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Weather in Drakenstein

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.6 °C, 2.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 42 mm. Coldest night 11.3 °C on 2 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 25 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	22.7	15.3	0.1
2	25.0	11.3	0.1
3	27.4	11.7	0.0
4	31.6	13.6	0.0
5	24.1	14.6	2.4

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.

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Rain each month, November 2025 to October 2026 (this month to 5 November 2026).: every figure
When or what	Figure
November	6.2 mm, normal 42 mm
December	12 mm, normal 25 mm
January	6.4 mm, normal 20 mm
February	28 mm, normal 17 mm
March	22 mm, normal 22 mm
April	117 mm, normal 53 mm
May	275 mm, normal 90 mm
June	75 mm, normal 140 mm
July	13 mm, normal 120 mm
August	17 mm, normal 106 mm
September	55 mm, normal 72 mm
October	40 mm, normal 46 mm

Every year since 1950

19502025

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (751 mm a year). Down: drier.

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Rain each year, 1950 to 2025.: every figure
When or what	Figure
1950	483 mm (-36% on the normal)
1951	522 mm (-31% on the normal)
1952	420 mm (-44% on the normal)
1953	419 mm (-44% on the normal)
1954	627 mm (-17% on the normal)
1955	666 mm (-11% on the normal)
1956	609 mm (-19% on the normal)
1957	710 mm (-5% on the normal)
1958	531 mm (-29% on the normal)
1959	520 mm (-31% on the normal)
1960	661 mm (-12% on the normal)
1961	617 mm (-18% on the normal)
1962	794 mm (+6% on the normal)
1963	659 mm (-12% on the normal)
1964	560 mm (-25% on the normal)
1965	713 mm (-5% on the normal)
1966	544 mm (-28% on the normal)
1967	536 mm (-29% on the normal)
1968	651 mm (-13% on the normal)
1969	628 mm (-16% on the normal)
1970	661 mm (-12% on the normal)
1971	488 mm (-35% on the normal)
1972	478 mm (-36% on the normal)
1973	596 mm (-21% on the normal)
1974	767 mm (+2% on the normal)
1975	681 mm (-9% on the normal)
1976	870 mm (+16% on the normal)
1977	1,131 mm (+51% on the normal)
1978	549 mm (-27% on the normal)
1979	700 mm (-7% on the normal)
1980	765 mm (+2% on the normal)
1981	768 mm (+2% on the normal)
1982	619 mm (-18% on the normal)
1983	859 mm (+14% on the normal)
1984	890 mm (+18% on the normal)
1985	891 mm (+19% on the normal)
1986	806 mm (+7% on the normal)
1987	880 mm (+17% on the normal)
1988	653 mm (-13% on the normal)
1989	834 mm (+11% on the normal)
1990	746 mm (-1% on the normal)
1991	882 mm (+17% on the normal)
1992	927 mm (+23% on the normal)
1993	810 mm (+8% on the normal)
1994	742 mm (-1% on the normal)
1995	720 mm (-4% on the normal)
1996	1,045 mm (+39% on the normal)
1997	596 mm (-21% on the normal)
1998	738 mm (-2% on the normal)
1999	655 mm (-13% on the normal)
2000	596 mm (-21% on the normal)
2001	931 mm (+24% on the normal)
2002	818 mm (+9% on the normal)
2003	574 mm (-24% on the normal)
2004	628 mm (-16% on the normal)
2005	745 mm (-1% on the normal)
2006	671 mm (-11% on the normal)
2007	877 mm (+17% on the normal)
2008	923 mm (+23% on the normal)
2009	844 mm (+12% on the normal)
2010	683 mm (-9% on the normal)
2011	707 mm (-6% on the normal)
2012	788 mm (+5% on the normal)
2013	1,095 mm (+46% on the normal)
2014	827 mm (+10% on the normal)
2015	502 mm (-33% on the normal)
2016	658 mm (-12% on the normal)
2017	476 mm (-37% on the normal)
2018	757 mm (+1% on the normal)
2019	608 mm (-19% on the normal)
2020	719 mm (-4% on the normal)
2021	788 mm (+5% on the normal)
2022	465 mm (-38% on the normal)
2023	939 mm (+25% on the normal)
2024	900 mm (+20% on the normal)
2025	538 mm (-28% on the normal)

Wettest: 1977 (1,131 mm). Driest: 1953 (419 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.1 °C in February 2024.

A normal year here (1991 to 2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rain mm	20	17	22	53	90	140	120	106	72	46	42	25
Mean °C	22.4	22.6	20.9	17.5	14.1	11.0	10.3	10.8	12.7	15.8	17.9	20.8

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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.