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Weather in Ward 31, Drakenstein
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.5 °C, 2.7 mm of rain; a normal November has 38 mm. Coldest night 11.3 °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 10 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 | 23.8 | 15.8 | 0.1 |
| 2 | 26.4 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 28.1 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 32.5 | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 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 | 7.8 mm, normal 38 mm |
| December | 12 mm, normal 22 mm |
| January | 4.6 mm, normal 17 mm |
| February | 23 mm, normal 14 mm |
| March | 22 mm, normal 20 mm |
| April | 105 mm, normal 48 mm |
| May | 264 mm, normal 81 mm |
| June | 67 mm, normal 129 mm |
| July | 12 mm, normal 110 mm |
| August | 13 mm, normal 97 mm |
| September | 53 mm, normal 67 mm |
| October | 37 mm, normal 42 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 806 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 850 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 730 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 661 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 666 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 972 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 538 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 676 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 600 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 558 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 845 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 749 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 516 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 577 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 678 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 614 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 813 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 821 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 761 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 622 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 639 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 710 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 992 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 763 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 451 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 601 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 418 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 698 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 548 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 654 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 725 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 421 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 878 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 817 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 494 mm (-28% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2013 (992 mm). Driest: 2017 (418 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.9 °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 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 81 | 129 | 110 | 97 | 67 | 42 | 38 | 22 |
| Mean °C | 23.3 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 21.6 |
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.