Nieuwejaarsfontein Threshold Days by Year (SF001688000)

3 fixed thresholds counted per year at Nieuwejaarsfontein (SF001688000): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Nieuwejaarsfontein Thresholds

Nieuwejaarsfontein: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 61 years, most in 1974 with 18.
Nieuwejaarsfontein: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 52 years, most in 1988 with 9.
Nieuwejaarsfontein: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 11 years, most in 1988 with 2.
3 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Nieuwejaarsfontein.

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

61 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Nieuwejaarsfontein with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 18 in 1974.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Nieuwejaarsfontein
Year	Days	Decade average
1936	7	8
1937	7	8
1938	6	8
1939	12	8
1940	7	6.7
1941	7	6.7
1942	5	6.7
1943	7	6.7
1944	3	6.7
1945	7	6.7
1947	5	6.7
1948	12	6.7
1949	7	6.7
1950	15	9.1
1951	2	9.1
1952	8	9.1
1953	12	9.1
1954	6	9.1
1955	10	9.1
1956	11	9.1
1957	10	9.1
1958	12	9.1
1959	5	9.1
1960	8	8.7
1961	15	8.7
1962	4	8.7
1963	14	8.7
1964	7	8.7
1965	11	8.7
1966	2	8.7
1967	13	8.7
1968	5	8.7
1969	8	8.7
1970	8	10.9
1971	10	10.9
1972	10	10.9
1973	11	10.9
1974	18	10.9
1975	15	10.9
1976	16	10.9
1977	10	10.9
1978	4	10.9
1979	7	10.9
1980	8	10.2
1981	12	10.2
1982	6	10.2
1983	7	10.2
1984	4	10.2
1985	15	10.2
1986	5	10.2
1987	12	10.2
1988	18	10.2
1989	15	10.2
1990	5	8.8
1991	14	8.8
1992	8	8.8
1993	6	8.8
1994	7	8.8
1995	13	8.8
1996	13	8.8
1997	4	8.8

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Nieuwejaarsfontein
Year	First date	Last date
1936	1936-02-25	1936-11-17
1937	1937-01-15	1937-04-06
1938	1938-01-26	1938-11-04
1939	1939-01-30	1939-10-22
1940	1940-02-04	1940-09-28
1941	1941-01-21	1941-04-05
1942	1942-03-01	1942-04-19
1943	1943-02-22	1943-11-30
1944	1944-03-06	1944-03-08
1945	1945-01-31	1945-12-04
1947	1947-05-11	1947-12-03
1948	1948-01-22	1948-04-22
1949	1949-03-03	1949-11-17
1950	1950-01-08	1950-11-29
1951	1951-01-01	1951-05-15
1952	1952-02-05	1952-11-24
1953	1953-01-12	1953-12-20
1954	1954-02-10	1954-04-30
1955	1955-01-19	1955-12-18
1956	1956-03-09	1956-12-07
1957	1957-02-20	1957-12-29
1958	1958-01-09	1958-12-26
1959	1959-02-12	1959-12-03
1960	1960-01-28	1960-08-19
1961	1961-01-02	1961-12-15
1962	1962-01-18	1962-04-25
1963	1963-01-02	1963-12-08
1964	1964-02-11	1964-11-04
1965	1965-01-14	1965-11-15
1966	1966-01-29	1966-02-01
1967	1967-01-18	1967-11-23
1968	1968-03-02	1968-05-13
1969	1969-02-23	1969-05-21
1970	1970-02-05	1970-11-13
1971	1971-01-24	1971-11-19
1972	1972-01-06	1972-10-13
1973	1973-02-17	1973-12-23
1974	1974-01-26	1974-12-17
1975	1975-01-22	1975-12-22
1976	1976-01-03	1976-10-30
1977	1977-01-28	1977-12-30
1978	1978-02-01	1978-12-08
1979	1979-01-25	1979-10-17
1980	1980-02-02	1980-12-15
1981	1981-01-24	1981-12-05
1982	1982-02-20	1982-12-05
1983	1983-02-01	1983-11-28
1984	1984-03-11	1984-11-28
1985	1985-01-14	1985-12-19
1986	1986-01-24	1986-06-01
1987	1987-02-08	1987-12-22
1988	1988-02-16	1988-12-28
1989	1989-01-05	1989-11-07
1990	1990-02-14	1990-06-27
1991	1991-01-15	1991-10-23
1992	1992-02-11	1992-11-07
1993	1993-04-04	1993-12-22
1994	1994-01-12	1994-03-06
1995	1995-01-11	1995-12-22
1996	1996-01-22	1996-12-28
1997	1997-01-13	1997-03-25

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Nieuwejaarsfontein
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	61	18	1974	4
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	52	9	1988	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	11	2	1988	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1936.

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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).

Nieuwejaarsfontein Threshold Days by Year (SF001688000)

Key Facts for Nieuwejaarsfontein Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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