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Weather in Umzimkhulu

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.6 °C, 45 mm of rain; a normal November has 137 mm. Coldest night 12.8 °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 32 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	21.1	13.9	21.0
2	19.1	12.8	11.5
3	18.7	13.6	7.6
4	24.7	15.0	0.4
5	30.6	13.2	4.8

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	141 mm, normal 137 mm
December	197 mm, normal 165 mm
January	79 mm, normal 164 mm
February	241 mm, normal 143 mm
March	102 mm, normal 124 mm
April	71 mm, normal 71 mm
May	36 mm, normal 30 mm
June	28 mm, normal 24 mm
July	46 mm, normal 27 mm
August	43 mm, normal 40 mm
September	133 mm, normal 61 mm
October	104 mm, normal 112 mm

Every year since 1950

19502025

Rain each year, 1950 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (1,100 mm a year). Down: drier.

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Rain each year, 1950 to 2025.: every figure
When or what	Figure
1950	370 mm (-66% on the normal)
1951	185 mm (-83% on the normal)
1952	370 mm (-66% on the normal)
1953	635 mm (-42% on the normal)
1954	979 mm (-11% on the normal)
1955	1,042 mm (-5% on the normal)
1956	1,124 mm (+2% on the normal)
1957	1,219 mm (+11% on the normal)
1958	1,206 mm (+10% on the normal)
1959	978 mm (-11% on the normal)
1960	1,135 mm (+3% on the normal)
1961	1,172 mm (+7% on the normal)
1962	1,171 mm (+6% on the normal)
1963	1,206 mm (+10% on the normal)
1964	1,287 mm (+17% on the normal)
1965	880 mm (-20% on the normal)
1966	860 mm (-22% on the normal)
1967	1,151 mm (+5% on the normal)
1968	675 mm (-39% on the normal)
1969	1,076 mm (-2% on the normal)
1970	1,138 mm (+3% on the normal)
1971	1,234 mm (+12% on the normal)
1972	1,083 mm (-2% on the normal)
1973	1,212 mm (+10% on the normal)
1974	1,331 mm (+21% on the normal)
1975	1,366 mm (+24% on the normal)
1976	1,466 mm (+33% on the normal)
1977	1,311 mm (+19% on the normal)
1978	1,089 mm (-1% on the normal)
1979	1,044 mm (-5% on the normal)
1980	888 mm (-19% on the normal)
1981	961 mm (-13% on the normal)
1982	952 mm (-13% on the normal)
1983	1,027 mm (-7% on the normal)
1984	1,083 mm (-2% on the normal)
1985	1,243 mm (+13% on the normal)
1986	1,308 mm (+19% on the normal)
1987	1,632 mm (+48% on the normal)
1988	1,307 mm (+19% on the normal)
1989	1,257 mm (+14% on the normal)
1990	1,167 mm (+6% on the normal)
1991	1,162 mm (+6% on the normal)
1992	826 mm (-25% on the normal)
1993	972 mm (-12% on the normal)
1994	1,044 mm (-5% on the normal)
1995	1,263 mm (+15% on the normal)
1996	1,204 mm (+9% on the normal)
1997	1,198 mm (+9% on the normal)
1998	1,102 mm (+0% on the normal)
1999	1,253 mm (+14% on the normal)
2000	1,346 mm (+22% on the normal)
2001	1,267 mm (+15% on the normal)
2002	1,119 mm (+2% on the normal)
2003	962 mm (-13% on the normal)
2004	1,065 mm (-3% on the normal)
2005	1,041 mm (-5% on the normal)
2006	1,254 mm (+14% on the normal)
2007	986 mm (-10% on the normal)
2008	1,022 mm (-7% on the normal)
2009	1,124 mm (+2% on the normal)
2010	932 mm (-15% on the normal)
2011	1,211 mm (+10% on the normal)
2012	1,346 mm (+22% on the normal)
2013	1,044 mm (-5% on the normal)
2014	932 mm (-15% on the normal)
2015	994 mm (-10% on the normal)
2016	1,109 mm (+1% on the normal)
2017	1,157 mm (+5% on the normal)
2018	961 mm (-13% on the normal)
2019	1,048 mm (-5% on the normal)
2020	1,048 mm (-5% on the normal)
2021	1,160 mm (+5% on the normal)
2022	1,250 mm (+14% on the normal)
2023	1,111 mm (+1% on the normal)
2024	966 mm (-12% on the normal)
2025	1,277 mm (+16% on the normal)

Wettest: 1987 (1,632 mm). Driest: 1951 (185 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.0 °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	164	143	124	71	30	24	27	40	61	112	137	165
Mean °C	18.8	18.9	17.7	15.2	12.5	9.6	9.4	11.5	14.0	15.1	16.4	17.9

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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.