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Witklip (Bos) Weather Records (SF005556730)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Witklip (Bos) (SF005556730), South Africa, with 61 years of record.

Key Facts for Witklip (Bos)

  • Witklip (Bos) (SF005556730) is a weather station in South Africa at -25.23 latitude and 30.88 longitude, 1,060 m (3,478 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1937 to 1997, 61 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Witklip (Bos) still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Witklip (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 17.5 mm (0.7 in) on 8 October 1997.

About the Station

  • Location: South Africa, -25.23 latitude, 30.88 longitude.
  • Elevation: 1,060 m (3,478 ft).
  • Period of record: 1937 to 1997, 61 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record
Daily record high and record low at Witklip (Bos), with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Witklip (Bos). The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. 000111 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Witklip (Bos). 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 Witklip (Bos), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records
Standing records at Witklip (Bos) by the year they were set 0 records at Witklip (Bos) still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Witklip (Bos) still stand.
Standing records at Witklip (Bos) by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 193.0 mm (7.6 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Witklip (Bos) The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Witklip (Bos). The most was 193.0 mm (7.6 in) on 6 January 1958. 050100150200 Jan: 193.0 mm (7.6 in), 6 January 1958 Jan Feb: 162.1 mm (6.4 in), 11 February 1996 Feb Mar: 151.3 mm (6.0 in), 1 March 1993 Mar Apr: 101.0 mm (4.0 in), 20 April 1986 Apr May: 72.0 mm (2.8 in), 13 May 1972 May Jun: 53.0 mm (2.1 in), 12 June 1963 Jun Jul: 59.9 mm (2.4 in), 3 July 1943 Jul Aug: 64.3 mm (2.5 in), 20 August 1951 Aug Sep: 74.0 mm (2.9 in), 29 September 1973 Sep Oct: 124.5 mm (4.9 in), 30 October 1994 Oct Nov: 95.8 mm (3.8 in), 2 November 1939 Nov Dec: 130.5 mm (5.1 in), 19 December 1973 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Witklip (Bos). The most was 193.0 mm (7.6 in) on 6 January 1958.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Witklip (Bos)
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan193.0 mm (7.6 in)6 January 1958
Feb162.1 mm (6.4 in)11 February 1996
Mar151.3 mm (6.0 in)1 March 1993
Apr101.0 mm (4.0 in)20 April 1986
May72.0 mm (2.8 in)13 May 1972
Jun53.0 mm (2.1 in)12 June 1963
Jul59.9 mm (2.4 in)3 July 1943
Aug64.3 mm (2.5 in)20 August 1951
Sep74.0 mm (2.9 in)29 September 1973
Oct124.5 mm (4.9 in)30 October 1994
Nov95.8 mm (3.8 in)2 November 1939
Dec130.5 mm (5.1 in)19 December 1973

Latest Records

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Latest records at Witklip (Bos)
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
8 October 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain17.5 mm (0.7 in)7.0 mm (0.28 in)7 years14 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain24.6 mm (1.0 in)11.6 mm (0.5 in)38 years20 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain33.6 mm (1.3 in)2.2 mm (0.09 in)16 years12 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain7.1 mm (0.28 in)1.1 mm (0.04 in)28 years15 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain20.0 mm (0.8 in)10.5 mm (0.4 in)8 years17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain60.5 mm (2.4 in)11.5 mm (0.5 in)40 years24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1997Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain (Tie)38.0 mm (1.5 in)tie42 years4 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain70.3 mm (2.8 in)17.1 mm (0.7 in)4 years19 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain44.1 mm (1.7 in)9.1 mm (0.36 in)25 years20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain13.3 mm (0.5 in)5.2 mm (0.20 in)58 years20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain9.9 mm (0.39 in)7.9 mm (0.31 in)13 years16 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain7.2 mm (0.28 in)1.7 mm (0.07 in)12 years10 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain9.5 mm (0.37 in)0.4 mm (0.02 in)45 years19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain10.9 mm (0.4 in)3.4 mm (0.13 in)29 years17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain82.5 mm (3.2 in)26.0 mm (1.0 in)8 years20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain39.1 mm (1.5 in)0.7 mm (0.03 in)6 years8 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain63.3 mm (2.5 in)25.2 mm (1.0 in)40 years29 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAmonthly rain162.1 mm (6.4 in)8.4 mm (0.33 in)57 years36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain53.4 mm (2.1 in)3.4 mm (0.13 in)2 years7 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1996Witklip (Bos), ZAdaily rain69.8 mm (2.7 in)36.3 mm (1.4 in)24 years31 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1937 to 1997
Yearly extremes at Witklip (Bos): the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)193.0 mm (7.6 in)195880.0 mm (3.1 in)61
Wettest five days (Rx5day)334.0 mm (13.1 in)1996137.2 mm (5.4 in)61
Longest dry spell (CDD)123 days194548 days61

