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Rain on 7 May 2026: three Garden Route stations topped Cape Town's May average in one day
162mm Plett Bay Newlands · Highest
Plett Bay Newlands (162 mm), Knysna Kleingrysbos (161 mm) and George Witfontein (137 mm) each recorded more than Cape Town's May average of about 136 mm.
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Method and sources
Each bar is the rainfall, in millimetres, measured at one selected SAWS automatic rainfall station in the 24 hours ending 08:00 SAST on 7 May 2026, as reported in the article.
Plett Bay Newlands 162, Knysna Kleingrysbos 161, George Witfontein 137, Mossel Bay Robinson Pass 130, George Jonkershoek 127, George WO 92, Mossel Bay 65, Plettenbergbaai 64, Oudtshoorn 42.
Station names are as the article prints them.
The comparison figure of about 136 mm is Cape Town's long-term average rainfall for May, which the article takes from climate-data.org (1991 to 2021), not from SAWS.
Source: SAWS Daily Rainfall Bulletin (https://www.weathersa.co.za)
Figures as published in our article on the May 2026 Western Cape storms (last updated 13 May 2026): SAWS Daily Rainfall Bulletin, 24 hours to 08:00 SAST on 7 May 2026.
Chart updated · 14 Sep 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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