Pilanesberg-Pol Weather Records (SF005481650)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Pilanesberg-Pol (SF005481650), South Africa, with 79 years of record.

Key Facts for Pilanesberg-Pol

Pilanesberg-Pol (SF005481650) is a weather station in South Africa at -25.25 latitude and 27.12 longitude, 1,143 m (3,750 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1908 to 1986, 79 years of record.
0 records set at Pilanesberg-Pol still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Pilanesberg-Pol set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 28 December 1986.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -25.25 latitude, 27.12 longitude.
Elevation: 1,143 m (3,750 ft).
Period of record: 1908 to 1986, 79 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 Pilanesberg-Pol. 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 Pilanesberg-Pol, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Pilanesberg-Pol still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Pilanesberg-Pol between 5 March 1945 and 5 March 1945. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 145.8 mm (5.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Pilanesberg-Pol. The most was 145.8 mm (5.7 in) on 5 March 1945.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Pilanesberg-Pol
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	5 January 1976
Feb	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 February 1923
Mar	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	5 March 1945
Apr	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22 April 1951
May	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	5 May 1926
Jun	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 June 1940
Jul	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 July 1943
Aug	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	1 August 1918
Sep	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 September 1977
Oct	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 October 1983
Nov	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	10 November 1974
Dec	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 December 1947

Latest Records

Latest records at Pilanesberg-Pol
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1986	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1986	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1986	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1985	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	73 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1984	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1983	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1983	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	monthly rain (Tie)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	tie	0 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1983	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1983	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)

Extremes by Year

1908 to 1986

Yearly extremes at Pilanesberg-Pol: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	1945	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	79
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	1966	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	79
Longest dry spell (CDD)	250 days	1947	111 days	79

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Pilanesberg-Pol, 1908 to 1986. The record is 145.8 mm (5.7 in) in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 60.5 mm (2.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Pilanesberg-Pol by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1908	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1909	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1910	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1911	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1912	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1913	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1914	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1915	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1916	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1917	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1918	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1919	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1920	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1921	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1922	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1923	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1924	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1925	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1926	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1927	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1928	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1929	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1930	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1931	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1932	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1933	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1934	73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1935	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1936	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1937	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1938	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1939	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1940	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1941	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1942	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1943	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1944	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1945	145.8 mm (5.7 in)
1946	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1947	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1948	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1949	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1950	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1951	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1952	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1953	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1954	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1955	98.5 mm (3.9 in)
1956	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1957	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1958	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1959	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1960	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1961	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1962	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1963	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1964	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1965	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1966	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1967	93.5 mm (3.7 in)
1968	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1969	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1970	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1971	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1972	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1973	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1974	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1975	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1976	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1977	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1978	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1979	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1980	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1981	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1982	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1983	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1984	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1985	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1986	51.0 mm (2.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Pilanesberg-Pol, 1908 to 1986. The record is 204.5 mm (8.1 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 94.0 mm (3.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Pilanesberg-Pol by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1908	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1909	187.7 mm (7.4 in)
1910	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1911	119.3 mm (4.7 in)
1912	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1913	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1914	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1915	126.4 mm (5.0 in)
1916	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1917	114.1 mm (4.5 in)
1918	140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1919	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1920	85.8 mm (3.4 in)
1921	149.4 mm (5.9 in)
1922	118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1923	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1924	133.1 mm (5.2 in)
1925	124.4 mm (4.9 in)
1926	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1927	86.0 mm (3.4 in)
1928	124.0 mm (4.9 in)
1929	93.4 mm (3.7 in)
1930	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1931	124.0 mm (4.9 in)
1932	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1933	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1934	111.6 mm (4.4 in)
1935	107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1936	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1937	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1938	106.1 mm (4.2 in)
1939	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1940	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1941	82.4 mm (3.2 in)
1942	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1943	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1944	112.8 mm (4.4 in)
1945	184.3 mm (7.3 in)
1946	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1947	110.9 mm (4.4 in)
1948	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1949	138.2 mm (5.4 in)
1950	80.6 mm (3.2 in)
1951	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1952	133.1 mm (5.2 in)
1953	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1954	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
1955	138.0 mm (5.4 in)
1956	123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1957	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1958	132.5 mm (5.2 in)
1959	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1960	123.5 mm (4.9 in)
1961	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1962	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1963	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1964	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1965	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1966	204.5 mm (8.1 in)
1967	135.5 mm (5.3 in)
1968	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1969	122.0 mm (4.8 in)
1970	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1971	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1972	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1973	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1974	162.8 mm (6.4 in)
1975	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1976	161.5 mm (6.4 in)
1977	80.2 mm (3.2 in)
1978	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1979	117.0 mm (4.6 in)
1980	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1981	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1982	118.5 mm (4.7 in)
1983	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1984	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1985	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1986	85.5 mm (3.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Pilanesberg-Pol, 1908 to 1986. The record is 250 days in 1947, marked on the chart; the median year is 111 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Pilanesberg-Pol by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1908	23 days
1909	89 days
1910	69 days
1911	55 days
1912	118 days
1913	33 days
1914	64 days
1915	96 days
1916	172 days
1917	71 days
1918	108 days
1919	186 days
1920	166 days
1921	130 days
1922	83 days
1923	76 days
1924	85 days
1925	50 days
1926	73 days
1927	109 days
1928	65 days
1929	102 days
1930	88 days
1931	108 days
1932	194 days
1933	154 days
1934	81 days
1935	118 days
1936	150 days
1937	163 days
1938	156 days
1939	44 days
1940	91 days
1941	160 days
1942	93 days
1943	57 days
1944	95 days
1945	167 days
1946	155 days
1947	250 days
1948	140 days
1949	111 days
1950	130 days
1951	52 days
1952	86 days
1953	145 days
1954	185 days
1955	112 days
1956	113 days
1957	56 days
1958	148 days
1959	167 days
1960	167 days
1961	145 days
1962	160 days
1963	100 days
1964	89 days
1965	92 days
1966	102 days
1967	74 days
1968	158 days
1969	115 days
1970	161 days
1971	118 days
1972	144 days
1973	165 days
1974	125 days
1975	93 days
1976	94 days
1977	132 days
1978	149 days
1979	180 days
1980	210 days
1981	32 days
1982	200 days
1983	138 days
1984	88 days
1985	108 days
1986	106 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

74 years, 1909 to 1986

A day with at least 62.1 mm (2.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 118.1 mm (4.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Pilanesberg-Pol: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	62.1 mm (2.4 in)
5 years	79.7 mm (3.1 in)
10 years	90.3 mm (3.6 in)
25 years	102.4 mm (4.0 in)
50 years	110.6 mm (4.4 in)
100 years	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	Longer than the 74 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, 74 years of values from 1909 to 1986.

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: 145.8 mm (5.7 in) in 1945; 126.0 mm (5.0 in) in 1976; 98.5 mm (3.9 in) in 1955.

Download the Data

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