Somerset East Threshold Days by Year (SF000761330)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Somerset East (SF000761330): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Somerset East Thresholds

Somerset East: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 115 years, most in 1891 with 35.
Somerset East: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 113 years, most in 1921 with 13.
Somerset East: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1886 with 6.
Somerset East: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 8 years, most in 1905 with 1.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Somerset East.

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

115 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Somerset East with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 35 in 1891.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Somerset East
Year	Days	Decade average
1879	8	8
1880	25	20.2
1881	18	20.2
1882	19	20.2
1883	15	20.2
1884	21	20.2
1885	12	20.2
1886	26	20.2
1887	26	20.2
1888	18	20.2
1889	22	20.2
1890	17	20.2
1891	35	20.2
1892	17	20.2
1893	29	20.2
1894	18	20.2
1895	22	20.2
1896	18	20.2
1897	14	20.2
1898	19	20.2
1899	13	20.2
1900	20	20.1
1901	23	20.1
1902	23	20.1
1903	19	20.1
1904	13	20.1
1905	18	20.1
1906	28	20.1
1907	17	20.1
1908	16	20.1
1909	24	20.1
1910	13	17.7
1911	20	17.7
1912	18	17.7
1913	18	17.7
1914	16	17.7
1915	17	17.7
1916	19	17.7
1917	30	17.7
1918	16	17.7
1919	10	17.7
1920	25	21.2
1921	33	21.2
1922	33	21.2
1923	14	21.2
1924	14	21.2
1925	23	21.2
1926	15	21.2
1928	17	21.2
1929	17	21.2
1930	16	19.7
1931	22	19.7
1932	30	19.7
1933	13	19.7
1934	22	19.7
1935	17	19.7
1936	21	19.7
1937	7	19.7
1938	19	19.7
1939	30	19.7
1940	18	14.8
1941	10	14.8
1942	20	14.8
1943	28	14.8
1944	15	14.8
1945	8	14.8
1946	14	14.8
1947	13	14.8
1949	7	14.8
1950	20	17.2
1951	10	17.2
1952	20	17.2
1953	21	17.2
1954	21	17.2
1955	18	17.2
1956	19	17.2
1957	12	17.2
1958	14	17.2
1959	17	17.2
1960	16	17
1961	18	17
1962	11	17
1963	26	17
1964	17	17
1965	18	17
1966	12	17
1967	20	17
1968	15	17
1969	17	17
1970	17	21.7
1971	21	21.7
1972	13	21.7
1973	18	21.7
1974	30	21.7
1975	24	21.7
1976	29	21.7
1977	22	21.7
1978	22	21.7
1979	21	21.7
1980	15	18.9
1981	19	18.9
1982	18	18.9
1983	19	18.9
1984	12	18.9
1985	25	18.9
1986	21	18.9
1987	13	18.9
1988	25	18.9
1989	22	18.9
1990	12	17
1991	20	17
1992	8	17
1993	19	17
1994	22	17
1995	21	17

