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Weather in Big Five Hlabisa

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.3 °C, 8.5 mm of rain; a normal November has 94 mm. Coldest night 19.6 °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 39 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	29.7	19.6	1.6
2	25.5	20.0	3.6
3	27.2	21.4	2.5
4	30.2	21.3	0.1
5	32.3	22.2	0.7

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

Rain each month, November 2025 to October 2026 (this month to 5 November 2026). Bars: rain. Lines: the 1991 to 2020 normal.

Show the numbers

Rain each month, November 2025 to October 2026 (this month to 5 November 2026).: every figure
When or what	Figure
November	132 mm, normal 94 mm
December	129 mm, normal 96 mm
January	185 mm, normal 108 mm
February	24 mm, normal 94 mm
March	148 mm, normal 96 mm
April	38 mm, normal 62 mm
May	38 mm, normal 37 mm
June	29 mm, normal 27 mm
July	20 mm, normal 28 mm
August	26 mm, normal 30 mm
September	87 mm, normal 45 mm
October	42 mm, normal 78 mm

Every year since 1950

19502025

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (795 mm a year). Down: drier.

Show the numbers

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025.: every figure
When or what	Figure
1950	933 mm (+17% on the normal)
1951	477 mm (-40% on the normal)
1952	781 mm (-2% on the normal)
1953	575 mm (-28% on the normal)
1954	1,035 mm (+30% on the normal)
1955	903 mm (+14% on the normal)
1956	674 mm (-15% on the normal)
1957	993 mm (+25% on the normal)
1958	1,153 mm (+45% on the normal)
1959	469 mm (-41% on the normal)
1960	399 mm (-50% on the normal)
1961	719 mm (-10% on the normal)
1962	685 mm (-14% on the normal)
1963	689 mm (-13% on the normal)
1964	769 mm (-3% on the normal)
1965	422 mm (-47% on the normal)
1966	618 mm (-22% on the normal)
1967	855 mm (+8% on the normal)
1968	1,009 mm (+27% on the normal)
1969	826 mm (+4% on the normal)
1970	751 mm (-6% on the normal)
1971	830 mm (+4% on the normal)
1972	950 mm (+19% on the normal)
1973	960 mm (+21% on the normal)
1974	829 mm (+4% on the normal)
1975	1,039 mm (+31% on the normal)
1976	1,154 mm (+45% on the normal)
1977	1,088 mm (+37% on the normal)
1978	889 mm (+12% on the normal)
1979	685 mm (-14% on the normal)
1980	484 mm (-39% on the normal)
1981	740 mm (-7% on the normal)
1982	665 mm (-16% on the normal)
1983	738 mm (-7% on the normal)
1984	1,041 mm (+31% on the normal)
1985	976 mm (+23% on the normal)
1986	817 mm (+3% on the normal)
1987	1,012 mm (+27% on the normal)
1988	834 mm (+5% on the normal)
1989	941 mm (+18% on the normal)
1990	879 mm (+11% on the normal)
1991	765 mm (-4% on the normal)
1992	429 mm (-46% on the normal)
1993	768 mm (-3% on the normal)
1994	625 mm (-21% on the normal)
1995	1,068 mm (+34% on the normal)
1996	916 mm (+15% on the normal)
1997	1,069 mm (+34% on the normal)
1998	830 mm (+4% on the normal)
1999	1,004 mm (+26% on the normal)
2000	1,197 mm (+51% on the normal)
2001	957 mm (+20% on the normal)
2002	586 mm (-26% on the normal)
2003	638 mm (-20% on the normal)
2004	728 mm (-8% on the normal)
2005	749 mm (-6% on the normal)
2006	950 mm (+19% on the normal)
2007	616 mm (-23% on the normal)
2008	587 mm (-26% on the normal)
2009	764 mm (-4% on the normal)
2010	747 mm (-6% on the normal)
2011	807 mm (+2% on the normal)
2012	962 mm (+21% on the normal)
2013	899 mm (+13% on the normal)
2014	668 mm (-16% on the normal)
2015	581 mm (-27% on the normal)
2016	750 mm (-6% on the normal)
2017	900 mm (+13% on the normal)
2018	800 mm (+1% on the normal)
2019	715 mm (-10% on the normal)
2020	777 mm (-2% on the normal)
2021	1,063 mm (+34% on the normal)
2022	803 mm (+1% on the normal)
2023	897 mm (+13% on the normal)
2024	777 mm (-2% on the normal)
2025	992 mm (+25% on the normal)

Wettest: 2000 (1,197 mm). Driest: 1960 (399 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.6 °C in March 2024.

A normal year here (1991 to 2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rain mm	108	94	96	62	37	27	28	30	45	78	94	96
Mean °C	24.6	24.8	24.0	22.1	20.2	18.2	17.7	18.9	20.4	21.0	22.4	23.9

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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.