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Cape Town Intl Threshold Days by Year (SFM00068816)

10 fixed thresholds counted per year at Cape Town Intl (SFM00068816): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Cape Town Intl Thresholds

  • Cape Town Intl: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 26 years, most in 1999 with 65.
  • Cape Town Intl: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 26 years, most in 1999 with 32.
  • Cape Town Intl: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 21 years, most in 2011 with 10.
  • Cape Town Intl: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 8 years, most in 1980 with 11.
  • 10 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Cape Town Intl.
26 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Town Intl Days per year at Cape Town Intl with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 1999. 0204060801982: 181983: 291984: 441985: 461986: 271987: 161988: 321991: 281992: 271993: 351994: 501995: 441996: 301997: 401998: 441999: 652000: 442001: 372002: 442003: 362004: 382010: 372011: 372012: 422013: 352025: 10198219851988199319961999200220102013
Days per year at Cape Town Intl with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 65 in 1999.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Cape Town Intl
YearDaysDecade average
19821830.3
19832930.3
19844430.3
19854630.3
19862730.3
19871630.3
19883230.3
19912840.3
19922740.3
19933540.3
19945040.3
19954440.3
19963040.3
19974040.3
19984440.3
19996540.3
20004439.8
20013739.8
20024439.8
20033639.8
20043839.8
20103737.8
20113737.8
20124237.8
20133537.8
20251010
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Town Intl For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Town Intl meeting 30 C (86 F). 1982: 27 January 1982 to 15 November 19821983: 7 January 1983 to 28 December 19831984: 7 January 1984 to 30 November 19841985: 2 January 1985 to 19 December 19851986: 17 January 1986 to 21 December 19861987: 7 February 1987 to 8 August 19871988: 7 February 1988 to 31 December 19881991: 3 January 1991 to 17 December 19911992: 3 January 1992 to 26 December 19921993: 3 January 1993 to 24 December 19931994: 4 January 1994 to 30 December 19941995: 15 January 1995 to 31 December 19951996: 13 January 1996 to 27 December 19961997: 4 January 1997 to 30 December 19971998: 2 January 1998 to 30 December 19981999: 7 January 1999 to 30 December 19992000: 3 January 2000 to 15 November 20002001: 3 January 2001 to 29 December 20012002: 25 January 2002 to 21 December 20022003: 1 January 2003 to 24 December 20032004: 3 January 2004 to 25 December 20042010: 2 January 2010 to 31 December 20102011: 1 January 2011 to 5 December 20112012: 11 January 2012 to 27 December 20122013: 15 January 2013 to 25 December 20132025: 21 January 2025 to 6 April 20251982198619921996200020042013JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Cape Town Intl meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Cape Town Intl
YearFirst dateLast date
19821982-01-271982-11-15
19831983-01-071983-12-28
19841984-01-071984-11-30
19851985-01-021985-12-19
19861986-01-171986-12-21
19871987-02-071987-08-08
19881988-02-071988-12-31
19911991-01-031991-12-17
19921992-01-031992-12-26
19931993-01-031993-12-24
19941994-01-041994-12-30
19951995-01-151995-12-31
19961996-01-131996-12-27
19971997-01-041997-12-30
19981998-01-021998-12-30
19991999-01-071999-12-30
20002000-01-032000-11-15
20012001-01-032001-12-29
20022002-01-252002-12-21
20032003-01-012003-12-24
20042004-01-032004-12-25
20102010-01-022010-12-31
20112011-01-012011-12-05
20122012-01-112012-12-27
20132013-01-152013-12-25
20252025-01-212025-04-06

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Cape Town Intl
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days2665199910
35 C (95 F): Days211020112
40 C (104 F): Days1120001
90 F (32.2 C): Days263219995
100 F (37.8 C): Days4220002
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min10n/a2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min3619802
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain81119808
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain8319976
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain10n/a4

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1982.

Download the Data

  • Data for Cape Town Intl threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).