Kafferskraal Weather Records (SF005487470)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kafferskraal (SF005487470), South Africa, with 73 years of record.

Key Facts for Kafferskraal

Kafferskraal (SF005487470) is a weather station in South Africa at -25.45 latitude and 27.42 longitude, 1,021 m (3,350 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1910 to 1982, 73 years of record.
0 records set at Kafferskraal still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kafferskraal tied a daily record precipitation of 1.0 mm (0.04 in) on 26 July 1982.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -25.45 latitude, 27.42 longitude.
Elevation: 1,021 m (3,350 ft).
Period of record: 1910 to 1982, 73 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 Kafferskraal. 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 Kafferskraal, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Kafferskraal still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Nov: 90.7 mm (3.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Kafferskraal. The most was 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 20 November 1917.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Kafferskraal
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	1 January 1978
Feb	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 February 1936
Mar	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	4 March 1914
Apr	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	9 April 1961
May	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 May 1951
Jun	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	10 June 1957
Jul	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 July 1943
Aug	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 August 1957
Sep	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 September 1977
Oct	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 October 1920
Nov	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 November 1917
Dec	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	10 December 1973

Latest Records

Latest records at Kafferskraal
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1982	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	tie	35 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1981	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	66 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1981	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	70 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1981	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1980	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1979	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	9 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	8 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1978	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 years	11 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1910 to 1982

Yearly extremes at Kafferskraal: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	1917	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	73
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	1944	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	73
Longest dry spell (CDD)	169 days	1916	93 days	73

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Kafferskraal, 1910 to 1982. The record is 90.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is 52.8 mm (2.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Kafferskraal by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1910	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1911	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1912	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1913	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1914	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1915	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1916	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1917	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1918	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1919	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1920	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1921	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1922	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1923	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1924	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1925	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1926	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1927	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1928	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1929	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1930	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1931	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1932	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1933	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1934	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1935	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1936	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1937	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1938	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1939	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1940	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1941	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1942	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1943	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1944	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1945	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1946	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1947	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1948	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1949	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1950	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1951	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1952	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1953	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1954	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1955	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1956	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1957	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1958	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1959	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1960	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1961	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1962	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1963	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1964	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
1965	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1966	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1967	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1968	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1969	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1970	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1971	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1972	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1973	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1974	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1975	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1976	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1977	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1978	86.0 mm (3.4 in)
1979	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1980	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1981	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1982	37.0 mm (1.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Kafferskraal, 1910 to 1982. The record is 153.2 mm (6.0 in) in 1944, marked on the chart; the median year is 89.4 mm (3.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Kafferskraal by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1910	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1911	93.8 mm (3.7 in)
1912	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1913	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1914	86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1915	120.4 mm (4.7 in)
1916	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1917	134.1 mm (5.3 in)
1918	139.3 mm (5.5 in)
1919	86.7 mm (3.4 in)
1920	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1921	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1922	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1923	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1924	77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1925	78.1 mm (3.1 in)
1926	78.8 mm (3.1 in)
1927	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1928	119.0 mm (4.7 in)
1929	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1930	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1931	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1932	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1933	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1934	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1935	116.7 mm (4.6 in)
1936	112.3 mm (4.4 in)
1937	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1938	68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1939	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1940	80.6 mm (3.2 in)
1941	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1942	106.9 mm (4.2 in)
1943	76.1 mm (3.0 in)
1944	153.2 mm (6.0 in)
1945	148.3 mm (5.8 in)
1946	93.5 mm (3.7 in)
1947	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
1948	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1949	97.6 mm (3.8 in)
1950	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1951	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1952	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1953	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1954	68.7 mm (2.7 in)
1955	98.5 mm (3.9 in)
1956	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1957	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1958	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1959	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1960	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1961	136.5 mm (5.4 in)
1962	53.2 mm (2.1 in)
1963	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1964	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1965	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1966	130.6 mm (5.1 in)
1967	123.5 mm (4.9 in)
1968	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1969	103.5 mm (4.1 in)
1970	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1971	102.0 mm (4.0 in)
1972	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1973	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1974	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1975	128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1976	132.5 mm (5.2 in)
1977	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1978	149.1 mm (5.9 in)
1979	139.0 mm (5.5 in)
1980	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1981	119.5 mm (4.7 in)
1982	63.0 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Kafferskraal, 1910 to 1982. The record is 169 days in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 93 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Kafferskraal by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1910	9 days
1911	70 days
1912	117 days
1913	107 days
1914	55 days
1915	63 days
1916	169 days
1917	59 days
1918	84 days
1919	126 days
1920	121 days
1921	111 days
1922	69 days
1923	115 days
1924	88 days
1925	51 days
1926	74 days
1927	79 days
1928	95 days
1929	79 days
1930	88 days
1931	81 days
1932	93 days
1933	71 days
1934	51 days
1935	107 days
1936	110 days
1937	118 days
1938	55 days
1939	46 days
1940	67 days
1941	168 days
1942	91 days
1943	55 days
1944	95 days
1945	82 days
1946	130 days
1947	102 days
1948	127 days
1949	107 days
1950	128 days
1951	53 days
1952	76 days
1953	146 days
1954	110 days
1955	122 days
1956	108 days
1957	53 days
1958	99 days
1959	83 days
1960	155 days
1961	106 days
1962	158 days
1963	99 days
1964	89 days
1965	91 days
1966	104 days
1967	43 days
1968	103 days
1969	78 days
1970	122 days
1971	73 days
1972	84 days
1973	112 days
1974	121 days
1975	70 days
1976	120 days
1977	155 days
1978	128 days
1979	39 days
1980	124 days
1981	75 days
1982	64 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

71 years, 1911 to 1981

A day with at least 54.0 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 94.7 mm (3.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Kafferskraal: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
10 years	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
25 years	84.2 mm (3.3 in)
50 years	89.8 mm (3.5 in)
100 years	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	Longer than the 71 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, 71 years of values from 1911 to 1981.

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: 90.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1917; 86.0 mm (3.4 in) in 1978; 80.8 mm (3.2 in) in 1914.

Download the Data

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

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