Cape Town Fire Station Threshold Days by Year (SF000207760)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Town Fire Station (SF000207760): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Town Fire Station Thresholds

Cape Town Fire Station: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 70 years, most in 1892 with 34.
Cape Town Fire Station: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1920 with 9.
Cape Town Fire Station: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 18 years, most in 1917 with 2.
Cape Town Fire Station: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 2 years, most in 1938 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Town Fire Station.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

70 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Cape Town Fire Station with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 34 in 1892.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Cape Town Fire Station
Year	Days	Decade average
1884	25	19
1885	20	19
1886	16	19
1887	14	19
1888	17	19
1889	22	19
1890	17	18.5
1891	20	18.5
1892	34	18.5
1893	12	18.5
1895	17	18.5
1896	11	18.5
1906	15	18
1907	18	18
1908	18	18
1909	21	18
1912	14	20.1
1913	20	20.1
1914	24	20.1
1916	21	20.1
1917	17	20.1
1918	26	20.1
1919	19	20.1
1920	21	14.8
1923	14	14.8
1924	12	14.8
1928	8	14.8
1929	19	14.8
1930	13	16.8
1931	15	16.8
1932	17	16.8
1933	17	16.8
1934	16	16.8
1935	19	16.8
1936	13	16.8
1937	21	16.8
1938	21	16.8
1939	16	16.8
1940	17	19.8
1941	27	19.8
1942	21	19.8
1943	17	19.8
1944	25	19.8
1945	22	19.8
1946	20	19.8
1947	15	19.8
1948	16	19.8
1949	18	19.8
1950	26	23.8
1951	28	23.8
1952	21	23.8
1953	22	23.8
1954	25	23.8
1955	22	23.8
1956	27	23.8
1957	25	23.8
1958	18	23.8
1959	24	23.8
1960	16	20.7
1961	20	20.7
1962	26	20.7
1963	19	20.7
1964	15	20.7
1965	22	20.7
1966	21	20.7
1967	21	20.7
1968	25	20.7
1969	22	20.7
1970	23	19
1971	15	19

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Town Fire Station meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Town Fire Station
Year	First date	Last date
1884	1884-02-05	1884-11-27
1885	1885-02-16	1885-12-10
1886	1886-03-09	1886-10-29
1887	1887-01-05	1887-10-24
1888	1888-04-13	1888-12-28
1889	1889-03-02	1889-12-15
1890	1890-02-07	1890-11-16
1891	1891-03-31	1891-09-12
1892	1892-01-23	1892-12-15
1893	1893-04-29	1893-09-21
1895	1895-04-10	1895-10-24
1896	1896-02-10	1896-11-02
1906	1906-01-01	1906-12-31
1907	1907-03-17	1907-12-31
1908	1908-01-13	1908-12-16
1909	1909-01-02	1909-12-26
1912	1912-03-25	1912-11-23
1913	1913-04-07	1913-12-17
1914	1914-01-20	1914-11-09
1916	1916-03-22	1916-10-21
1917	1917-05-03	1917-08-27
1918	1918-02-04	1918-12-09
1919	1919-01-14	1919-11-15
1920	1920-04-10	1920-12-19
1923	1923-04-20	1923-11-14
1924	1924-04-29	1924-10-24
1928	1928-06-08	1928-09-08
1929	1929-02-20	1929-12-30
1930	1930-02-01	1930-09-28
1931	1931-02-11	1931-10-06
1932	1932-02-11	1932-12-07
1933	1933-01-20	1933-11-01
1934	1934-01-24	1934-10-19
1935	1935-03-03	1935-11-08
1936	1936-01-02	1936-09-30
1937	1937-01-31	1937-09-16
1938	1938-01-12	1938-12-30
1939	1939-02-16	1939-12-31
1940	1940-02-08	1940-11-20
1941	1941-01-07	1941-12-20
1942	1942-04-02	1942-10-21
1943	1943-01-20	1943-10-31
1944	1944-04-26	1944-12-10
1945	1945-04-26	1945-10-04
1946	1946-04-04	1946-12-22
1947	1947-03-14	1947-09-21
1948	1948-03-12	1948-09-13
1949	1949-04-22	1949-11-01
1950	1950-04-10	1950-11-06
1951	1951-01-14	1951-11-24
1952	1952-03-22	1952-11-26
1953	1953-04-09	1953-11-08
1954	1954-01-09	1954-10-26
1955	1955-02-18	1955-11-30
1956	1956-04-09	1956-12-26
1957	1957-02-21	1957-10-26
1958	1958-01-28	1958-11-18
1959	1959-03-03	1959-10-28
1960	1960-04-05	1960-12-19
1961	1961-01-27	1961-09-16
1962	1962-02-16	1962-10-17
1963	1963-01-16	1963-12-19
1964	1964-05-10	1964-11-05
1965	1965-01-11	1965-12-16
1966	1966-01-21	1966-12-24
1967	1967-01-20	1967-11-22
1968	1968-01-04	1968-12-22
1969	1969-01-08	1969-10-16
1970	1970-05-07	1970-12-13
1971	1971-05-14	1971-10-10

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Town Fire Station
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	70	34	1892	15
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	68	9	1920	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	18	2	1917	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1938	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1884.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Cape Town Fire Station Threshold Days by Year (SF000207760)

Key Facts for Cape Town Fire Station Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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