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Weather in Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.8 °C, 31 mm of rain; a normal November has 132 mm. Coldest night 13.8 °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 66 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 | 30.8 | 13.8 | 2.0 |
| 2 | 23.3 | 15.5 | 9.3 |
| 3 | 26.8 | 13.8 | 16.1 |
| 4 | 28.4 | 14.1 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 27.8 | 16.5 | 1.5 |
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
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| November | 187 mm, normal 132 mm |
| December | 184 mm, normal 158 mm |
| January | 209 mm, normal 150 mm |
| February | 95 mm, normal 118 mm |
| March | 225 mm, normal 105 mm |
| April | 78 mm, normal 52 mm |
| May | 19 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 7.0 mm, normal 9.3 mm |
| July | 4.3 mm, normal 9.3 mm |
| August | 40 mm, normal 16 mm |
| September | 76 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 10 mm, normal 87 mm |
Every year since 1950
19502025
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,109 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1951 | 432 mm (-51% on the normal) |
| 1952 | 760 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1953 | 725 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1954 | 769 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1955 | 939 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1956 | 871 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1957 | 1,121 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1958 | 1,196 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 1959 | 788 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1960 | 673 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1961 | 802 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1962 | 922 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1963 | 906 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1964 | 1,009 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1965 | 600 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 1966 | 864 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1967 | 1,148 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 1968 | 1,174 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 1969 | 1,032 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1970 | 841 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1971 | 1,066 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1972 | 919 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1973 | 1,173 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 1974 | 952 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1975 | 1,113 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1976 | 890 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1977 | 1,017 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1978 | 1,005 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1979 | 897 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1980 | 928 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1981 | 963 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1982 | 703 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1983 | 806 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1984 | 1,015 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1985 | 831 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1986 | 862 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1987 | 1,150 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 1988 | 867 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1989 | 992 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1990 | 996 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1991 | 1,014 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 719 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 786 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 765 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 926 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,062 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,092 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 905 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 852 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,381 mm (+55% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 939 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 726 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 653 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,058 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 817 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,169 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 661 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 889 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,014 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,104 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 898 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 866 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 874 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 865 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 700 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 740 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 807 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 706 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 841 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 831 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 982 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 826 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 859 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 769 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,077 mm (+21% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,381 mm). Driest: 1951 (432 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.1 °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 | 150 | 118 | 105 | 52 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 87 | 132 | 158 |
| Mean °C | 18.7 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 18.5 |
Each ward
- Ward 1
- Ward 2
- Ward 3 (Fernie)
- Ward 4
- Ward 5 (Dundonald)
- Ward 6 (Swalluwnest)
- Ward 7 (Mayflower, Mpuluzi)
- Ward 8
- Ward 9 (Dundonald)
- Ward 10
- Ward 11 (Glenmore)
- Ward 12 (Msauli, Diepgezet)
- Ward 13 (Tjakastad)
- Ward 14 (eLukwatini)
- Ward 15 (Mzamo, Pieter De Bruinpark)
- Ward 16 (Lochiel)
- Ward 17 (Badplaas)
- Ward 18
- Ward 19 (Kalwerskraal, Steynsdorp)
- Ward 20
- Ward 21 (Carolina)
- Ward 22 (Silobela)
- Ward 23
- Ward 24
- Ward 25 (Nhlazatje)
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.