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Weather in Nkandla

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 15 mm of rain; a normal November has 121 mm. Coldest night 16.3 °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 27 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	27.6	16.4	3.4
2	23.7	16.3	1.7
3	25.9	17.4	4.0
4	28.5	16.8	0.7
5	33.4	18.8	5.5

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

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	136 mm, normal 121 mm
December	162 mm, normal 127 mm
January	103 mm, normal 129 mm
February	91 mm, normal 112 mm
March	113 mm, normal 102 mm
April	59 mm, normal 60 mm
May	45 mm, normal 29 mm
June	20 mm, normal 19 mm
July	20 mm, normal 26 mm
August	28 mm, normal 33 mm
September	105 mm, normal 53 mm
October	47 mm, normal 97 mm

Every year since 1950

19502025

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (907 mm a year). Down: drier.

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Rain each year, 1950 to 2025.: every figure
When or what	Figure
1950	620 mm (-32% on the normal)
1951	508 mm (-44% on the normal)
1952	612 mm (-33% on the normal)
1953	600 mm (-34% on the normal)
1954	767 mm (-15% on the normal)
1955	1,031 mm (+14% on the normal)
1956	1,019 mm (+12% on the normal)
1957	1,223 mm (+35% on the normal)
1958	1,148 mm (+27% on the normal)
1959	823 mm (-9% on the normal)
1960	734 mm (-19% on the normal)
1961	887 mm (-2% on the normal)
1962	1,049 mm (+16% on the normal)
1963	1,010 mm (+11% on the normal)
1964	1,074 mm (+18% on the normal)
1965	690 mm (-24% on the normal)
1966	785 mm (-13% on the normal)
1967	940 mm (+4% on the normal)
1968	1,061 mm (+17% on the normal)
1969	1,064 mm (+17% on the normal)
1970	987 mm (+9% on the normal)
1971	985 mm (+9% on the normal)
1972	994 mm (+10% on the normal)
1973	1,138 mm (+25% on the normal)
1974	1,020 mm (+12% on the normal)
1975	1,316 mm (+45% on the normal)
1976	1,041 mm (+15% on the normal)
1977	981 mm (+8% on the normal)
1978	995 mm (+10% on the normal)
1979	915 mm (+1% on the normal)
1980	599 mm (-34% on the normal)
1981	717 mm (-21% on the normal)
1982	667 mm (-26% on the normal)
1983	810 mm (-11% on the normal)
1984	1,062 mm (+17% on the normal)
1985	965 mm (+6% on the normal)
1986	973 mm (+7% on the normal)
1987	1,173 mm (+29% on the normal)
1988	1,151 mm (+27% on the normal)
1989	1,053 mm (+16% on the normal)
1990	885 mm (-2% on the normal)
1991	891 mm (-2% on the normal)
1992	761 mm (-16% on the normal)
1993	802 mm (-12% on the normal)
1994	788 mm (-13% on the normal)
1995	1,105 mm (+22% on the normal)
1996	1,208 mm (+33% on the normal)
1997	1,042 mm (+15% on the normal)
1998	916 mm (+1% on the normal)
1999	960 mm (+6% on the normal)
2000	1,187 mm (+31% on the normal)
2001	910 mm (+0% on the normal)
2002	923 mm (+2% on the normal)
2003	774 mm (-15% on the normal)
2004	919 mm (+1% on the normal)
2005	1,042 mm (+15% on the normal)
2006	961 mm (+6% on the normal)
2007	725 mm (-20% on the normal)
2008	690 mm (-24% on the normal)
2009	917 mm (+1% on the normal)
2010	905 mm (-0% on the normal)
2011	999 mm (+10% on the normal)
2012	1,040 mm (+15% on the normal)
2013	858 mm (-5% on the normal)
2014	729 mm (-20% on the normal)
2015	765 mm (-16% on the normal)
2016	839 mm (-8% on the normal)
2017	964 mm (+6% on the normal)
2018	871 mm (-4% on the normal)
2019	814 mm (-10% on the normal)
2020	915 mm (+1% on the normal)
2021	1,125 mm (+24% on the normal)
2022	928 mm (+2% on the normal)
2023	1,158 mm (+28% on the normal)
2024	790 mm (-13% on the normal)
2025	1,238 mm (+36% on the normal)

Wettest: 1975 (1,316 mm). Driest: 1951 (508 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.0 °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	129	112	102	60	29	19	26	33	53	97	121	127
Mean °C	21.4	21.4	20.4	18.0	15.5	12.8	12.6	14.6	17.0	17.9	19.2	20.7

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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.