Hoopdal (Pol) Weather Records (SF006308860)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Hoopdal (Pol) (SF006308860), South Africa, with 61 years of record.

Key Facts for Hoopdal (Pol)

Hoopdal (Pol) (SF006308860) is a weather station in South Africa at -24.28 latitude and 27.50 longitude, 975 m (3,199 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1937 to 1997, 61 years of record.
0 records set at Hoopdal (Pol) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Hoopdal (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 10 November 1997.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -24.28 latitude, 27.50 longitude.
Elevation: 975 m (3,199 ft).
Period of record: 1937 to 1997, 61 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 Hoopdal (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 Hoopdal (Pol), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Hoopdal (Pol) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

3 new records

3 all-time records were set at Hoopdal (Pol) between 3 January 1970 and 7 March 1977. Each dot is a new record.

When Hoopdal (Pol) set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1970-01-03	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1977-03-06	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1977-03-07	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 127.0 mm (5.0 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 127.0 mm (5.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Hoopdal (Pol). The most was 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 7 March 1977.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Hoopdal (Pol)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	3 January 1970
Feb	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 February 1955
Mar	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	7 March 1977
Apr	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	26 April 1982
May	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23 May 1979
Jun	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18 June 1940
Jul	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	2 July 1957
Aug	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	21 August 1981
Sep	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13 September 1969
Oct	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	11 October 1970
Nov	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 November 1979
Dec	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	9 December 1989

Latest Records

Latest records at Hoopdal (Pol)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 November 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1997	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1996	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1996	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1995	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1994	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1994	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1994	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1993	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1993	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1992	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1937 to 1997

Yearly extremes at Hoopdal (Pol): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	1977	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	61
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	257.5 mm (10.1 in)	1977	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	61
Longest dry spell (CDD)	261 days	1946	117 days	61

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Hoopdal (Pol), 1937 to 1997. The record is 127.0 mm (5.0 in) in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 56.5 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Hoopdal (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1937	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1938	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1939	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1940	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1941	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1942	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1943	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1944	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1945	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1946	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1947	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1948	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1949	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1951	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1952	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1953	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1954	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1955	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1956	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1957	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1958	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1959	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1961	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1962	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1963	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1964	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1965	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1966	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1967	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1968	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1969	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1970	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1971	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1972	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1973	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1974	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1975	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1976	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1977	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1978	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1979	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1980	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1981	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1982	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1983	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1985	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1986	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1987	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1988	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1989	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1990	70.5 mm (2.8 in)
1991	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1992	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1993	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1994	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1995	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1996	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1997	57.0 mm (2.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Hoopdal (Pol), 1937 to 1997. The record is 257.5 mm (10.1 in) in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 84.5 mm (3.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Hoopdal (Pol) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1937	143.6 mm (5.7 in)
1938	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1939	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1940	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1941	48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1942	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1943	64.7 mm (2.5 in)
1944	115.9 mm (4.6 in)
1945	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1946	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1947	105.1 mm (4.1 in)
1948	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1949	110.3 mm (4.3 in)
1950	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1951	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1952	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1953	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1954	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1955	200.0 mm (7.9 in)
1956	76.6 mm (3.0 in)
1957	69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1958	118.5 mm (4.7 in)
1959	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1960	122.5 mm (4.8 in)
1961	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1962	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1963	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1965	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1966	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1967	224.5 mm (8.8 in)
1968	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1969	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1970	175.3 mm (6.9 in)
1971	124.5 mm (4.9 in)
1972	121.5 mm (4.8 in)
1973	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1974	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1975	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1976	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1977	257.5 mm (10.1 in)
1978	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1979	178.5 mm (7.0 in)
1980	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1981	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1982	104.0 mm (4.1 in)
1983	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1984	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1985	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1986	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1987	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1988	163.0 mm (6.4 in)
1989	131.0 mm (5.2 in)
1990	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1991	114.0 mm (4.5 in)
1992	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1993	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1994	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1995	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
1996	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1997	61.5 mm (2.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Hoopdal (Pol), 1937 to 1997. The record is 261 days in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 117 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Hoopdal (Pol) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1937	48 days
1938	143 days
1939	80 days
1940	95 days
1941	170 days
1942	68 days
1943	57 days
1944	96 days
1945	165 days
1946	261 days
1947	159 days
1948	146 days
1949	82 days
1950	123 days
1951	53 days
1952	117 days
1953	162 days
1954	158 days
1955	149 days
1956	115 days
1957	61 days
1958	104 days
1959	91 days
1960	97 days
1961	117 days
1962	161 days
1963	100 days
1964	173 days
1965	199 days
1966	114 days
1967	73 days
1968	106 days
1969	111 days
1970	97 days
1971	148 days
1972	165 days
1973	174 days
1974	75 days
1975	115 days
1976	127 days
1977	97 days
1978	77 days
1979	87 days
1980	113 days
1981	76 days
1982	166 days
1983	77 days
1984	206 days
1985	109 days
1986	156 days
1987	122 days
1988	128 days
1989	152 days
1990	78 days
1991	127 days
1992	171 days
1993	149 days
1994	177 days
1995	166 days
1996	222 days
1997	61 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

60 years, 1938 to 1997

A day with at least 55.4 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 125.4 mm (4.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Hoopdal (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	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
5 years	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
10 years	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
25 years	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
50 years	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
100 years	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	Longer than the 60 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, 60 years of values from 1938 to 1997.

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: 127.0 mm (5.0 in) in 1977; 108.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1970; 108.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1991.

Download the Data

Data for Hoopdal (Pol) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Hoopdal (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 2026-10-12 (12 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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