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Somerset East meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Somerset East
Year	First date	Last date
1879	1879-01-08	1879-12-30
1880	1880-01-06	1880-12-25
1881	1881-01-14	1881-11-04
1882	1882-01-19	1882-12-30
1883	1883-01-25	1883-11-27
1884	1884-01-09	1884-11-09
1885	1885-02-12	1885-11-19
1886	1886-01-15	1886-12-25
1887	1887-01-17	1887-11-25
1888	1888-01-24	1888-12-27
1889	1889-01-05	1889-12-20
1890	1890-01-27	1890-12-09
1891	1891-01-02	1891-12-22
1892	1892-02-05	1892-12-11
1893	1893-01-07	1893-12-31
1894	1894-01-17	1894-12-28
1895	1895-01-03	1895-12-27
1896	1896-01-26	1896-12-30
1897	1897-01-04	1897-12-22
1898	1898-01-02	1898-12-29
1899	1899-01-08	1899-12-28
1900	1900-01-10	1900-12-20
1901	1901-02-05	1901-12-26
1902	1902-01-12	1902-12-24
1903	1903-02-05	1903-12-11
1904	1904-02-08	1904-12-18
1905	1905-02-08	1905-12-30
1906	1906-01-06	1906-12-22
1907	1907-01-09	1907-12-14
1908	1908-03-23	1908-12-21
1909	1909-01-01	1909-12-25
1910	1910-01-05	1910-12-21
1911	1911-01-06	1911-11-05
1912	1912-01-13	1912-12-31
1913	1913-01-01	1913-11-07
1914	1914-01-22	1914-12-22
1915	1915-01-04	1915-12-30
1916	1916-01-04	1916-12-27
1917	1917-01-07	1917-12-30
1918	1918-01-01	1918-12-18
1919	1919-01-17	1919-12-30
1920	1920-01-28	1920-12-29
1921	1921-01-04	1921-12-28
1922	1922-01-07	1922-12-18
1923	1923-01-23	1923-12-27
1924	1924-01-11	1924-12-18
1925	1925-02-19	1925-12-28
1926	1926-01-17	1926-12-27
1928	1928-01-10	1928-12-21
1929	1929-02-02	1929-12-30
1930	1930-01-03	1930-12-30
1931	1931-01-01	1931-12-31
1932	1932-01-01	1932-12-20
1933	1933-02-23	1933-11-28
1934	1934-01-10	1934-12-25
1935	1935-01-04	1935-12-19
1936	1936-01-01	1936-12-05
1937	1937-01-06	1937-12-17
1938	1938-01-21	1938-12-31
1939	1939-01-01	1939-12-25
1940	1940-01-20	1940-12-07
1941	1941-01-19	1941-12-31
1942	1942-01-30	1942-12-02
1943	1943-01-12	1943-12-30
1944	1944-01-14	1944-10-20
1945	1945-01-30	1945-11-10
1946	1946-01-05	1946-12-23
1947	1947-03-05	1947-12-23
1949	1949-01-30	1949-12-10
1950	1950-01-05	1950-12-30
1951	1951-01-02	1951-09-30
1952	1952-01-31	1952-12-18
1953	1953-01-08	1953-12-20
1954	1954-01-19	1954-11-20
1955	1955-01-26	1955-11-29
1956	1956-01-16	1956-12-21
1957	1957-01-30	1957-12-30
1958	1958-01-03	1958-12-21
1959	1959-01-01	1959-11-18
1960	1960-01-02	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-16	1961-12-31
1962	1962-01-19	1962-12-29
1963	1963-01-04	1963-12-12
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-27
1965	1965-01-29	1965-11-04
1966	1966-01-21	1966-12-14
1967	1967-01-31	1967-12-20
1968	1968-02-16	1968-12-07
1969	1969-02-24	1969-12-27
1970	1970-01-31	1970-12-07
1971	1971-01-09	1971-12-29
1972	1972-01-06	1972-11-04
1973	1973-02-17	1973-12-04
1974	1974-01-15	1974-12-17
1975	1975-01-25	1975-12-22
1976	1976-01-11	1976-12-26
1977	1977-02-03	1977-12-31
1978	1978-01-06	1978-12-26
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-21	1980-12-27
1981	1981-01-24	1981-12-23
1982	1982-01-11	1982-12-04
1983	1983-03-02	1983-12-29
1984	1984-03-06	1984-12-22
1985	1985-01-11	1985-12-19
1986	1986-01-03	1986-11-26
1987	1987-01-15	1987-12-22
1988	1988-01-11	1988-12-28
1989	1989-01-02	1989-11-28
1990	1990-01-15	1990-12-22
1991	1991-01-07	1991-12-31
1992	1992-01-05	1992-11-08
1993	1993-01-30	1993-12-27
1994	1994-01-07	1994-12-27
1995	1995-01-07	1995-12-26

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Somerset East
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	115	35	1891	21
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	113	13	1921	9
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	65	6	1886	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	8	1	1905	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1879.

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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).

Somerset East Threshold Days by Year (SF000761330)

Key Facts for Somerset East Thresholds

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

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