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Weather in Ratlou

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.2 °C, 4.7 mm of rain; a normal November has 62 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 16.4 °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 54 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	31.5	20.2	0.8
2	31.6	16.4	0.6
3	33.5	18.8	1.3
4	33.9	19.5	0.1
5	35.2	21.5	1.9

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	82 mm, normal 62 mm
December	96 mm, normal 81 mm
January	23 mm, normal 90 mm
February	48 mm, normal 70 mm
March	172 mm, normal 59 mm
April	143 mm, normal 39 mm
May	22 mm, normal 18 mm
June	11 mm, normal 11 mm
July	0.9 mm, normal 3.3 mm
August	2.6 mm, normal 8.7 mm
September	113 mm, normal 13 mm
October	5.9 mm, normal 40 mm

Every year since 1950

19502025

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (493 mm a year). Down: drier.

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Rain each year, 1950 to 2025.: every figure
When or what	Figure
1950	940 mm (+91% on the normal)
1951	14 mm (-97% on the normal)
1952	56 mm (-89% on the normal)
1953	125 mm (-75% on the normal)
1954	151 mm (-69% on the normal)
1955	689 mm (+40% on the normal)
1956	372 mm (-25% on the normal)
1957	818 mm (+66% on the normal)
1958	744 mm (+51% on the normal)
1959	311 mm (-37% on the normal)
1960	420 mm (-15% on the normal)
1961	456 mm (-8% on the normal)
1962	778 mm (+58% on the normal)
1963	530 mm (+7% on the normal)
1964	424 mm (-14% on the normal)
1965	258 mm (-48% on the normal)
1966	449 mm (-9% on the normal)
1967	488 mm (-1% on the normal)
1968	217 mm (-56% on the normal)
1969	406 mm (-18% on the normal)
1970	490 mm (-1% on the normal)
1971	609 mm (+23% on the normal)
1972	475 mm (-4% on the normal)
1973	534 mm (+8% on the normal)
1974	714 mm (+45% on the normal)
1975	617 mm (+25% on the normal)
1976	740 mm (+50% on the normal)
1977	637 mm (+29% on the normal)
1978	620 mm (+26% on the normal)
1979	442 mm (-10% on the normal)
1980	480 mm (-3% on the normal)
1981	628 mm (+27% on the normal)
1982	638 mm (+29% on the normal)
1983	496 mm (+1% on the normal)
1984	327 mm (-34% on the normal)
1985	444 mm (-10% on the normal)
1986	610 mm (+24% on the normal)
1987	549 mm (+11% on the normal)
1988	847 mm (+72% on the normal)
1989	693 mm (+40% on the normal)
1990	450 mm (-9% on the normal)
1991	699 mm (+42% on the normal)
1992	372 mm (-25% on the normal)
1993	465 mm (-6% on the normal)
1994	350 mm (-29% on the normal)
1995	538 mm (+9% on the normal)
1996	585 mm (+19% on the normal)
1997	603 mm (+22% on the normal)
1998	597 mm (+21% on the normal)
1999	480 mm (-3% on the normal)
2000	714 mm (+45% on the normal)
2001	692 mm (+40% on the normal)
2002	456 mm (-8% on the normal)
2003	369 mm (-25% on the normal)
2004	419 mm (-15% on the normal)
2005	396 mm (-20% on the normal)
2006	772 mm (+56% on the normal)
2007	316 mm (-36% on the normal)
2008	434 mm (-12% on the normal)
2009	721 mm (+46% on the normal)
2010	543 mm (+10% on the normal)
2011	551 mm (+12% on the normal)
2012	374 mm (-24% on the normal)
2013	314 mm (-36% on the normal)
2014	540 mm (+9% on the normal)
2015	299 mm (-39% on the normal)
2016	447 mm (-9% on the normal)
2017	556 mm (+13% on the normal)
2018	349 mm (-29% on the normal)
2019	437 mm (-11% on the normal)
2020	418 mm (-15% on the normal)
2021	687 mm (+39% on the normal)
2022	514 mm (+4% on the normal)
2023	309 mm (-37% on the normal)
2024	290 mm (-41% on the normal)
2025	760 mm (+54% on the normal)

Wettest: 1950 (940 mm). Driest: 1951 (14 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.0 °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	90	70	59	39	18	11	3	9	13	40	62	81
Mean °C	24.1	23.6	21.9	18.4	14.8	11.5	11.4	14.6	19.1	21.9	22.8	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.