UCT have the historical data at https://www.csag.uct.ac.za/current-seasons-rainfall-in-cape-town/
I grabbed the json to check the monthly figures for Newlands from CoCT
This year is the wettest July at 821mm up to 29/07. It's also the wettest month ever on record
Skeleton waterfall this afternoon, still decent flow but yesterday must've been hectic. Looks to have been 0.5-0.7m deep the entire way across.
Contour path is washed out between skeleton and Window where there was a small bridge and the Jeep tracks in Newlands are stuffed again with metre deep...
Weather beacon on Lions Head with some insane gusts. Hectic winds on the mountain this morning, even keeping to contour level
https://iweathar.co.za/display?s_id=252
I've never done it, I refuse to do Trevor's races. But friends have done it. Marking is nonexistent so you need to know how to navigate at night. And have a decent headlamp
The wind was wild this year along with a much tougher route for the 100k and a brutal route for the miler. Winning time for the 100k was nearly an hour slower than last year despite a much more competitive field. The 1st night of the miler broke many a runner, temperatures were around 2c at...
A proper hill climb at the Langeberg sky race this past Saturday. It covers the Arangieskop hiking trail in Robertson, 22k with 1900m climb (and descent). Never ending climbing with a technical and damp descent. My quads have yet to forgive me but so much fun.