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Potchefstroom Threshold Days by Year (SF004371040)

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Potchefstroom (SF004371040): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Potchefstroom Thresholds

  • Potchefstroom: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 79 years, most in 1996 with 35.
  • Potchefstroom: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 77 years, most in 1996 with 16.
  • Potchefstroom: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1943 with 3.
  • Potchefstroom: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 19 years, most in 2012 with 191.
  • 11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Potchefstroom.
19 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Potchefstroom Days per year at Potchefstroom with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 191 in 2012. 0501001502002002: 702003: 1432004: 1102005: 1092007: 1202008: 1132011: 1372012: 1912013: 1702014: 1272015: 1732016: 1682017: 1482018: 1742019: 1662020: 1462023: 1392024: 1662026: 282002200420072011201320152017201920232026
Days per year at Potchefstroom with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 191 in 2012.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Potchefstroom
YearDaysDecade average
200270110.8
2003143110.8
2004110110.8
2005109110.8
2007120110.8
2008113110.8
2011137161.6
2012191161.6
2013170161.6
2014127161.6
2015173161.6
2016168161.6
2017148161.6
2018174161.6
2019166161.6
2020146119.8
2023139119.8
2024166119.8
202628119.8
First to last qualifying date each year at Potchefstroom For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Potchefstroom meeting 30 C (86 F). 2002: 1 January 2002 to 17 December 20022003: 2 January 2003 to 31 December 20032004: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 20042005: 1 January 2005 to 29 December 20052007: 3 January 2007 to 31 December 20072008: 1 January 2008 to 31 December 20082011: 13 January 2011 to 31 December 20112012: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 20122013: 1 January 2013 to 31 December 20132014: 1 January 2014 to 31 December 20142015: 2 January 2015 to 31 December 20152016: 1 January 2016 to 31 December 20162017: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 20172018: 1 January 2018 to 29 December 20182019: 2 January 2019 to 31 December 20192020: 1 January 2020 to 31 December 20202023: 9 January 2023 to 25 December 20232024: 1 January 2024 to 29 December 20242026: 1 January 2026 to 9 October 20262002200520112014201720202026JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Potchefstroom meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Potchefstroom
YearFirst dateLast date
20022002-01-012002-12-17
20032003-01-022003-12-31
20042004-01-012004-12-31
20052005-01-012005-12-29
20072007-01-032007-12-31
20082008-01-012008-12-31
20112011-01-132011-12-31
20122012-01-012012-12-31
20132013-01-012013-12-31
20142014-01-012014-12-31
20152015-01-022015-12-31
20162016-01-012016-12-31
20172017-01-012017-12-31
20182018-01-012018-12-29
20192019-01-022019-12-31
20202020-01-012020-12-31
20232023-01-092023-12-25
20242024-01-012024-12-29
20262026-01-012026-10-09

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Potchefstroom
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days19191201228
35 C (95 F): Days195420242
40 C (104 F): Days3320032
90 F (32.2 C): Days19142201216
100 F (37.8 C): Days101320186
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min177720116
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min12620162
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain793519963
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain771619961
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain42319432
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain3119201

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 2002.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).