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Weather in Ward 3, Bitou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 24.2 °C, 6.1 mm of rain; a normal November has 73 mm. Coldest night 15.1 °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 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 18.6 | 15.1 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 22.1 | 15.1 | 0.1 |
| 4 | 24.2 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 22.0 | 17.0 | 0.8 |
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 | 36 mm, normal 73 mm |
| December | 30 mm, normal 54 mm |
| January | 33 mm, normal 55 mm |
| February | 106 mm, normal 50 mm |
| March | 38 mm, normal 59 mm |
| April | 76 mm, normal 54 mm |
| May | 272 mm, normal 49 mm |
| June | 112 mm, normal 48 mm |
| July | 28 mm, normal 53 mm |
| August | 39 mm, normal 70 mm |
| September | 99 mm, normal 55 mm |
| October | 87 mm, normal 68 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 612 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 867 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 814 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 754 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 763 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 893 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 679 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 632 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 635 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 697 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 687 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 732 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 687 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 709 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 561 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 884 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 811 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 575 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 493 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 620 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 777 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 810 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 683 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 727 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 790 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 556 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 499 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 600 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 491 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 589 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 653 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 477 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 729 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 609 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 474 mm (-31% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1996 (893 mm). Driest: 2025 (474 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.8 °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 | 55 | 50 | 59 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 53 | 70 | 55 | 68 | 73 | 54 |
| Mean °C | 20.0 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 18.9 |
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.