Gemsbokfontein Weather Records (SF005162850)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Gemsbokfontein (SF005162850), South Africa, with 62 years of record.

Key Facts for Gemsbokfontein

Gemsbokfontein (SF005162850) is a weather station in South Africa at -25.75 latitude and 29.67 longitude, 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1913 to 1974, 62 years of record.
0 records set at Gemsbokfontein still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Gemsbokfontein set a daily record precipitation of 3.0 mm (0.12 in) on 3 June 1974.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -25.75 latitude, 29.67 longitude.
Elevation: 1,638 m (5,374 ft).
Period of record: 1913 to 1974, 62 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 Gemsbokfontein. 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 Gemsbokfontein, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Gemsbokfontein still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Gemsbokfontein between 9 February 1953 and 29 December 1955. Each dot is a new record.

When Gemsbokfontein set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1953-02-09	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1955-12-29	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 102.5 mm (4.0 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 102.5 mm (4.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Gemsbokfontein. The most was 102.5 mm (4.0 in) on 29 December 1955.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Gemsbokfontein
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 January 1937
Feb	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	9 February 1953
Mar	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 March 1960
Apr	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 April 1958
May	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	31 May 1942
Jun	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 June 1940
Jul	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 July 1943
Aug	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 August 1957
Sep	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	3 September 1926
Oct	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 October 1915
Nov	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	20 November 1963
Dec	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	29 December 1955

Latest Records

Latest records at Gemsbokfontein
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1974	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1974	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1974	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1974	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1974	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	0 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1973	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1972	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1972	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1972	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1971	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1971	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1971	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1971	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1913 to 1974

Yearly extremes at Gemsbokfontein: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	1955	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	62
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	1966	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	62
Longest dry spell (CDD)	146 days	1916	75 days	62

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Gemsbokfontein, 1913 to 1974. The record is 102.5 mm (4.0 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.4 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Gemsbokfontein by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1913	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1914	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1915	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1916	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1917	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1918	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1919	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1920	42.1 mm (1.7 in)
1921	58.6 mm (2.3 in)
1922	90.1 mm (3.5 in)
1923	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1924	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1925	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1926	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1927	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1928	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1929	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
1930	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1931	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1932	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1933	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1934	59.1 mm (2.3 in)
1935	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1936	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1937	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1938	39.8 mm (1.6 in)
1939	43.1 mm (1.7 in)
1940	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1941	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1942	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1943	64.7 mm (2.5 in)
1944	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1945	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1946	62.4 mm (2.5 in)
1947	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1948	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1949	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1950	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
1951	50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1952	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1953	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1954	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1955	102.5 mm (4.0 in)
1956	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1957	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1958	101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1959	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1960	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1961	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1962	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1963	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1964	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1965	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1966	99.5 mm (3.9 in)
1967	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1968	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1969	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1970	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1971	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1972	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1973	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1974	31.0 mm (1.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Gemsbokfontein, 1913 to 1974. The record is 233.0 mm (9.2 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 90.3 mm (3.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Gemsbokfontein by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1913	63.9 mm (2.5 in)
1914	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1915	170.6 mm (6.7 in)
1916	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1917	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1918	87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1919	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1920	93.7 mm (3.7 in)
1921	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1922	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1923	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1924	115.9 mm (4.6 in)
1925	58.8 mm (2.3 in)
1926	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1927	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1928	99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1929	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1930	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1931	88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1932	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1933	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1934	81.4 mm (3.2 in)
1935	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1936	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1937	146.1 mm (5.8 in)
1938	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1939	95.9 mm (3.8 in)
1940	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1941	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1942	103.2 mm (4.1 in)
1943	127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1944	97.6 mm (3.8 in)
1945	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1946	151.4 mm (6.0 in)
1947	96.6 mm (3.8 in)
1948	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1949	111.7 mm (4.4 in)
1950	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1951	118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1952	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1953	121.3 mm (4.8 in)
1954	83.7 mm (3.3 in)
1955	208.0 mm (8.2 in)
1956	177.0 mm (7.0 in)
1957	116.0 mm (4.6 in)
1958	139.0 mm (5.5 in)
1959	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1960	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1961	107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1962	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1963	115.5 mm (4.5 in)
1964	89.5 mm (3.5 in)
1965	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1966	233.0 mm (9.2 in)
1967	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1968	138.0 mm (5.4 in)
1969	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1970	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1971	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1972	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1973	106.0 mm (4.2 in)
1974	47.0 mm (1.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Gemsbokfontein, 1913 to 1974. The record is 146 days in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 75 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Gemsbokfontein by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1913	44 days
1914	81 days
1915	51 days
1916	146 days
1917	19 days
1918	77 days
1919	53 days
1920	60 days
1921	93 days
1922	87 days
1923	110 days
1924	88 days
1925	76 days
1926	53 days
1927	80 days
1928	93 days
1929	91 days
1930	105 days
1931	77 days
1932	128 days
1933	54 days
1934	46 days
1935	79 days
1936	109 days
1937	135 days
1938	42 days
1939	55 days
1940	66 days
1941	64 days
1942	59 days
1943	38 days
1944	119 days
1945	109 days
1946	104 days
1947	51 days
1948	119 days
1949	119 days
1950	128 days
1951	41 days
1952	74 days
1953	98 days
1954	112 days
1955	81 days
1956	52 days
1957	47 days
1958	83 days
1959	56 days
1960	37 days
1961	91 days
1962	73 days
1963	73 days
1964	58 days
1965	71 days
1966	83 days
1967	43 days
1968	54 days
1969	49 days
1970	63 days
1971	108 days
1972	90 days
1973	51 days
1974	30 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

61 years, 1913 to 1973

A day with at least 51.1 mm (2.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 121.9 mm (4.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Gemsbokfontein: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
5 years	67.4 mm (2.7 in)
10 years	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
25 years	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
50 years	108.2 mm (4.3 in)
100 years	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	Longer than the 61 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, 61 years of values from 1913 to 1973.

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: 102.5 mm (4.0 in) in 1955; 101.0 mm (4.0 in) in 1958; 100.0 mm (3.9 in) in 1957.

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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 2026-10-14 (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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