Karina Weather Records (SF004795450)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Karina (SF004795450), South Africa, with 70 years of record.

Key Facts for Karina

Karina (SF004795450) is a weather station in South Africa at -26.08 latitude and 29.83 longitude, 1,648 m (5,407 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1910 to 1979, 70 years of record.
0 records set at Karina still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Karina set a daily record precipitation of 20.0 mm (0.8 in) on 19 April 1979.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -26.08 latitude, 29.83 longitude.
Elevation: 1,648 m (5,407 ft).
Period of record: 1910 to 1979, 70 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 Karina. 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 Karina, 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 Karina still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Karina between 16 February 1941 and 16 February 1941. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 186.7 mm (7.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Karina. The most was 186.7 mm (7.4 in) on 16 February 1941.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Karina
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	17 January 1972
Feb	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	16 February 1941
Mar	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	29 March 1974
Apr	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2 April 1938
May	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 May 1926
Jun	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17 June 1940
Jul	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 July 1939
Aug	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 August 1934
Sep	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 September 1971
Oct	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 October 1920
Nov	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 November 1932
Dec	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	28 December 1955

Latest Records

Latest records at Karina
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1979	Karina, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1978	Karina, ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1977	Karina, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	59 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1977	Karina, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1976	Karina, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1975	Karina, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 November 1975	Karina, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1975	Karina, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1975	Karina, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1975	Karina, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1910 to 1979

Yearly extremes at Karina: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	1941	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	70
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	1941	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	70
Longest dry spell (CDD)	336 days	1970	78 days	70

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Karina, 1910 to 1979. The record is 186.7 mm (7.4 in) in 1941, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.7 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Karina by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1910	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1911	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1912	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1913	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1914	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1915	90.4 mm (3.6 in)
1916	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1917	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1918	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1919	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1920	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1921	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1922	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1923	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1924	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1925	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1926	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1927	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1928	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1929	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1930	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1931	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1932	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1933	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1934	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1935	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1936	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1937	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1938	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1939	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1940	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1941	186.7 mm (7.4 in)
1942	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1943	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
1944	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
1945	15.6 mm (0.6 in)
1946	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1947	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1948	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1949	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1950	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
1951	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1952	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
1953	117.5 mm (4.6 in)
1954	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1955	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1956	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1957	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1958	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1959	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1960	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1961	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1962	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1963	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1964	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1965	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1966	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1967	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1968	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1969	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1970	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1971	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1972	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1973	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1974	123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1975	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1976	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1977	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1978	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1979	25.3 mm (1.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Karina, 1910 to 1979. The record is 203.7 mm (8.0 in) in 1941, marked on the chart; the median year is 82.8 mm (3.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Karina by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1910	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1911	164.1 mm (6.5 in)
1912	145.9 mm (5.7 in)
1913	82.9 mm (3.3 in)
1914	95.6 mm (3.8 in)
1915	121.2 mm (4.8 in)
1916	133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1917	100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1918	126.1 mm (5.0 in)
1919	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1920	131.6 mm (5.2 in)
1921	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1922	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1923	143.1 mm (5.6 in)
1924	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1925	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1926	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1927	140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1928	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1929	79.9 mm (3.1 in)
1930	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1931	66.7 mm (2.6 in)
1932	101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1933	67.2 mm (2.6 in)
1934	131.8 mm (5.2 in)
1935	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1936	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1937	103.9 mm (4.1 in)
1938	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1939	152.6 mm (6.0 in)
1940	117.3 mm (4.6 in)
1941	203.7 mm (8.0 in)
1942	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1943	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1944	37.2 mm (1.5 in)
1945	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1946	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1947	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1948	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1949	44.9 mm (1.8 in)
1950	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1951	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1952	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1953	162.9 mm (6.4 in)
1954	123.2 mm (4.9 in)
1955	152.5 mm (6.0 in)
1956	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1957	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1958	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1959	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1960	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1961	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1962	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1963	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1964	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1965	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1966	167.0 mm (6.6 in)
1967	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1968	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1969	81.7 mm (3.2 in)
1970	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1971	97.5 mm (3.8 in)
1972	144.0 mm (5.7 in)
1973	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1974	123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1975	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1976	102.5 mm (4.0 in)
1977	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1978	70.2 mm (2.8 in)
1979	44.1 mm (1.7 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Karina, 1910 to 1979. The record is 336 days in 1970, marked on the chart; the median year is 78 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Karina by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1910	67 days
1911	47 days
1912	157 days
1913	63 days
1914	80 days
1915	52 days
1916	148 days
1917	19 days
1918	87 days
1919	51 days
1920	60 days
1921	114 days
1922	70 days
1923	71 days
1924	84 days
1925	43 days
1926	53 days
1927	79 days
1928	122 days
1929	96 days
1930	104 days
1931	75 days
1932	116 days
1933	77 days
1934	32 days
1935	53 days
1936	56 days
1937	136 days
1938	45 days
1939	35 days
1940	77 days
1941	83 days
1942	59 days
1943	45 days
1944	94 days
1945	139 days
1946	137 days
1947	50 days
1948	127 days
1949	83 days
1950	124 days
1951	43 days
1952	74 days
1953	117 days
1954	97 days
1955	121 days
1956	78 days
1957	60 days
1958	99 days
1959	66 days
1960	49 days
1961	91 days
1962	75 days
1963	96 days
1964	85 days
1965	56 days
1966	98 days
1967	48 days
1968	53 days
1969	54 days
1970	336 days
1971	82 days
1972	103 days
1973	162 days
1974	46 days
1975	144 days
1976	146 days
1977	138 days
1978	48 days
1979	31 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

66 years, 1911 to 1978

A day with at least 48.6 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 142.8 mm (5.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Karina: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
5 years	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
10 years	88.8 mm (3.5 in)
25 years	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
50 years	126.3 mm (5.0 in)
100 years	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	Longer than the 66 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, 66 years of values from 1911 to 1978.

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: 186.7 mm (7.4 in) in 1941; 123.0 mm (4.8 in) in 1974; 117.5 mm (4.6 in) in 1953.

Download the Data

Data for Karina standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Karina 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 2026-10-14 (14 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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