Pretoria-Fountains Weather Records (SF005133470)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Pretoria-Fountains (SF005133470), South Africa, with 76 years of record.

Key Facts for Pretoria-Fountains

Pretoria-Fountains (SF005133470) is a weather station in South Africa at -25.78 latitude and 28.20 longitude, 1,372 m (4,501 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1904 to 1979, 76 years of record.
0 records set at Pretoria-Fountains still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Pretoria-Fountains set a daily record precipitation of 52.5 mm (2.1 in) on 2 March 1979.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -25.78 latitude, 28.20 longitude.
Elevation: 1,372 m (4,501 ft).
Period of record: 1904 to 1979, 76 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 Pretoria-Fountains. 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 Pretoria-Fountains, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Pretoria-Fountains still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 157.5 mm (6.2 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Pretoria-Fountains. The most was 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 21 January 1909.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Pretoria-Fountains
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	21 January 1909
Feb	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	11 February 1976
Mar	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	11 March 1969
Apr	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	7 April 1971
May	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 May 1936
Jun	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 June 1944
Jul	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2 July 1957
Aug	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	1 August 1918
Sep	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 September 1934
Oct	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	18 October 1969
Nov	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	27 November 1939
Dec	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	17 December 1959

Latest Records

Latest records at Pretoria-Fountains
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1979	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	8 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1978	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	11 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1978	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1978	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1977	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1977	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1977	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1977	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1976	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1976	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1975	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1975	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1975	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1975	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1975	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1974	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1974	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1974	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1974	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1974	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1904 to 1979

Yearly extremes at Pretoria-Fountains: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	1909	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	76
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	321.3 mm (12.6 in)	1909	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	76
Longest dry spell (CDD)	180 days	1977	88 days	76

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Pretoria-Fountains, 1904 to 1979. The record is 157.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1909, marked on the chart; the median year is 56.1 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Pretoria-Fountains by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1904	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1905	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1906	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1907	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1908	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1909	157.5 mm (6.2 in)
1910	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1911	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1912	100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1913	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1914	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1915	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1916	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1917	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1918	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1919	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1920	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1921	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1922	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1923	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1924	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1925	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1926	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1927	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1928	118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1929	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1930	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1931	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1932	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1933	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1934	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1935	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1936	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1937	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1938	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1939	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1940	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1941	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1942	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1943	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1944	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1945	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1946	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1947	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1948	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1949	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1950	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1951	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1952	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1953	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1954	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1955	132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1956	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1957	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1958	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1959	105.5 mm (4.2 in)
1960	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1961	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1962	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1963	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1964	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1965	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1966	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1967	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1968	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1969	104.0 mm (4.1 in)
1970	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1971	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1972	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1973	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1974	40.3 mm (1.6 in)
1975	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1976	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1977	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1978	124.5 mm (4.9 in)
1979	52.5 mm (2.1 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Pretoria-Fountains, 1904 to 1979. The record is 321.3 mm (12.6 in) in 1909, marked on the chart; the median year is 104.0 mm (4.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Pretoria-Fountains by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1904	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1905	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1906	95.2 mm (3.7 in)
1907	127.3 mm (5.0 in)
1908	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1909	321.3 mm (12.6 in)
1910	70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1911	127.1 mm (5.0 in)
1912	107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1913	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1914	149.0 mm (5.9 in)
1915	159.5 mm (6.3 in)
1916	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1917	174.8 mm (6.9 in)
1918	170.5 mm (6.7 in)
1919	116.9 mm (4.6 in)
1920	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1921	114.7 mm (4.5 in)
1922	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1923	95.6 mm (3.8 in)
1924	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1925	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1926	76.6 mm (3.0 in)
1927	117.2 mm (4.6 in)
1928	187.5 mm (7.4 in)
1929	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1930	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1931	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1932	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1933	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1934	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1935	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1936	132.9 mm (5.2 in)
1937	88.3 mm (3.5 in)
1938	78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1939	173.3 mm (6.8 in)
1940	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1941	106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1942	114.1 mm (4.5 in)
1943	85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1944	145.4 mm (5.7 in)
1945	173.5 mm (6.8 in)
1946	149.2 mm (5.9 in)
1947	97.6 mm (3.8 in)
1948	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1949	119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1950	83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1951	117.7 mm (4.6 in)
1952	128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1953	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1954	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1955	135.0 mm (5.3 in)
1956	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1957	114.0 mm (4.5 in)
1958	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1959	137.5 mm (5.4 in)
1960	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1961	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1962	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1963	118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1964	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1965	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1966	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1967	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1968	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1969	169.5 mm (6.7 in)
1970	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1971	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1972	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1973	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1974	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1975	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1976	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1977	134.5 mm (5.3 in)
1978	143.5 mm (5.6 in)
1979	63.0 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Pretoria-Fountains, 1904 to 1979. The record is 180 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 88 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Pretoria-Fountains by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1904	79 days
1905	85 days
1906	126 days
1907	136 days
1908	86 days
1909	78 days
1910	95 days
1911	54 days
1912	142 days
1913	63 days
1914	43 days
1915	51 days
1916	168 days
1917	41 days
1918	121 days
1919	55 days
1920	88 days
1921	122 days
1922	83 days
1923	74 days
1924	88 days
1925	50 days
1926	75 days
1927	97 days
1928	96 days
1929	81 days
1930	56 days
1931	76 days
1932	92 days
1933	71 days
1934	57 days
1935	105 days
1936	110 days
1937	134 days
1938	43 days
1939	43 days
1940	67 days
1941	168 days
1942	54 days
1943	54 days
1944	94 days
1945	110 days
1946	130 days
1947	101 days
1948	119 days
1949	55 days
1950	97 days
1951	100 days
1952	73 days
1953	95 days
1954	112 days
1955	83 days
1956	52 days
1957	46 days
1958	99 days
1959	123 days
1960	58 days
1961	115 days
1962	75 days
1963	91 days
1964	88 days
1965	74 days
1966	107 days
1967	74 days
1968	103 days
1969	66 days
1970	92 days
1971	84 days
1972	142 days
1973	109 days
1974	125 days
1975	159 days
1976	149 days
1977	180 days
1978	59 days
1979	69 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

72 years, 1905 to 1977

A day with at least 56.2 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 168.1 mm (6.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Pretoria-Fountains: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
5 years	76.4 mm (3.0 in)
10 years	92.9 mm (3.7 in)
25 years	118.5 mm (4.7 in)
50 years	141.4 mm (5.6 in)
100 years	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	Longer than the 72 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, 72 years of values from 1905 to 1977.

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: 157.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1909; 133.4 mm (5.3 in) in 1939; 132.0 mm (5.2 in) in 1955.

Download the Data

Data for Pretoria-Fountains standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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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 2026-10-13 (13 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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