Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) Weather Records (SF004758810)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) (SF004758810), South Africa, with 100 years of record.

Key Facts for Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)

Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) (SF004758810) is a weather station in South Africa at -26.18 latitude and 28.00 longitude, 1,747 m (5,732 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1898 to 1997, 100 years of record.
0 records set at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) set a daily record precipitation of 16.0 mm (0.6 in) on 1 June 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -26.18 latitude, 28.00 longitude.
Elevation: 1,747 m (5,732 ft).
Period of record: 1898 to 1997, 100 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 Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem). 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 Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), 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 Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 219.7 mm (8.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem). The most was 219.7 mm (8.6 in) on 14 February 1918.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	21 January 1909
Feb	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	14 February 1918
Mar	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	4 March 1945
Apr	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 April 1948
May	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 May 1936
Jun	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 June 1944
Jul	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 July 1952
Aug	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	1 August 1918
Sep	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	26 September 1987
Oct	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	2 October 1976
Nov	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 November 1917
Dec	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	14 December 1985

Latest Records

Latest records at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 June 1997	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1997	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 August 1996	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1996	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1996	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1993	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1993	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1993	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1993	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1993	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain (Tie)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	tie	72 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1992	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1992	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 June 1991	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1991	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1991	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1991	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1990	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1990	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1989	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1898 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	1918	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	99
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	366.5 mm (14.4 in)	1944	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	99
Longest dry spell (CDD)	178 days	1993	78 days	99

