Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Grootfontein Threshold Days by Year (SF001373370)

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Grootfontein (SF001373370): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Grootfontein Thresholds

  • Grootfontein: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 65 years, most in 1976 with 17.
  • Grootfontein: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 47 years, most in 1974 with 6.
  • Grootfontein: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 12 years, most in 1965 with 2.
  • 3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Grootfontein.
65 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Grootfontein Days per year at Grootfontein with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1976. 051015201931: 41932: 41933: 31934: 81935: 61936: 71937: 11938: 61939: 91940: 71941: 71942: 21943: 51944: 31945: 11946: 51947: 41948: 41949: 41950: 81951: 21952: 71953: 71954: 71955: 71956: 91957: 51958: 61959: 31960: 21961: 101962: 21963: 61964: 61965: 41966: 21967: 81968: 51969: 101970: 61971: 101972: 41973: 91974: 151975: 61976: 171977: 91979: 11980: 31981: 81982: 71983: 31984: 31985: 141986: 41987: 51988: 151989: 81990: 61991: 51993: 91994: 41995: 121996: 91997: 51931193819451952195919661973198119881996
Days per year at Grootfontein with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 17 in 1976.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Grootfontein
YearDaysDecade average
193145.3
193245.3
193335.3
193485.3
193565.3
193675.3
193715.3
193865.3
193995.3
194074.2
194174.2
194224.2
194354.2
194434.2
194514.2
194654.2
194744.2
194844.2
194944.2
195086.1
195126.1
195276.1
195376.1
195476.1
195576.1
195696.1
195756.1
195866.1
195936.1
196025.5
1961105.5
196225.5
196365.5
196465.5
196545.5
196625.5
196785.5
196855.5
1969105.5
197068.6
1971108.6
197248.6
197398.6
1974158.6
197568.6
1976178.6
197798.6
197918.6
198037
198187
198277
198337
198437
1985147
198647
198757
1988157
198987
199067.1
199157.1
199397.1
199447.1
1995127.1
199697.1
199757.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Grootfontein For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Grootfontein meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1931: 15 January 1931 to 31 December 19311932: 29 May 1932 to 7 November 19321933: 9 November 1933 to 21 December 19331934: 17 February 1934 to 20 December 19341935: 23 February 1935 to 12 June 19351936: 26 February 1936 to 2 December 19361937: 26 January 1937 to 26 January 19371938: 28 January 1938 to 6 July 19381939: 30 January 1939 to 23 August 19391940: 19 January 1940 to 9 November 19401941: 5 January 1941 to 22 December 19411942: 2 October 1942 to 10 October 19421943: 14 April 1943 to 29 November 19431944: 7 March 1944 to 21 October 19441945: 4 December 1945 to 4 December 19451946: 11 February 1946 to 2 September 19461947: 21 March 1947 to 22 November 19471948: 29 February 1948 to 10 October 19481949: 19 March 1949 to 11 November 19491950: 5 January 1950 to 30 November 19501951: 15 February 1951 to 15 May 19511952: 6 February 1952 to 14 November 19521953: 22 February 1953 to 19 December 19531954: 10 March 1954 to 5 November 19541955: 30 January 1955 to 29 November 19551956: 9 February 1956 to 6 December 19561957: 30 January 1957 to 12 September 19571958: 11 January 1958 to 25 December 19581959: 12 February 1959 to 8 October 19591960: 15 March 1960 to 29 March 19601961: 1 January 1961 to 26 November 19611962: 10 August 1962 to 17 November 19621963: 18 January 1963 to 11 November 19631964: 25 March 1964 to 4 December 19641965: 14 March 1965 to 9 October 19651966: 29 January 1966 to 30 January 19661967: 11 March 1967 to 23 November 19671968: 28 March 1968 to 22 October 19681969: 24 February 1969 to 14 October 19691970: 4 February 1970 to 6 December 19701971: 9 January 1971 to 6 September 19711972: 6 January 1972 to 12 April 19721973: 16 February 1973 to 22 December 19731974: 15 January 1974 to 22 August 19741975: 30 January 1975 to 26 November 19751976: 3 January 1976 to 31 October 19761977: 11 February 1977 to 30 December 19771979: 23 February 1979 to 23 February 19791980: 5 March 1980 to 25 August 19801981: 27 February 1981 to 4 December 19811982: 20 February 1982 to 11 October 19821983: 1 March 1983 to 2 November 19831984: 29 April 1984 to 19 June 19841985: 15 January 1985 to 18 December 19851986: 4 March 1986 to 2 June 19861987: 8 February 1987 to 18 September 19871988: 9 February 1988 to 23 December 19881989: 1 January 1989 to 15 November 19891990: 16 March 1990 to 27 November 19901991: 17 June 1991 to 18 December 19911993: 27 January 1993 to 31 December 19931994: 4 March 1994 to 23 July 19941995: 21 January 1995 to 16 December 19951996: 2 April 1996 to 7 November 19961997: 6 January 1997 to 28 June 199719311940194919581967197619861996JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Grootfontein meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Grootfontein
YearFirst dateLast date
19311931-01-151931-12-31
19321932-05-291932-11-07
19331933-11-091933-12-21
19341934-02-171934-12-20
19351935-02-231935-06-12
19361936-02-261936-12-02
19371937-01-261937-01-26
19381938-01-281938-07-06
19391939-01-301939-08-23
19401940-01-191940-11-09
19411941-01-051941-12-22
19421942-10-021942-10-10
19431943-04-141943-11-29
19441944-03-071944-10-21
19451945-12-041945-12-04
19461946-02-111946-09-02
19471947-03-211947-11-22
19481948-02-291948-10-10
19491949-03-191949-11-11
19501950-01-051950-11-30
19511951-02-151951-05-15
19521952-02-061952-11-14
19531953-02-221953-12-19
19541954-03-101954-11-05
19551955-01-301955-11-29
19561956-02-091956-12-06
19571957-01-301957-09-12
19581958-01-111958-12-25
19591959-02-121959-10-08
19601960-03-151960-03-29
19611961-01-011961-11-26
19621962-08-101962-11-17
19631963-01-181963-11-11
19641964-03-251964-12-04
19651965-03-141965-10-09
19661966-01-291966-01-30
19671967-03-111967-11-23
19681968-03-281968-10-22
19691969-02-241969-10-14
19701970-02-041970-12-06
19711971-01-091971-09-06
19721972-01-061972-04-12
19731973-02-161973-12-22
19741974-01-151974-08-22
19751975-01-301975-11-26
19761976-01-031976-10-31
19771977-02-111977-12-30
19791979-02-231979-02-23
19801980-03-051980-08-25
19811981-02-271981-12-04
19821982-02-201982-10-11
19831983-03-011983-11-02
19841984-04-291984-06-19
19851985-01-151985-12-18
19861986-03-041986-06-02
19871987-02-081987-09-18
19881988-02-091988-12-23
19891989-01-011989-11-15
19901990-03-161990-11-27
19911991-06-171991-12-18
19931993-01-271993-12-31
19941994-03-041994-07-23
19951995-01-211995-12-16
19961996-04-021996-11-07
19971997-01-061997-06-28

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Grootfontein
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain651719765
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain47619742
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain12219651

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1931.

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).