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Witklip (Bos) by year The wettest day of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 193.0 mm (7.6 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.0 mm (3.1 in). 050100150200194019501960197019801990Record: 193.0 mm (7.6 in) in 1958
The wettest day of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 193.0 mm (7.6 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.0 mm (3.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Witklip (Bos) by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
193731.8 mm (1.3 in)
1938114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1939153.7 mm (6.1 in)
194082.6 mm (3.3 in)
194188.9 mm (3.5 in)
194283.8 mm (3.3 in)
194359.9 mm (2.4 in)
194484.3 mm (3.3 in)
194547.0 mm (1.9 in)
1946140.2 mm (5.5 in)
194769.1 mm (2.7 in)
194870.1 mm (2.8 in)
194952.1 mm (2.1 in)
195069.3 mm (2.7 in)
195175.7 mm (3.0 in)
195255.1 mm (2.2 in)
1953109.2 mm (4.3 in)
195456.0 mm (2.2 in)
1955115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1956105.0 mm (4.1 in)
195771.0 mm (2.8 in)
1958193.0 mm (7.6 in)
1959131.2 mm (5.2 in)
1960116.0 mm (4.6 in)
1961150.0 mm (5.9 in)
196287.5 mm (3.4 in)
196361.5 mm (2.4 in)
196469.0 mm (2.7 in)
196568.0 mm (2.7 in)
196658.5 mm (2.3 in)
196780.0 mm (3.1 in)
196842.0 mm (1.7 in)
196953.9 mm (2.1 in)
197091.5 mm (3.6 in)
197179.5 mm (3.1 in)
1972104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1973130.5 mm (5.1 in)
197489.5 mm (3.5 in)
197577.0 mm (3.0 in)
197687.4 mm (3.4 in)
197781.5 mm (3.2 in)
197888.5 mm (3.5 in)
197969.0 mm (2.7 in)
1980105.4 mm (4.1 in)
198165.8 mm (2.6 in)
198278.0 mm (3.1 in)
198360.6 mm (2.4 in)
1984113.6 mm (4.5 in)
1985142.0 mm (5.6 in)
1986101.0 mm (4.0 in)
198782.5 mm (3.2 in)
198873.5 mm (2.9 in)
198964.0 mm (2.5 in)
199074.0 mm (2.9 in)
199161.8 mm (2.4 in)
199259.8 mm (2.4 in)
1993151.3 mm (6.0 in)
1994124.5 mm (4.9 in)
199561.8 mm (2.4 in)
1996162.1 mm (6.4 in)
199764.9 mm (2.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Witklip (Bos) by year The wettest five days of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 334.0 mm (13.1 in) in 1996, marked on the chart; the median year is 137.2 mm (5.4 in). 0100200300400194019501960197019801990Record: 334.0 mm (13.1 in) in 1996
The wettest five days of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 334.0 mm (13.1 in) in 1996, marked on the chart; the median year is 137.2 mm (5.4 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Witklip (Bos) by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
193747.1 mm (1.9 in)
1938209.6 mm (8.3 in)
1939271.8 mm (10.7 in)
194099.0 mm (3.9 in)
1941156.9 mm (6.2 in)
1942143.6 mm (5.7 in)
1943104.8 mm (4.1 in)
1944135.1 mm (5.3 in)
194594.0 mm (3.7 in)
1946246.9 mm (9.7 in)
1947137.2 mm (5.4 in)
194891.7 mm (3.6 in)
1949140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1950105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1951174.3 mm (6.9 in)
1952100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1953163.5 mm (6.4 in)
1954115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1955236.5 mm (9.3 in)
1956166.5 mm (6.6 in)
195790.0 mm (3.5 in)
1958270.5 mm (10.6 in)