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), 1898 to 1997. The record is 219.7 mm (8.6 in) in 1918, marked on the chart; the median year is 57.8 mm (2.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1898	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1899	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1900	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1902	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1903	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1904	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1905	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1906	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1907	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1908	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1909	167.6 mm (6.6 in)
1910	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1911	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1912	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1913	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1914	102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1915	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1916	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1917	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1918	219.7 mm (8.6 in)
1919	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1920	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1921	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1922	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1923	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1924	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1925	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1926	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1927	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1928	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1929	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1930	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1931	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1932	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1933	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1934	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1935	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1936	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1937	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1938	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1939	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1940	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1941	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1942	88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1943	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1944	152.7 mm (6.0 in)
1945	138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1946	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1947	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1948	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1949	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1950	92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1951	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1952	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1953	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1954	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1955	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1956	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1957	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1958	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1959	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1960	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1961	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1962	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1963	57.8 mm (2.3 in)
1964	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
1965	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1966	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1967	129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1968	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1969	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1970	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1971	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1972	104.0 mm (4.1 in)
1973	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1974	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1975	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1976	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1977	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1978	70.8 mm (2.8 in)
1979	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1980	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1981	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1982	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1983	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1984	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1985	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1986	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1987	106.1 mm (4.2 in)
1988	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1989	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1990	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1991	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1992	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1993	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1994	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1995	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1996	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1997	108.5 mm (4.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), 1898 to 1997. The record is 366.5 mm (14.4 in) in 1944, marked on the chart; the median year is 97.8 mm (3.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1898	78.8 mm (3.1 in)
1899	69.7 mm (2.7 in)
1900	103.7 mm (4.1 in)
1902	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1903	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1904	106.7 mm (4.2 in)
1905	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1906	102.4 mm (4.0 in)
1907	144.2 mm (5.7 in)
1908	102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1909	291.3 mm (11.5 in)
1910	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1911	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1912	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1913	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1914	114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1915	114.7 mm (4.5 in)
1916	129.8 mm (5.1 in)
1917	162.1 mm (6.4 in)
1918	238.8 mm (9.4 in)
1919	107.1 mm (4.2 in)
1920	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1921	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1922	95.7 mm (3.8 in)
1923	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1924	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1925	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1926	69.4 mm (2.7 in)
1927	77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1928	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1929	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1930	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1931	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1932	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1933	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1934	155.8 mm (6.1 in)
1935	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1936	120.6 mm (4.7 in)
1937	128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1938	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1939	123.7 mm (4.9 in)
1940	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1941	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1942	175.4 mm (6.9 in)
1943	145.8 mm (5.7 in)
1944	366.5 mm (14.4 in)
1945	223.6 mm (8.8 in)
1946	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1947	150.8 mm (5.9 in)
1948	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1949	167.1 mm (6.6 in)
1950	137.4 mm (5.4 in)
1951	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1952	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1953	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1954	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1955	147.0 mm (5.8 in)
1956	141.2 mm (5.6 in)
1957	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1958	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1959	68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1960	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1961	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1962	83.7 mm (3.3 in)
1963	82.2 mm (3.2 in)
1964	80.6 mm (3.2 in)
1965	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1966	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1967	161.0 mm (6.3 in)
1968	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1969	81.7 mm (3.2 in)
1970	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1971	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1972	158.5 mm (6.2 in)
1973	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1974	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1975	141.5 mm (5.6 in)
1976	136.5 mm (5.4 in)
1977	185.0 mm (7.3 in)
1978	155.3 mm (6.1 in)
1979	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1980	132.5 mm (5.2 in)
1981	198.0 mm (7.8 in)
1982	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1983	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1984	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1985	168.0 mm (6.6 in)
1986	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
1987	110.3 mm (4.3 in)
1988	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1989	123.5 mm (4.9 in)
1990	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1991	75.3 mm (3.0 in)
1992	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1993	185.5 mm (7.3 in)
1994	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1995	96.2 mm (3.8 in)
1996	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1997	125.0 mm (4.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), 1898 to 1997. The record is 178 days in 1993, marked on the chart; the median year is 78 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1898	15 days
1899	76 days
1900	54 days
1902	49 days
1903	141 days
1904	80 days
1905	58 days
1906	31 days
1907	120 days
1908	85 days
1909	40 days
1910	94 days
1911	60 days
1912	112 days
1913	67 days
1914	52 days
1915	50 days
1916	168 days
1917	26 days
1918	61 days
1919	86 days
1920	105 days
1921	111 days
1922	69 days
1923	59 days
1924	88 days
1925	72 days
1926	75 days
1927	92 days
1928	71 days
1929	93 days
1930	51 days
1931	87 days
1932	128 days
1933	72 days
1934	31 days
1935	108 days
1936	110 days
1937	117 days
1938	43 days
1939	43 days
1940	68 days
1941	90 days
1942	67 days
1943	38 days
1944	94 days
1945	134 days
1946	129 days
1947	74 days
1948	88 days
1949	54 days
1950	104 days
1951	101 days
1952	71 days
1953	142 days
1954	88 days
1955	100 days
1956	58 days
1957	47 days
1958	82 days
1959	57 days
1960	57 days
1961	83 days
1962	123 days
1963	80 days
1964	46 days
1965	75 days
1966	83 days
1967	74 days
1968	91 days
1969	78 days
1970	73 days
1971	74 days
1972	84 days
1973	109 days
1974	63 days
1975	73 days
1976	119 days
1977	78 days
1978	87 days
1979	28 days
1980	112 days
1981	76 days
1982	64 days
1983	44 days
1984	69 days
1985	112 days
1986	86 days
1987	123 days
1988	59 days
1989	123 days
1990	111 days
1991	90 days
1992	103 days
1993	178 days
1994	166 days
1995	111 days
1996	54 days
1997	55 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

90 years, 1899 to 1993

A day with at least 58.8 mm (2.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 189.5 mm (7.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	58.8 mm (2.3 in)
5 years	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
10 years	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
25 years	133.9 mm (5.3 in)
50 years	159.9 mm (6.3 in)
100 years	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	Longer than the 90 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, 90 years of values from 1899 to 1993.

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: 219.7 mm (8.6 in) in 1918; 167.6 mm (6.6 in) in 1909; 152.7 mm (6.0 in) in 1944.

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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). 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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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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