Welgelegen(Middlemnt Weather Records (SF001435980)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Welgelegen(Middlemnt (SF001435980), South Africa, with 97 years of record.

Key Facts for Welgelegen(Middlemnt

Welgelegen(Middlemnt (SF001435980) is a weather station in South Africa at -31.47 latitude and 24.33 longitude, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1989, 97 years of record.
0 records set at Welgelegen(Middlemnt still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Welgelegen(Middlemnt set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 2 January 1989.

About the Station

Location: South Africa, -31.47 latitude, 24.33 longitude.
Elevation: 1,500 m (4,921 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1989, 97 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Welgelegen(Middlemnt. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Welgelegen(Middlemnt, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Welgelegen(Middlemnt still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 115.8 mm (4.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Welgelegen(Middlemnt. The most was 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 15 March 1918.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Welgelegen(Middlemnt
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 January 1948
Feb	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 February 1920
Mar	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	15 March 1918
Apr	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 April 1896
May	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 May 1914
Jun	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 June 1913
Jul	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 July 1965
Aug	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 August 1974
Sep	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 September 1901
Oct	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	5 October 1976
Nov	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 November 1936
Dec	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 December 1896

Latest Records

Latest records at Welgelegen(Middlemnt
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1989	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 June 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	94 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1988	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1987	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1987	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1987	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1987	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1987	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1977	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1977	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1977	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1976	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1976	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1893 to 1989

Yearly extremes at Welgelegen(Middlemnt: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	1918	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	86
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	1976	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	86
Longest dry spell (CDD)	220 days	1912	85 days	86

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Welgelegen(Middlemnt, 1893 to 1989. The record is 115.8 mm (4.6 in) in 1918, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.1 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Welgelegen(Middlemnt by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1894	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1895	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1896	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1897	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1898	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1899	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1900	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1901	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1902	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1903	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1904	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1905	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1906	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1907	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1908	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1912	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1913	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1914	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1915	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1916	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1917	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1918	115.8 mm (4.6 in)
1919	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1920	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1921	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1922	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1923	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1924	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1925	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1926	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1927	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1928	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1929	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1930	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1931	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1932	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1933	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1934	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1935	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1936	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1937	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1938	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1939	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1940	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1941	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1942	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1943	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1944	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1945	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1946	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1947	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1948	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1949	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1950	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1951	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1952	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1953	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1954	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1955	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1956	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1957	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1958	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1959	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1960	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1961	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1962	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1963	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1964	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1965	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1966	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1967	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1968	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1969	40.8 mm (1.6 in)
1970	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1971	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1972	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1973	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1974	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1975	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1976	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1977	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1982	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1987	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1988	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1989	33.3 mm (1.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Welgelegen(Middlemnt, 1893 to 1989. The record is 154.5 mm (6.1 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.7 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Welgelegen(Middlemnt by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1894	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1895	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1896	101.7 mm (4.0 in)
1897	101.7 mm (4.0 in)
1898	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1899	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1900	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1901	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1902	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1903	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1904	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1905	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1906	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1907	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1908	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1912	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1913	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1914	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1915	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1916	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1917	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1918	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
1919	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1920	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1921	88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1922	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1923	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1924	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1925	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1926	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1927	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1928	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1929	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1930	77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1931	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1932	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1933	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1934	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1935	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1936	80.7 mm (3.2 in)
1937	62.1 mm (2.4 in)
1938	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1939	67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1940	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1941	105.7 mm (4.2 in)
1942	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1943	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1944	119.6 mm (4.7 in)
1945	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1946	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1947	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
1948	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1949	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1950	64.2 mm (2.5 in)
1951	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1952	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1953	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1954	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1955	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1956	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
1957	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1958	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1959	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1960	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1961	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1962	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1963	57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1964	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1965	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1966	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
1967	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1968	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1969	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1970	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1971	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1972	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1973	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1974	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1975	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1976	154.5 mm (6.1 in)
1977	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1982	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1987	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1988	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1989	77.2 mm (3.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Welgelegen(Middlemnt, 1893 to 1989. The record is 220 days in 1912, marked on the chart; the median year is 85 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Welgelegen(Middlemnt by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893	57 days
1894	79 days
1895	79 days
1896	61 days
1897	137 days
1898	127 days
1899	61 days
1900	77 days
1901	60 days
1902	41 days
1903	104 days
1904	105 days
1905	87 days
1906	38 days
1907	63 days
1908	86 days
1912	220 days
1913	131 days
1914	107 days
1915	119 days
1916	166 days
1917	107 days
1918	72 days
1919	193 days
1920	143 days
1921	118 days
1922	104 days
1923	189 days
1924	96 days
1925	68 days
1926	64 days
1927	108 days
1928	141 days
1929	50 days
1930	115 days
1931	79 days
1932	116 days
1933	113 days
1934	171 days
1935	111 days
1936	91 days
1937	108 days
1938	108 days
1939	69 days
1940	99 days
1941	75 days
1942	53 days
1943	70 days
1944	70 days
1945	81 days
1946	64 days
1947	68 days
1948	95 days
1949	172 days
1950	47 days
1951	67 days
1952	64 days
1953	89 days
1954	87 days
1955	83 days
1956	59 days
1957	60 days
1958	108 days
1959	85 days
1960	42 days
1961	75 days
1962	97 days
1963	69 days
1964	74 days
1965	84 days
1966	155 days
1967	64 days
1968	115 days
1969	69 days
1970	55 days
1971	45 days
1972	124 days
1973	112 days
1974	134 days
1975	109 days
1976	76 days
1977	110 days
1982	23 days
1987	59 days
1988	50 days
1989	20 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

77 years, 1893 to 1988

A day with at least 36.5 mm (1.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 99.2 mm (3.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Welgelegen(Middlemnt: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
5 years	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
10 years	61.6 mm (2.4 in)
25 years	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
50 years	87.2 mm (3.4 in)
100 years	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	Longer than the 77 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 77 years of values from 1893 to 1988.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 115.8 mm (4.6 in) in 1918; 95.3 mm (3.8 in) in 1896; 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1948.

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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). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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

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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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