Makwassie Threshold Days by Year (SF003988890)

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Makwassie (SF003988890): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Makwassie Thresholds

Makwassie: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 66 years, most in 1988 with 30.
Makwassie: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 66 years, most in 1976 with 14.
Makwassie: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 39 years, most in 1976 with 8.
Makwassie: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 7 years, most in 1976 with 2.
4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Makwassie.

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

66 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Makwassie with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 30 in 1988.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Makwassie
Year	Days	Decade average
1911	21	15.3
1912	9	15.3
1913	11	15.3
1914	12	15.3
1915	12	15.3
1916	15	15.3
1917	17	15.3
1918	29	15.3
1919	12	15.3
1920	20	16.9
1921	21	16.9
1922	13	16.9
1923	11	16.9
1924	19	16.9
1925	14	16.9
1926	9	16.9
1927	18	16.9
1928	24	16.9
1929	20	16.9
1930	16	18.3
1931	22	18.3
1932	14	18.3
1933	16	18.3
1934	25	18.3
1935	15	18.3
1936	19	18.3
1937	19	18.3
1938	16	18.3
1939	21	18.3
1941	14	19.8
1942	22	19.8
1943	28	19.8
1944	27	19.8
1945	14	19.8
1946	17	19.8
1947	21	19.8
1948	22	19.8
1949	13	19.8
1950	26	17.3
1951	13	17.3
1952	13	17.3
1970	9	19.7
1971	20	19.7
1972	20	19.7
1973	25	19.7
1974	28	19.7
1975	23	19.7
1976	24	19.7
1977	8	19.7
1978	25	19.7
1979	15	19.7
1980	13	19.1
1981	25	19.1
1982	16	19.1
1983	14	19.1
1984	14	19.1
1985	16	19.1
1986	23	19.1
1987	16	19.1
1988	30	19.1
1989	24	19.1
1990	16	14
1991	21	14
1992	7	14
1993	20	14
1994	6	14

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

First to last qualifying date each year at Makwassie
Year	First date	Last date
1911	1911-01-14	1911-12-07
1912	1912-01-04	1912-12-31
1913	1913-01-15	1913-11-15
1914	1914-01-06	1914-12-04
1915	1915-01-06	1915-12-07
1916	1916-01-05	1916-12-17
1917	1917-01-02	1917-11-27
1918	1918-01-08	1918-12-31
1919	1919-01-03	1919-12-29
1920	1920-01-06	1920-11-17
1921	1921-02-03	1921-12-28
1922	1922-01-10	1922-12-23
1923	1923-01-26	1923-12-20
1924	1924-01-31	1924-12-20
1925	1925-01-02	1925-09-14
1926	1926-01-18	1926-12-20
1927	1927-01-03	1927-12-28
1928	1928-01-05	1928-11-24
1929	1929-01-14	1929-12-19
1930	1930-01-05	1930-12-15
1931	1931-01-01	1931-11-10
1932	1932-02-08	1932-12-26
1933	1933-01-01	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-02	1934-12-15
1935	1935-01-16	1935-12-15
1936	1936-01-07	1936-12-03
1937	1937-01-05	1937-12-30
1938	1938-01-23	1938-12-29
1939	1939-01-22	1939-11-27
1941	1941-01-04	1941-09-30
1942	1942-01-03	1942-12-16
1943	1943-01-01	1943-12-26
1944	1944-01-04	1944-11-29
1945	1945-01-08	1945-11-27
1946	1946-01-10	1946-12-22
1947	1947-01-05	1947-12-31
1948	1948-01-03	1948-12-18
1949	1949-01-20	1949-12-29
1950	1950-01-06	1950-12-31
1951	1951-01-19	1951-12-25
1952	1952-01-23	1952-12-17
1970	1970-01-24	1970-12-23
1971	1971-01-08	1971-12-19
1972	1972-01-11	1972-12-25
1973	1973-01-01	1973-12-23
1974	1974-01-04	1974-12-28
1975	1975-01-09	1975-12-17
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-28
1977	1977-01-31	1977-12-15
1978	1978-01-10	1978-11-26
1979	1979-01-17	1979-12-12
1980	1980-01-08	1980-12-10
1981	1981-01-09	1981-12-22
1982	1982-01-18	1982-11-14
1983	1983-01-07	1983-12-21
1984	1984-01-07	1984-12-17
1985	1985-01-04	1985-12-16
1986	1986-01-19	1986-12-28
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-26
1988	1988-01-20	1988-12-25
1989	1989-01-01	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-08	1990-12-05
1991	1991-01-06	1991-12-24
1992	1992-02-17	1992-12-13
1993	1993-01-03	1993-12-30
1994	1994-01-11	1994-10-28

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Makwassie
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	66	30	1988	6
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	66	14	1976	1
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	39	8	1976	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	7	2	1976	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1911.

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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).

Makwassie Threshold Days by Year (SF003988890)

Key Facts for Makwassie Thresholds

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

Every Fixed Threshold

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