Grahamstown
Station in Eastern Cape, listed in the SAWS daily rainfall bulletin
Latest reading
4.0 mm
The reading covers the 24 hours to 08:00 SAST on Thursday 30 July 2026. The station has not been listed since, so no rain was recorded there in the bulletins up to 2 November.
Where it is
-33.2907, 26.5026
Surveyed This is the gauge's own position as SAWS reports it to WMO OSCAR/Surface, and it is accurate to a few metres.
- Position from
- WMO OSCAR/Surface 0-20000-0-68849
- Elevation
- 642 m
- Moved
- Until the register was rebuilt on 29 October 2026, this station was plotted at -33.3049, 26.5328 (Town-level), 3.2 km from the point above.
Daily log
No bulletin in the last 30 days lists a reading from this station, so there is no daily log to show.
Everything the archive holds
- In the archive
- 13 May 2026 to 30 Jul 2026
- Days with rain
- 11
- Peak reading
- 89.0 mm on 4 Jun 2026
- Total
- At least 147.0 mm
The total is a lower bound, since some days have no bulletin and the rain that fell on them is unknown.
- Rain recorded
- Unknown: no bulletin that day
Because SAWS lists only the stations where rain fell, a day with a bulletin that does not name this station is counted as a dry day.
Show every reading as a table
| Date | Rainfall |
|---|---|
| Thu 30 Jul 2026 | 4.0 mm |
| Wed 29 Jul 2026 | 4.0 mm |
| Tue 28 Jul 2026 | 10.0 mm |
| Fri 24 Jul 2026 | 4.0 mm |
| Fri 17 Jul 2026 | 3.0 mm |
| Thu 2 Jul 2026 | 17.0 mm |
| Fri 26 Jun 2026 | 2.0 mm |
| Fri 12 Jun 2026 | 1.0 mm |
| Thu 4 Jun 2026 | 89.0 mm |
| Wed 3 Jun 2026 | 11.0 mm |
| Wed 13 May 2026 | 2.0 mm |
Days with no bulletin
The archive holds no SAWS bulletin for 37 days between its first and last date, so the rain that fell on those days is unknown and is left out of the total.
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Source: readings from the South African Weather Service daily rainfall bulletin; position from WMO OSCAR/Surface.
Last refreshed: bulletin of 2 November 2026