1929	1929-01-06	1929-12-30
1930	1930-01-02	1930-12-16
1931	1931-01-01	1931-12-21
1932	1932-01-11	1932-12-26
1933	1933-01-16	1933-12-29
1934	1934-01-10	1934-12-26
1935	1935-01-10	1935-12-31
1936	1936-01-04	1936-12-29
1937	1937-01-06	1937-12-30
1938	1938-01-10	1938-12-29
1939	1939-01-09	1939-12-19
1940	1940-01-16	1940-12-23
1941	1941-01-18	1941-12-19
1942	1942-01-02	1942-12-24
1943	1943-01-11	1943-12-12
1944	1944-01-02	1944-12-07
1945	1945-01-06	1945-12-16
1946	1946-01-09	1946-12-22
1947	1947-01-03	1947-12-25
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-17
1949	1949-01-30	1949-12-11
1950	1950-01-03	1950-12-31
1951	1951-01-11	1951-12-17
1952	1952-01-09	1952-12-18
1953	1953-01-11	1953-12-19
1954	1954-01-22	1954-12-26
1955	1955-01-16	1955-12-27
1956	1956-01-04	1956-12-23
1957	1957-01-11	1957-12-24
1958	1958-01-17	1958-12-16
1959	1959-01-04	1959-12-30
1960	1960-01-18	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-17	1961-12-17
1962	1962-01-07	1962-12-22
1963	1963-01-20	1963-12-30
1964	1964-01-17	1964-12-29
1965	1965-01-07	1965-12-15
1966	1966-01-07	1966-12-21
1967	1967-01-03	1967-12-26
1968	1968-01-19	1968-12-09
1969	1969-01-16	1969-12-24
1970	1970-01-03	1970-12-26
1971	1971-01-03	1971-12-27
1972	1972-01-03	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-23
1974	1974-01-05	1974-12-27
1975	1975-01-13	1975-12-21
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-24
1977	1977-01-11	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-02	1978-12-11
1979	1979-01-13	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-11	1980-12-11
1981	1981-01-19	1981-12-21
1982	1982-01-08	1982-12-06
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-25
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-23
1985	1985-01-15	1985-12-17
1986	1986-01-12	1986-12-25
1987	1987-01-11	1987-12-26
1988	1988-01-15	1988-12-21
1990	1990-01-08	1990-12-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Potchefstroom;Braksp
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	76	36	1934	16
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	76	14	1944	6
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	42	3	1918	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	3	1	1929	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1905.

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Potchefstroom;Braksp Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Potchefstroom;Braksp Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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