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Weather in Ward 2, Drakenstein
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.1 °C, 2.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 41 mm. Coldest night 12.1 °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; this ward overlaps 2 grid cells, each weighted by the ward’s area in it, and its neighbours draw on some of the same cells.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23.3 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 25.7 | 12.1 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 27.9 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 32.1 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 24.4 | 14.9 | 2.5 |
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 | 5.0 mm, normal 41 mm |
| December | 11 mm, normal 23 mm |
| January | 5.4 mm, normal 19 mm |
| February | 20 mm, normal 16 mm |
| March | 21 mm, normal 21 mm |
| April | 121 mm, normal 53 mm |
| May | 292 mm, normal 95 mm |
| June | 83 mm, normal 151 mm |
| July | 15 mm, normal 128 mm |
| August | 16 mm, normal 113 mm |
| September | 54 mm, normal 76 mm |
| October | 42 mm, normal 46 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 943 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 980 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 841 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 784 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 737 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,095 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 621 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 749 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 676 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 622 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 978 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 837 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 584 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 644 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 778 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 699 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 912 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 990 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 904 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 705 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 725 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 812 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,155 mm (+48% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 868 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 515 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 682 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 481 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 796 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 632 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 745 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 819 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 476 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 987 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 955 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 554 mm (-29% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2013 (1,155 mm). Driest: 2022 (476 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.8 °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 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 53 | 95 | 151 | 128 | 113 | 76 | 46 | 41 | 23 |
| Mean °C | 23.0 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 21.3 |
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.