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Polokwane Threshold Days by Year (SFM00068174)

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Polokwane (SFM00068174): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Polokwane Thresholds

  • Polokwane: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 21 years, most in 1992 with 141.
  • Polokwane: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 21 years, most in 2003 with 87.
  • Polokwane: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 14 years, most in 1992 with 18.
  • Polokwane: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 12 years, most in 2003 with 16.
  • 9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Polokwane.
21 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Polokwane Days per year at Polokwane with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 141 in 1992. 0501001501982: 811983: 831984: 771985: 541986: 671987: 691990: 651991: 721992: 1411993: 931994: 931995: 1091996: 591997: 761998: 1141999: 642000: 492001: 682002: 1072003: 1402004: 871982198519901993199619992002
Days per year at Polokwane with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 141 in 1992.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Polokwane
YearDaysDecade average
19828171.8
19838371.8
19847771.8
19855471.8
19866771.8
19876971.8
19906588.6
19917288.6
199214188.6
19939388.6
19949388.6
199510988.6
19965988.6
19977688.6
199811488.6
19996488.6
20004990.2
20016890.2
200210790.2
200314090.2
20048790.2
First to last qualifying date each year at Polokwane For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Polokwane meeting 30 C (86 F). 1982: 1 January 1982 to 31 December 19821983: 3 January 1983 to 31 December 19831984: 2 January 1984 to 31 December 19841985: 1 January 1985 to 31 December 19851986: 3 January 1986 to 28 December 19861987: 5 January 1987 to 31 December 19871990: 6 January 1990 to 30 December 19901991: 1 January 1991 to 31 December 19911992: 1 January 1992 to 31 December 19921993: 2 January 1993 to 28 December 19931994: 2 January 1994 to 31 December 19941995: 1 January 1995 to 22 December 19951996: 1 January 1996 to 25 December 19961997: 1 January 1997 to 31 December 19971998: 1 January 1998 to 27 December 19981999: 16 January 1999 to 31 December 19992000: 1 January 2000 to 31 December 20002001: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 20012002: 1 January 2002 to 31 December 20022003: 1 January 2003 to 31 December 20032004: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 20041982198519901993199619992002JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Polokwane meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Polokwane
YearFirst dateLast date
19821982-01-011982-12-31
19831983-01-031983-12-31
19841984-01-021984-12-31
19851985-01-011985-12-31
19861986-01-031986-12-28
19871987-01-051987-12-31
19901990-01-061990-12-30
19911991-01-011991-12-31
19921992-01-011992-12-31
19931993-01-021993-12-28
19941994-01-021994-12-31
19951995-01-011995-12-22
19961996-01-011996-12-25
19971997-01-011997-12-31
19981998-01-011998-12-27
19991999-01-161999-12-31
20002000-01-012000-12-31
20012001-01-012001-12-31
20022002-01-012002-12-31
20032003-01-012003-12-31
20042004-01-012004-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Polokwane
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days21141199287
35 C (95 F): Days141819922
90 F (32.2 C): Days2187200326
100 F (37.8 C): Days3219922
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min9719941
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min1216200311
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain93119968
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain91219962
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain5319962

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1982.

Download the Data

  • Data for Polokwane 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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