Skukuza Threshold Days by Year (SF000068296)

14 fixed thresholds counted per year at Skukuza (SF000068296): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Skukuza Thresholds

Skukuza: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 2000 with 33.
Skukuza: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1951 with 16.
Skukuza: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 55 years, most in 1952 with 6.
Skukuza: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 45 years, most in 1992 with 122.
14 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Skukuza.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

44 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Skukuza with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 255 in 2016.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Skukuza
Year	Days	Decade average
1960	149	166.3
1961	163	166.3
1962	194	166.3
1963	169	166.3
1964	145	166.3
1965	173	166.3
1966	167	166.3
1967	154	166.3
1968	175	166.3
1969	174	166.3
1970	225	169.5
1971	159	169.5
1972	170	169.5
1973	149	169.5
1974	157	169.5
1975	141	169.5
1976	170	169.5
1977	192	169.5
1978	159	169.5
1979	173	169.5
1980	173	169.8
1981	146	169.8
1982	181	169.8
1983	185	169.8
1984	134	169.8
1985	181	169.8
1986	177	169.8
1987	178	169.8
1988	178	169.8
1989	165	169.8
1990	175	185.8
1991	182	185.8
1992	234	185.8
1993	198	185.8
1994	177	185.8
1995	176	185.8
1996	170	185.8
1997	172	185.8
1998	200	185.8
1999	174	185.8
2000	133	133
2016	255	255
2023	243	156
2026	69	156

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Skukuza meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Skukuza
Year	First date	Last date
1960	1960-01-01	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-03	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-01	1962-12-29
1963	1963-01-01	1963-12-31
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-31
1965	1965-01-01	1965-12-31
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-30
1967	1967-01-01	1967-12-31
1968	1968-01-01	1968-12-29
1969	1969-01-01	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-01	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-02	1971-12-31
1972	1972-01-01	1972-12-30
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-31
1974	1974-01-01	1974-12-31
1975	1975-01-01	1975-12-31
1976	1976-01-03	1976-12-31
1977	1977-01-02	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-03	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-30
1980	1980-01-01	1980-12-31
1981	1981-01-01	1981-12-30
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-31
1983	1983-01-01	1983-12-30
1984	1984-01-01	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-01	1985-12-31
1986	1986-01-02	1986-12-30
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-31
1988	1988-01-01	1988-12-29
1989	1989-01-01	1989-12-30
1990	1990-01-02	1990-12-31
1991	1991-01-01	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-01	1992-12-30
1993	1993-01-01	1993-12-29
1994	1994-01-01	1994-12-31
1995	1995-01-01	1995-12-31
1996	1996-01-01	1996-12-31
1997	1997-01-01	1997-12-31
1998	1998-01-01	1998-12-31
1999	1999-01-01	1999-12-31
2000	2000-01-01	2000-12-31
2016	2016-01-01	2016-12-31
2023	2023-01-02	2023-12-31
2026	2026-01-01	2026-10-12

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Skukuza
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	44	255	2016	69
35 C (95 F): Days	44	149	2016	15
40 C (104 F): Days	36	32	2016	9
45 C (113 F): Days	2	2	2016	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	44	199	2016	43
100 F (37.8 C): Days	44	76	2016	3
110 F (43.3 C): Days	3	6	2016	6
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	30	15	1964	5
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	45	122	1992	62
25 C (77 F): Days with min	13	3	1962	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	65	33	2000	6
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	65	16	1951	6
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	55	6	1952	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	15	3	1952	3

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1960.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Skukuza Threshold Days by Year (SF000068296)

Key Facts for Skukuza Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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