A trace of rain in the City Bowl
Molteno Reservoir: 4.0 mm over the last 5 days (peak 4.0 mm).
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Cape Town — daily rainfall log
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| Date | Rainfall |
|---|---|
| Sat 4 Jul | – |
| Fri 3 Jul | – |
| Thu 2 Jul | 4.0 mm |
| Wed 1 Jul | – |
| Tue 30 Jun | – |
| Mon 29 Jun | 44.0 mm |
| Sun 28 Jun | 3.0 mm |
| Sat 27 Jun | – |
| Fri 26 Jun | – |
| Thu 25 Jun | – |
| Wed 24 Jun | – |
| Tue 23 Jun | 4.0 mm |
| Mon 22 Jun | – |
| Sun 21 Jun | – |
A dash means SAWS published no reading for that station on that day — usually no rain, but absence is not counted as 0 mm.
24h SAWS bulletin
4 Jul, 08:00One daily reading published each morning by the South African Weather Service.
5-day rainfall footprint
30 Jun – 4 JulA rolling 5-day total, not a single-day snapshot. Colour shows each station's highest reading in that window.
Rainfall map
Rolling 5-day footprint (30 Jun–4 Jul). Stations that reported in the latest bulletin are ringed; their max reading over the 5-day window drives the colour.
- Tugela Ferry Ars 10.0 mm Kwazulu-Natal
54 stations are plotted at their province centroid because we don't have their exact coordinates — they show as translucent dots.
Hexagons aggregate nearby station readings to show the regional rainfall footprint. Station bubbles are direct SAWS measurements at each reporting site. Estimated surface from station readings — not direct measurements. Treat between-station values as interpolation. Province colours summarise listed station readings; they do not mean rainfall was uniform across the province. Switch between the latest bulletin and the prior day to see how the footprint moved.
Rainfall analytics
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The national / all-stations picture for this bulletin.
The heaviest rainfall was recorded at Tugela Ferry Ars with 10.0 mm in Kwazulu-Natal. 1 station was listed with measurable rainfall in this bulletin. The wettest day in the tracked history remains 28 Jun 2026 (704.0 mm at Rustenburg).
No Western Cape stations reported in this bulletin.
Was the rain isolated or widespread? Stations per province grouped by intensity band.
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| Province | Light | Moderate | Heavy | Very heavy | Extreme | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwazulu-Natal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stations reporting the highest 24-hour totals. Bars are relative to the day's maximum.
No Western Cape stations reported in this bulletin.
How rainfall has evolved day by day. Switch the scope below.
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| Date | Max mm | Stations | Wet stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | 7.0 | 15 | 15 |
| 10 Jun 2026 | 15.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 34.0 | 59 | 59 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | 13.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 32.0 | 34 | 34 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 9.0 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 8.0 | 24 | 24 |
| 20 Jun 2026 | 16.0 | 13 | 13 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 35.0 | 50 | 50 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 9.0 | 31 | 31 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 4.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 16.0 | 39 | 39 |
| 28 Jun 2026 | 704.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 85.0 | 72 | 72 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 20.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 17.0 | 86 | 86 |
| 4 Jul 2026 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 |
Was this mostly light rain, or did many stations record heavy rainfall? Station counts grouped by intensity band.
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| Band | From | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| Light | ≥ 0 mm | 0 |
| Moderate | ≥ 10 mm | 1 |
| Heavy | ≥ 20 mm | 0 |
| Very heavy | ≥ 50 mm | 0 |
| Extreme | ≥ 100 mm | 0 |
No Western Cape stations reported in this bulletin.
Methodology & source
How this page is built and how to read the layers.
Reporting period
24-hour rainfall ending 08:00 SAST
Data source
Footprint aggregation
Footprint cells aggregate station readings into hexagons (resolution 5, ~10 km across) — individual station bubbles remain the direct measurement.
Historical tracking
Tracking since 11 May 2026
Data quality notes
- Station bubbles are direct SAWS 24-hour measurements — that's the truth layer.
- Hex footprint cells are aggregated from those station readings, not separate measurements.
- Stations without coordinates would be excluded from map layers but still counted in KPIs and tables — none in today's bulletin.
- History is tracked from 11 May 2026 — earlier bulletins are not available on this page.
Daily rainfall bulletin published by the South African Weather Service.
Last fetched: 5 July 2026, 10:00 UTC