Vlakplaats Threshold Days by Year (SF005181860)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Vlakplaats (SF005181860): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Vlakplaats Thresholds

Vlakplaats: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 67 years, most in 1939 with 41.
Vlakplaats: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 67 years, most in 1955 with 16.
Vlakplaats: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 49 years, most in 1951 with 6.
Vlakplaats: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 6 years, most in 1939 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Vlakplaats.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

67 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Vlakplaats with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 41 in 1939.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Vlakplaats
Year	Days	Decade average
1923	20	27.7
1924	35	27.7
1925	37	27.7
1926	26	27.7
1927	23	27.7
1928	25	27.7
1929	28	27.7
1930	32	27.6
1931	17	27.6
1932	25	27.6
1934	32	27.6
1935	20	27.6
1936	27	27.6
1937	27	27.6
1938	27	27.6
1939	41	27.6
1940	34	27.7
1941	29	27.7
1943	33	27.7
1944	18	27.7
1945	22	27.7
1946	32	27.7
1947	29	27.7
1948	24	27.7
1949	28	27.7
1950	26	29.5
1951	32	29.5
1952	19	29.5
1955	40	29.5
1956	33	29.5
1957	35	29.5
1958	29	29.5
1959	22	29.5
1960	38	30.5
1961	36	30.5
1962	28	30.5
1963	27	30.5
1964	36	30.5
1965	20	30.5
1966	25	30.5
1967	37	30.5
1968	23	30.5
1969	35	30.5
1970	25	28.5
1971	32	28.5
1972	32	28.5
1973	36	28.5
1974	33	28.5
1975	29	28.5
1976	23	28.5
1977	26	28.5
1978	26	28.5
1979	23	28.5
1980	35	31.6
1981	28	31.6
1982	21	31.6
1983	31	31.6
1986	34	31.6
1987	39	31.6
1989	33	31.6
1990	25	26.6
1991	32	26.6
1992	22	26.6
1993	18	26.6
1994	22	26.6
1995	32	26.6
1996	35	26.6

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Vlakplaats meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Vlakplaats
Year	First date	Last date
1923	1923-01-11	1923-12-20
1924	1924-01-12	1924-12-28
1925	1925-01-05	1925-12-28
1926	1926-01-01	1926-12-22
1927	1927-01-28	1927-12-29
1928	1928-01-01	1928-12-27
1929	1929-01-11	1929-12-20
1930	1930-01-04	1930-12-30
1931	1931-01-01	1931-11-26
1932	1932-01-13	1932-12-26
1934	1934-01-02	1934-12-29
1935	1935-01-07	1935-12-29
1936	1936-01-11	1936-12-29
1937	1937-01-01	1937-12-27
1938	1938-01-08	1938-12-30
1939	1939-01-01	1939-12-26
1940	1940-01-15	1940-12-28
1941	1941-01-03	1941-12-21
1943	1943-01-09	1943-12-28
1944	1944-01-01	1944-12-24
1945	1945-01-03	1945-12-21
1946	1946-01-07	1946-12-21
1947	1947-01-02	1947-12-27
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-19
1949	1949-01-12	1949-12-28
1950	1950-01-06	1950-12-26
1951	1951-01-12	1951-12-26
1952	1952-01-06	1952-12-31
1955	1955-01-02	1955-12-30
1956	1956-01-13	1956-12-22
1957	1957-01-16	1957-12-25
1958	1958-01-05	1958-11-24
1959	1959-01-11	1959-12-27
1960	1960-01-18	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-05	1961-12-25
1962	1962-01-09	1962-12-24
1963	1963-01-05	1963-12-14
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-28
1965	1965-01-06	1965-12-28
1966	1966-01-11	1966-12-21
1967	1967-01-04	1967-12-25
1968	1968-01-06	1968-12-29
1969	1969-01-07	1969-12-24
1970	1970-01-19	1970-12-25
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-16
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-29
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-18
1974	1974-01-11	1974-12-23
1975	1975-01-10	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-06	1976-12-28
1977	1977-01-13	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-02	1978-12-29
1979	1979-01-02	1979-12-29
1980	1980-01-02	1980-12-29
1981	1981-01-09	1981-12-30
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-23
1983	1983-01-03	1983-12-26
1986	1986-01-13	1986-12-29
1987	1987-01-07	1987-12-27
1989	1989-01-03	1989-12-14
1990	1990-01-08	1990-12-24
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-25
1992	1992-01-05	1992-12-30
1993	1993-01-24	1993-12-28
1994	1994-02-19	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-08	1995-12-23
1996	1996-01-07	1996-12-23

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Vlakplaats
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	67	41	1939	35
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	67	16	1955	16
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	49	6	1951	5
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	6	1	1939	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1923.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Vlakplaats Threshold Days by Year (SF005181860)

Key Facts for Vlakplaats Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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