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Weather in Ward 6, Swellendam
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.1 °C, 3.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 42 mm. Coldest night 12.2 °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 shares it with 3 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19.8 | 14.2 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 22.0 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 27.3 | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.1 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 30.2 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
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 | 13 mm, normal 42 mm |
| December | 13 mm, normal 31 mm |
| January | 12 mm, normal 31 mm |
| February | 83 mm, normal 26 mm |
| March | 19 mm, normal 38 mm |
| April | 45 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 101 mm, normal 32 mm |
| June | 46 mm, normal 34 mm |
| July | 12 mm, normal 36 mm |
| August | 22 mm, normal 36 mm |
| September | 76 mm, normal 27 mm |
| October | 31 mm, normal 42 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 336 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 450 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 485 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 409 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 511 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 484 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 384 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 420 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 370 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 394 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 397 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 379 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 519 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 441 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 411 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 505 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 488 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 391 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 348 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 361 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 415 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 534 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 437 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 436 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 456 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 372 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 318 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 324 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 293 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 388 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 457 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 218 mm (-47% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 564 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 430 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 253 mm (-39% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2023 (564 mm). Driest: 2022 (218 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.3 °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 | 31 | 26 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 42 | 42 | 31 |
| Mean °C | 21.0 | 21.2 | 19.7 | 17.0 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 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.