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RCC hosted dataset

ARC2 daily rainfall — Cape-Town-Portnet

Daily ARC2 satellite rainfall estimates for the Cape-Town-Portnet synoptic station in South-Africa.

Station: CAPE-TOWN-PORTNET
Time coverage: 1983–2026
Observations: 15924
Coordinates: -33.90000, 18.45000
Last synchronized: 2026-09-17

Data preview

Latest observations

Most recent 8 daily records

Date	Precipitation (mm)
2026-08-06	0.3291972
2026-08-05	7.51261
2026-08-04	0
2026-08-03	0.083331868
2026-08-02	0
2026-08-01	0
2026-07-31	0
2026-07-30	1.36239