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Weather in Ward 18, Drakenstein
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.6 °C, 2.7 mm of rain; a normal November has 41 mm. Coldest night 11.5 °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 7 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 | 22.8 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 25.3 | 11.5 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 27.3 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 31.6 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 24.0 | 14.4 | 2.6 |
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 | 5.4 mm, normal 41 mm |
| December | 11 mm, normal 24 mm |
| January | 5.5 mm, normal 19 mm |
| February | 22 mm, normal 16 mm |
| March | 22 mm, normal 21 mm |
| April | 119 mm, normal 53 mm |
| May | 288 mm, normal 93 mm |
| June | 79 mm, normal 147 mm |
| July | 14 mm, normal 125 mm |
| August | 16 mm, normal 110 mm |
| September | 53 mm, normal 75 mm |
| October | 41 mm, normal 46 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 915 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 962 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 830 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 767 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 728 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,072 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 613 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 748 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 665 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 613 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 955 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 830 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 580 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 633 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 761 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 686 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 898 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 956 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 878 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 697 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 716 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 800 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,130 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 851 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 510 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 672 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 477 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 785 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 623 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 739 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 808 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 471 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 973 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 934 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 547 mm (-29% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2013 (1,130 mm). Driest: 2022 (471 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.0 °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 | 93 | 147 | 125 | 110 | 75 | 46 | 41 | 24 |
| Mean °C | 22.5 | 22.6 | 20.9 | 17.4 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 17.9 | 20.8 |
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.