Klipfontein Weather Records (SF005937780)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Klipfontein (SF005937780), South Africa, with 62 years of record.

Key Facts for Klipfontein

Klipfontein (SF005937780) is a weather station in South Africa at -24.97 latitude and 30.43 longitude, 1,320 m (4,331 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1936 to 1997, 62 years of record.
0 records set at Klipfontein still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Klipfontein set a daily record precipitation of 20.0 mm (0.8 in) on 7 September 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -24.97 latitude, 30.43 longitude.
Elevation: 1,320 m (4,331 ft).
Period of record: 1936 to 1997, 62 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 Klipfontein. 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 Klipfontein, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Klipfontein still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 186.4 mm (7.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Klipfontein. The most was 186.4 mm (7.3 in) on 4 February 1939.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Klipfontein
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	5 January 1958
Feb	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	4 February 1939
Mar	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	4 March 1942
Apr	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	2 April 1938
May	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 May 1942
Jun	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	4 June 1989
Jul	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 July 1943
Aug	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 August 1987
Sep	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 September 1973
Oct	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 October 1947
Nov	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	17 November 1966
Dec	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	12 December 1936

Latest Records

Latest records at Klipfontein
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1997	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1997	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1997	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	8 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1997	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	11 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain (Tie)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	tie	13 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1996	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1936 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Klipfontein: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	1939	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	62
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	1939	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	62
Longest dry spell (CDD)	189 days	1977	89 days	62

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Klipfontein, 1936 to 1997. The record is 186.4 mm (7.3 in) in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.9 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Klipfontein by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1936	130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1937	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1938	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1939	186.4 mm (7.3 in)
1940	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1941	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1942	94.7 mm (3.7 in)
1943	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1944	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1945	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1946	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1947	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1948	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1949	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1950	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1951	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1952	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1953	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1954	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1955	50.2 mm (2.0 in)
1956	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1957	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1958	82.7 mm (3.3 in)
1959	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1960	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1961	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1962	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1963	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1964	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1965	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1966	103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1967	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1968	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1969	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1970	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1971	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1972	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
1973	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1974	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1975	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1976	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1977	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1978	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1979	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1980	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1981	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1982	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1983	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1985	128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1986	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1987	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1988	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1989	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1990	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1991	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1992	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1993	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1994	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1995	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1996	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1997	46.0 mm (1.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Klipfontein, 1936 to 1997. The record is 242.8 mm (9.6 in) in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 86.3 mm (3.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Klipfontein by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1936	140.5 mm (5.5 in)
1937	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1938	131.8 mm (5.2 in)
1939	242.8 mm (9.6 in)
1940	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1941	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1942	143.0 mm (5.6 in)
1943	96.1 mm (3.8 in)
1944	67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1945	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1946	93.3 mm (3.7 in)
1947	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1948	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1949	119.2 mm (4.7 in)
1950	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1951	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1952	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1953	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1954	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1955	93.1 mm (3.7 in)
1956	70.7 mm (2.8 in)
1957	98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1958	117.7 mm (4.6 in)
1959	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	162.0 mm (6.4 in)
1961	144.5 mm (5.7 in)
1962	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1963	55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1964	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1965	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1966	120.7 mm (4.8 in)
1967	86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1968	61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1969	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1970	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1971	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1972	98.7 mm (3.9 in)
1973	148.0 mm (5.8 in)
1974	67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1975	104.5 mm (4.1 in)
1976	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1977	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1978	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1979	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1980	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1981	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1982	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1983	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1984	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1985	182.0 mm (7.2 in)
1986	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1987	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1988	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1989	88.0 mm (3.5 in)
1990	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1991	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1992	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1993	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1994	113.8 mm (4.5 in)
1995	118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1996	192.0 mm (7.6 in)
1997	64.0 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Klipfontein, 1936 to 1997. The record is 189 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 89 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Klipfontein by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1936	6 days
1937	135 days
1938	91 days
1939	51 days
1940	66 days
1941	71 days
1942	68 days
1943	38 days
1944	96 days
1945	134 days
1946	103 days
1947	51 days
1948	123 days
1949	65 days
1950	123 days
1951	41 days
1952	65 days
1953	128 days
1954	141 days
1955	121 days
1956	92 days
1957	51 days
1958	51 days
1959	64 days
1960	130 days
1961	89 days
1962	107 days
1963	90 days
1964	64 days
1965	89 days
1966	58 days
1967	46 days
1968	56 days
1969	65 days
1970	55 days
1971	56 days
1972	124 days
1973	132 days
1974	61 days
1975	113 days
1976	100 days
1977	189 days
1978	37 days
1979	14 days
1980	89 days
1981	133 days
1982	86 days
1983	63 days
1984	69 days
1985	68 days
1986	106 days
1987	119 days
1988	52 days
1989	70 days
1990	90 days
1991	96 days
1992	106 days
1993	61 days
1994	117 days
1995	149 days
1996	88 days
1997	98 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

56 years, 1937 to 1996

A day with at least 50.4 mm (2.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 159.0 mm (6.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Klipfontein: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
5 years	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
10 years	85.5 mm (3.4 in)
25 years	110.2 mm (4.3 in)
50 years	132.6 mm (5.2 in)
100 years	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	Longer than the 56 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, 56 years of values from 1937 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: 186.4 mm (7.3 in) in 1939; 128.0 mm (5.0 in) in 1985; 103.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1966.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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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