Schoonoord Weather Records (SF005164800)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Schoonoord (SF005164800), South Africa, with 64 years of record.

Key Facts for Schoonoord

Schoonoord (SF005164800) is a weather station in South Africa at -26.00 latitude and 29.77 longitude, 1,652 m (5,420 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1903 to 1966, 64 years of record.
0 records set at Schoonoord still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Schoonoord set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 October 1965.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -26.00 latitude, 29.77 longitude.
Elevation: 1,652 m (5,420 ft).
Period of record: 1903 to 1966, 64 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 Schoonoord. 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 Schoonoord, with 2026 drawn through them
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

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Schoonoord still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Schoonoord between 8 January 1943 and 8 January 1943. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 148.6 mm (5.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Schoonoord. The most was 148.6 mm (5.9 in) on 8 January 1943.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Schoonoord
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	8 January 1943
Feb	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	20 February 1923
Mar	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	10 March 1958
Apr	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 April 1960
May	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 May 1942
Jun	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 June 1940
Jul	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 July 1943
Aug	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 August 1943
Sep	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 September 1929
Oct	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 October 1914
Nov	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	23 November 1956
Dec	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	21 December 1956

Latest Records

Latest records at Schoonoord
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1965	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1965	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1965	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	9 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1964	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1963	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	9 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1903 to 1966

Yearly extremes at Schoonoord: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	1943	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	1927	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64
Longest dry spell (CDD)	158 days	1953	94 days	64

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Schoonoord, 1903 to 1966. The record is 148.6 mm (5.9 in) in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 50.8 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Schoonoord by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1903	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1904	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1905	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1906	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1907	110.7 mm (4.4 in)
1908	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1909	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1910	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1911	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1912	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1913	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1914	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1915	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1916	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1917	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1918	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1919	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1920	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1921	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1922	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1923	104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1924	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1925	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1926	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1927	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1928	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1929	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1930	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1931	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1932	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1933	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1934	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1935	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1936	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1937	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1938	94.7 mm (3.7 in)
1939	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1940	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1941	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1942	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1943	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1944	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1945	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1946	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1947	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1948	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1949	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1950	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1951	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1952	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1953	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1954	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1955	80.4 mm (3.2 in)
1956	120.0 mm (4.7 in)
1957	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1958	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1959	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1960	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1961	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1962	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1963	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1964	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1965	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1966	30.5 mm (1.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Schoonoord, 1903 to 1966. The record is 204.5 mm (8.1 in) in 1927, marked on the chart; the median year is 88.9 mm (3.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Schoonoord by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1903	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1904	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1905	96.6 mm (3.8 in)
1906	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1907	147.0 mm (5.8 in)
1908	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1909	106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1910	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1911	159.7 mm (6.3 in)
1912	74.3 mm (2.9 in)
1913	63.4 mm (2.5 in)
1914	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1915	108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1916	71.3 mm (2.8 in)
1917	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1918	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1919	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
1920	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1921	92.9 mm (3.7 in)
1922	99.6 mm (3.9 in)
1923	138.5 mm (5.5 in)
1924	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1925	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1926	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1927	204.5 mm (8.1 in)
1928	104.2 mm (4.1 in)
1929	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
1930	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1931	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1932	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1933	77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1934	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1935	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1936	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1937	122.9 mm (4.8 in)
1938	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1939	114.1 mm (4.5 in)
1940	104.4 mm (4.1 in)
1941	111.2 mm (4.4 in)
1942	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1943	157.5 mm (6.2 in)
1944	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1945	82.9 mm (3.3 in)
1946	134.1 mm (5.3 in)
1947	76.1 mm (3.0 in)
1948	106.2 mm (4.2 in)
1949	100.9 mm (4.0 in)
1950	107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1951	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1952	84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1953	108.1 mm (4.3 in)
1954	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1955	154.5 mm (6.1 in)
1956	149.0 mm (5.9 in)
1957	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1958	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1959	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
1960	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1961	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1962	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1963	58.6 mm (2.3 in)
1964	83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1965	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1966	67.6 mm (2.7 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Schoonoord, 1903 to 1966. The record is 158 days in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 94 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Schoonoord by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1903	13 days
1904	122 days
1905	147 days
1906	153 days
1907	115 days
1908	101 days
1909	75 days
1910	68 days
1911	49 days
1912	115 days
1913	78 days
1914	59 days
1915	52 days
1916	133 days
1917	20 days
1918	63 days
1919	108 days
1920	73 days
1921	121 days
1922	71 days
1923	127 days
1924	124 days
1925	79 days
1926	115 days
1927	93 days
1928	123 days
1929	78 days
1930	101 days
1931	76 days
1932	127 days
1933	60 days
1934	49 days
1935	83 days
1936	109 days
1937	144 days
1938	52 days
1939	59 days
1940	90 days
1941	111 days
1942	52 days
1943	47 days
1944	95 days
1945	108 days
1946	128 days
1947	55 days
1948	130 days
1949	119 days
1950	70 days
1951	71 days
1952	74 days
1953	158 days
1954	112 days
1955	122 days
1956	53 days
1957	51 days
1958	98 days
1959	55 days
1960	107 days
1961	87 days
1962	108 days
1963	101 days
1964	95 days
1965	48 days
1966	127 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

57 years, 1906 to 1965

A day with at least 53.0 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 156.1 mm (6.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Schoonoord: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
10 years	89.6 mm (3.5 in)
25 years	113.2 mm (4.5 in)
50 years	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
100 years	156.1 mm (6.1 in)	Longer than the 57 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, 57 years of values from 1906 to 1965.

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: 148.6 mm (5.9 in) in 1943; 120.0 mm (4.7 in) in 1956; 110.7 mm (4.4 in) in 1907.

Download the Data

Data for Schoonoord standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Schoonoord 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).

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