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Weather in Ward 23, Drakenstein
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.9 °C, 2.5 mm of rain; a normal November has 47 mm. Coldest night 10.9 °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 | 21.4 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 26.7 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 30.9 | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 23.3 | 14.2 | 2.4 |
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 | 4.2 mm, normal 47 mm |
| December | 13 mm, normal 29 mm |
| January | 8.9 mm, normal 24 mm |
| February | 35 mm, normal 20 mm |
| March | 23 mm, normal 24 mm |
| April | 131 mm, normal 60 mm |
| May | 296 mm, normal 100 mm |
| June | 80 mm, normal 151 mm |
| July | 15 mm, normal 131 mm |
| August | 22 mm, normal 114 mm |
| September | 56 mm, normal 79 mm |
| October | 43 mm, normal 51 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 959 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 1,021 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 905 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 832 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 789 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,126 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 666 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 821 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 720 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 641 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,024 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 904 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 640 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 685 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 823 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 737 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 950 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,021 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 933 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 755 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 788 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 875 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,211 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 899 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 562 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 727 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 547 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 825 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 683 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 806 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 866 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 515 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,018 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 999 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 593 mm (-28% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2013 (1,211 mm). Driest: 2022 (515 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.7 °C in March 2026.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 24 | 20 | 24 | 60 | 100 | 151 | 131 | 114 | 79 | 51 | 47 | 29 |
| Mean °C | 21.6 | 21.9 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 20.0 |
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.