Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

Riethoek Threshold Days by Year (SF002037370)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Riethoek (SF002037370): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Riethoek Thresholds

  • Riethoek: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1974 with 43.
  • Riethoek: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 58 years, most in 1974 with 16.
  • Riethoek: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 37 years, most in 1943 with 5.
  • Riethoek: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 6 years, most in 1936 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Riethoek.
58 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Riethoek Days per year at Riethoek with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 43 in 1974. 02040601933: 181934: 241935: 231936: 231937: 141938: 181939: 291940: 231941: 171942: 241943: 251944: 71946: 211947: 191948: 221949: 221950: 271951: 171952: 231954: 191955: 261956: 301957: 261958: 161959: 241960: 211961: 231962: 241963: 341964: 141965: 141966: 181967: 311968: 151969: 181970: 121971: 201972: 291973: 201974: 431975: 201976: 331978: 271979: 211981: 261982: 191983: 191984: 141985: 151986: 221987: 111988: 391989: 251990: 161991: 281992: 91993: 231995: 121933193919461952195919651971197819851991
Days per year at Riethoek with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 43 in 1974.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Riethoek
YearDaysDecade average
19331821.3
19342421.3
19352321.3
19362321.3
19371421.3
19381821.3
19392921.3
19402320
19411720
19422420
19432520
1944720
19462120
19471920
19482220
19492220
19502723.1
19511723.1
19522323.1
19541923.1
19552623.1
19563023.1
19572623.1
19581623.1
19592423.1
19602121.2
19612321.2
19622421.2
19633421.2
19641421.2
19651421.2
19661821.2
19673121.2
19681521.2
19691821.2
19701225
19712025
19722925
19732025
19744325
19752025
19763325
19782725
19792125
19812621.1
19821921.1
19831921.1
19841421.1
19851521.1
19862221.1
19871121.1
19883921.1
19892521.1
19901617.6
19912817.6
1992917.6
19932317.6
19951217.6
First to last qualifying date each year at Riethoek For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Riethoek meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1933: 1 January 1933 to 30 December 19331934: 10 January 1934 to 25 December 19341935: 12 January 1935 to 29 December 19351936: 10 January 1936 to 26 November 19361937: 22 January 1937 to 23 December 19371938: 16 January 1938 to 27 December 19381939: 21 January 1939 to 16 December 19391940: 23 January 1940 to 21 December 19401941: 1 January 1941 to 27 October 19411942: 3 January 1942 to 25 December 19421943: 7 January 1943 to 31 December 19431944: 2 January 1944 to 18 September 19441946: 8 January 1946 to 22 December 19461947: 9 February 1947 to 30 December 19471948: 2 January 1948 to 30 November 19481949: 30 January 1949 to 28 December 19491950: 5 January 1950 to 31 December 19501951: 1 January 1951 to 5 November 19511952: 25 January 1952 to 15 December 19521954: 30 January 1954 to 26 December 19541955: 20 January 1955 to 18 December 19551956: 6 January 1956 to 24 December 19561957: 24 January 1957 to 31 December 19571958: 3 January 1958 to 27 December 19581959: 1 January 1959 to 31 December 19591960: 1 January 1960 to 23 November 19601961: 27 January 1961 to 16 December 19611962: 5 January 1962 to 27 December 19621963: 4 January 1963 to 8 December 19631964: 10 January 1964 to 4 December 19641965: 10 January 1965 to 15 November 19651966: 7 January 1966 to 31 December 19661967: 1 January 1967 to 15 November 19671968: 31 January 1968 to 7 December 19681969: 6 January 1969 to 8 November 19691970: 25 January 1970 to 6 December 19701971: 6 January 1971 to 19 December 19711972: 9 January 1972 to 23 November 19721973: 3 February 1973 to 22 December 19731974: 7 January 1974 to 20 December 19741975: 22 January 1975 to 21 December 19751976: 3 January 1976 to 24 December 19761978: 4 January 1978 to 28 November 19781979: 12 February 1979 to 25 December 19791981: 24 January 1981 to 16 December 19811982: 27 January 1982 to 2 December 19821983: 14 January 1983 to 30 December 19831984: 1 January 1984 to 28 November 19841985: 14 January 1985 to 4 December 19851986: 3 January 1986 to 21 November 19861987: 10 February 1987 to 19 October 19871988: 11 January 1988 to 18 December 19881989: 4 January 1989 to 18 December 19891990: 9 January 1990 to 29 December 19901991: 6 January 1991 to 25 December 19911992: 3 January 1992 to 10 November 19921993: 26 January 1993 to 28 November 19931995: 15 January 1995 to 25 December 199519331941195019591967197519851993JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Riethoek meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Riethoek
YearFirst dateLast date
19331933-01-011933-12-30
19341934-01-101934-12-25
19351935-01-121935-12-29
19361936-01-101936-11-26
19371937-01-221937-12-23
19381938-01-161938-12-27
19391939-01-211939-12-16
19401940-01-231940-12-21
19411941-01-011941-10-27
19421942-01-031942-12-25
19431943-01-071943-12-31
19441944-01-021944-09-18
19461946-01-081946-12-22
19471947-02-091947-12-30
19481948-01-021948-11-30
19491949-01-301949-12-28
19501950-01-051950-12-31
19511951-01-011951-11-05
19521952-01-251952-12-15
19541954-01-301954-12-26
19551955-01-201955-12-18
19561956-01-061956-12-24
19571957-01-241957-12-31
19581958-01-031958-12-27
19591959-01-011959-12-31
19601960-01-011960-11-23
19611961-01-271961-12-16
19621962-01-051962-12-27
19631963-01-041963-12-08
19641964-01-101964-12-04
19651965-01-101965-11-15
19661966-01-071966-12-31
19671967-01-011967-11-15
19681968-01-311968-12-07
19691969-01-061969-11-08
19701970-01-251970-12-06
19711971-01-061971-12-19
19721972-01-091972-11-23
19731973-02-031973-12-22
19741974-01-071974-12-20
19751975-01-221975-12-21
19761976-01-031976-12-24
19781978-01-041978-11-28
19791979-02-121979-12-25
19811981-01-241981-12-16
19821982-01-271982-12-02
19831983-01-141983-12-30
19841984-01-011984-11-28
19851985-01-141985-12-04
19861986-01-031986-11-21
19871987-02-101987-10-19
19881988-01-111988-12-18
19891989-01-041989-12-18
19901990-01-091990-12-29
19911991-01-061991-12-25
19921992-01-031992-11-10
19931993-01-261993-11-28
19951995-01-151995-12-25

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Riethoek
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain5843197412
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain581619746
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain37519433
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain6119361

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1933.

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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).