1959208.2 mm (8.2 in)
1960256.5 mm (10.1 in)
1961181.0 mm (7.1 in)
1962129.0 mm (5.1 in)
196395.5 mm (3.8 in)
1964118.0 mm (4.6 in)
196573.7 mm (2.9 in)
196682.0 mm (3.2 in)
1967124.0 mm (4.9 in)
196881.0 mm (3.2 in)
1969162.7 mm (6.4 in)
1970147.5 mm (5.8 in)
1971136.5 mm (5.4 in)
1972198.0 mm (7.8 in)
1973215.1 mm (8.5 in)
1974115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1975197.8 mm (7.8 in)
1976237.0 mm (9.3 in)
1977201.5 mm (7.9 in)
1978238.0 mm (9.4 in)
1979138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1980211.6 mm (8.3 in)
1981109.9 mm (4.3 in)
198299.0 mm (3.9 in)
198377.6 mm (3.1 in)
1984141.6 mm (5.6 in)
1985328.0 mm (12.9 in)
1986131.2 mm (5.2 in)
1987130.5 mm (5.1 in)
1988168.5 mm (6.6 in)
1989131.5 mm (5.2 in)
1990101.2 mm (4.0 in)
1991109.7 mm (4.3 in)
1992137.7 mm (5.4 in)
1993259.2 mm (10.2 in)
1994132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1995111.3 mm (4.4 in)
1996334.0 mm (13.1 in)
1997126.3 mm (5.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Witklip (Bos) by year The longest dry spell of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 123 days in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 48 days. 050100150194019501960197019801990Record: 123 days in 1945
The longest dry spell of the year at Witklip (Bos), 1937 to 1997. The record is 123 days in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 48 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Witklip (Bos) by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
193721 days
193842 days
193924 days
194066 days
194157 days
194270 days
194325 days
194464 days
1945123 days
194698 days
194744 days
194871 days
194925 days
195024 days
195152 days
195234 days
195368 days
195482 days
195538 days
195644 days
195724 days
195851 days
195948 days
196073 days
196127 days
1962102 days
196393 days
196483 days
196546 days
196640 days
196731 days
196823 days
196942 days
197024 days
197117 days
197259 days
197344 days
197439 days
197551 days
197677 days
197776 days
197847 days
197954 days
198075 days
198144 days
198234 days
198336 days
198427 days
198562 days
198676 days
198757 days
198845 days
198938 days
199058 days
199151 days
199252 days
199356 days
1994120 days
199587 days
199629 days
199728 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

59 years, 1938 to 1996

A day with at least 82.2 mm (3.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 211.5 mm (8.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Witklip (Bos): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years82.2 mm (3.2 in)
5 years111.1 mm (4.4 in)
10 years132.3 mm (5.2 in)
25 years161.8 mm (6.4 in)
50 years185.8 mm (7.3 in)
100 years211.5 mm (8.3 in)Longer than the 59 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, 59 years of values from 1938 to 1996.

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: 193.0 mm (7.6 in) in 1958; 162.1 mm (6.4 in) in 1996; 153.7 mm (6.1 in) in 1939.

Download the Data

  • Data for Witklip (Bos) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for Witklip (Bos) 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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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