Kokstad

Station in KwaZulu-Natal, listed in the SAWS daily rainfall bulletin

Latest reading

6.0 mm

The reading covers the 24 hours to 08:00 SAST on Wednesday 28 October 2026. The station has not been listed since, so no rain was recorded there in the bulletins up to 2 November.

Where it is

-30.5012, 29.3942

Surveyed This is the gauge's own position as SAWS reports it to WMO OSCAR/Surface, and it is accurate to a few metres.

Elevation
1451 m
Moved
Until the register was rebuilt on 29 October 2026, this station was plotted at -29.0000, 30.5000 (Province only), 198.1 km from the point above.

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Daily log

The strip below shows one reading a day over the last 30 days of bulletins.

No long-term average for this gauge.

Rain was recorded on 10 of the 28 days with a bulletin, amounting to 82.0 mm in all. No bulletin was published on 2 days, which are treated as unknown and left out of the count.

  1. Sunday 4 October 2.0 mm
  2. Monday 5 October Station reported no rain on this day
  3. Tuesday 6 October Station reported no rain on this day
  4. Wednesday 7 October 17.0 mm
  5. Thursday 8 October SAWS published no bulletin on this day
  6. Friday 9 October Station reported no rain on this day
  7. Saturday 10 October Station reported no rain on this day
  8. Sunday 11 October 9.0 mm
  9. Monday 12 October Station reported no rain on this day
  10. Tuesday 13 October 4.0 mm
  11. Wednesday 14 October 17.0 mm
  12. Thursday 15 October Station reported no rain on this day
  13. Friday 16 October Station reported no rain on this day
  14. Saturday 17 October Station reported no rain on this day
  15. Sunday 18 October 1.0 mm
  16. Monday 19 October 4.0 mm
  17. Tuesday 20 October 11.0 mm
  18. Wednesday 21 October Station reported no rain on this day
  19. Thursday 22 October Station reported no rain on this day
  20. Friday 23 October Station reported no rain on this day
  21. Saturday 24 October Station reported no rain on this day
  22. Sunday 25 October Station reported no rain on this day
  23. Monday 26 October Station reported no rain on this day
  24. Tuesday 27 October 11.0 mm
  25. Wednesday 28 October 6.0 mm
  26. Thursday 29 October Station reported no rain on this day
  27. Friday 30 October SAWS published no bulletin on this day
  28. Saturday 31 October Station reported no rain on this day
  29. Sunday 1 November Station reported no rain on this day
  30. Monday 2 November Station reported no rain on this day
  • No rain: SAWS lists only the stations where rain fell
  • Unknown: no bulletin that day, left out of the total
Show as table
Daily rainfall at Kokstad, 4 October 2026 to 2 November 2026.
Date Rainfall
Mon 2 Nov 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sun 1 Nov 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sat 31 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Fri 30 Oct SAWS published no bulletin on this day
Thu 29 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Wed 28 Oct 6.0 mm
Tue 27 Oct 11.0 mm
Mon 26 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sun 25 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sat 24 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Fri 23 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Thu 22 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Wed 21 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Tue 20 Oct 11.0 mm
Mon 19 Oct 4.0 mm
Sun 18 Oct 1.0 mm
Sat 17 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Fri 16 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Thu 15 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Wed 14 Oct 17.0 mm
Tue 13 Oct 4.0 mm
Mon 12 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sun 11 Oct 9.0 mm
Sat 10 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Fri 9 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Thu 8 Oct SAWS published no bulletin on this day
Wed 7 Oct 17.0 mm
Tue 6 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Mon 5 Oct 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day
Sun 4 Oct 2.0 mm

Everything the archive holds

In the archive
30 Jul 2026 to 28 Oct 2026
Days with rain
24
Peak reading
38.0 mm on 18 Sep 2026
Total
At least 230.0 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
Every reading from Kokstad, newest first
Date Rainfall
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6.0 mm
Tue 27 Oct 2026 11.0 mm
Tue 20 Oct 2026 11.0 mm
Mon 19 Oct 2026 4.0 mm
Sun 18 Oct 2026 1.0 mm
Wed 14 Oct 2026 17.0 mm
Tue 13 Oct 2026 4.0 mm
Sun 11 Oct 2026 9.0 mm
Wed 7 Oct 2026 17.0 mm
Sun 4 Oct 2026 2.0 mm
Mon 28 Sep 2026 7.0 mm
Sun 27 Sep 2026 13.0 mm
Wed 23 Sep 2026 1.0 mm
Mon 21 Sep 2026 5.0 mm
Sat 19 Sep 2026 10.0 mm
Fri 18 Sep 2026 38.0 mm
Thu 17 Sep 2026 5.0 mm
Wed 16 Sep 2026 2.0 mm
Sun 6 Sep 2026 4.0 mm
Sat 5 Sep 2026 8.0 mm
Fri 4 Sep 2026 20.0 mm
Wed 12 Aug 2026 4.0 mm
Tue 11 Aug 2026 15.0 mm
Thu 30 Jul 2026 16.0 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.

All stations Today's rainfall map

Source: readings from the South African Weather Service daily rainfall bulletin; position from WMO OSCAR/Surface.

Last refreshed: bulletin of 2 November 2026