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Weather in Ba-Phalaborwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.6 °C, 0.9 mm of rain; a normal November has 71 mm. 3 days reached 35 °C. Coldest night 19.7 °C on 1 November 2026.
Modelled estimates from a weather reanalysis, averaged over the whole place: not readings from a weather station, and not a forecast. Weather here is averaged over a 9 km grid: the 82 grid cells the municipality overlaps, each weighted by its area in it.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35.3 | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 29.9 | 22.0 | 0.9 |
| 3 | 34.8 | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 35.6 | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 35.6 | 24.0 | 0.0 |
Highs and lows are for the South African day; rain is for the day to 02:00 the next morning (the weather model’s day ends at midnight UTC). The weather model runs about five days behind the weather, so the newest day here is usually five to twelve days ago. Only whole days are shown.
The last twelve months against normal
Show the numbers
| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| November | 96 mm, normal 71 mm |
| December | 95 mm, normal 99 mm |
| January | 602 mm, normal 105 mm |
| February | 15 mm, normal 80 mm |
| March | 174 mm, normal 48 mm |
| April | 60 mm, normal 24 mm |
| May | 6.5 mm, normal 11 mm |
| June | 7.0 mm, normal 5.8 mm |
| July | 0.5 mm, normal 7.0 mm |
| August | 21 mm, normal 5.9 mm |
| September | 46 mm, normal 13 mm |
| October | 6.3 mm, normal 25 mm |
Every year since 1950
19502025
Show the numbers
| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,222 mm (+147% on the normal) |
| 1951 | 155 mm (-69% on the normal) |
| 1952 | 360 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1953 | 373 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1954 | 346 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1955 | 620 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1956 | 409 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1957 | 445 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1958 | 778 mm (+57% on the normal) |
| 1959 | 203 mm (-59% on the normal) |
| 1960 | 347 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1961 | 233 mm (-53% on the normal) |
| 1962 | 363 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1963 | 365 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1964 | 434 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1965 | 182 mm (-63% on the normal) |
| 1966 | 518 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1967 | 518 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1968 | 398 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1969 | 592 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1970 | 374 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1971 | 459 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1972 | 655 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 1973 | 586 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1974 | 517 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1975 | 674 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 1976 | 547 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1977 | 734 mm (+48% on the normal) |
| 1978 | 687 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 1979 | 404 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1980 | 603 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1981 | 612 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 1982 | 289 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1983 | 339 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 1984 | 554 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1985 | 546 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1986 | 394 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1987 | 537 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1988 | 414 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1989 | 404 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1990 | 415 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1991 | 354 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 467 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 431 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 292 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 398 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 716 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 457 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 634 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 692 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 958 mm (+93% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 669 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 204 mm (-59% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 405 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 506 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 378 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 594 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 489 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 375 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 400 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 594 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 420 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 435 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 878 mm (+77% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 617 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 252 mm (-49% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 348 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 506 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 339 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 494 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 556 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 586 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 390 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 699 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 301 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 604 mm (+22% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1950 (1,222 mm). Driest: 1951 (155 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 43.1 °C in December 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 105 | 80 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 71 | 99 |
| Mean °C | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 20.3 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 22.3 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 25.7 |
Each ward
- Ward 1 (Makushane Location, Namakgale - D)
- Ward 2
- Ward 3 (Ben - A, Ben - B)
- Ward 4 (Namakgale)
- Ward 5 (Namakgale - B)
- Ward 6 (Namakgale - E)
- Ward 7 (Namakgale - C)
- Ward 8 (Mashisimali Location)
- Ward 9 (Ba Shai - Ditlou, Ga-Makhushane)
- Ward 10
- Ward 11 (Phalaborwa)
- Ward 12 (Phalaborwa)
- Ward 13 (Benfarm AC, Humulani)
- Ward 14 (Lulekani, Lulekani - A)
- Ward 15
- Ward 16 (Matiko Xikaya - A)
- Ward 17 (Letaba Rest Camp, Mopani Rest Camp)
- Ward 18 (Gravelotte, Leydsdorp)
- Ward 19 (Namakgale - A)
Places in each ward: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Source
Modelled estimates from a weather reanalysis, averaged over the whole place: not readings from a weather station, and not a forecast. The weather model runs about five days behind the weather, so the newest day here is usually five to twelve days ago.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Muñoz Sabater, J. (2019): ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present, and ERA5-Land monthly averaged data from 1950 to present. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). DOI 10.24381/cds.e2161bac and 10.24381/cds.68d2bb30. ERA5-Land on the Climate Data Store, under CC BY 4.0.
What we changed: we cut ERA5-Land to South Africa, averaged its 9 km grid cells over each ward, municipality, district and province by the area of the place in each cell (MDB boundaries, 2026), took each day’s high and low from 16 of its hourly values, added up days into months, and averaged 1991 to 2020 for the normals.
Dataset: rainfall and temperature by ward, release of 5 November 2026. The South African Weather Service issues the official forecasts and warnings.