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Weather in Ward 1, Ngqushwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 37.9 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 76 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 13.6 °C on 3 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 4 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 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 17.9 | 14.7 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 23.3 | 13.6 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 25.6 | 16.8 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 37.9 | 15.8 | 0.1 |
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 | 37 mm, normal 76 mm |
| December | 66 mm, normal 83 mm |
| January | 41 mm, normal 84 mm |
| February | 132 mm, normal 82 mm |
| March | 38 mm, normal 76 mm |
| April | 51 mm, normal 60 mm |
| May | 79 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 64 mm, normal 22 mm |
| July | 69 mm, normal 25 mm |
| August | 32 mm, normal 39 mm |
| September | 120 mm, normal 47 mm |
| October | 80 mm, normal 65 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 635 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 559 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 611 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 650 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 719 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 737 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 648 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 762 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 678 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 882 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 824 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 780 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 607 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 695 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 669 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 912 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 580 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 617 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 533 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 647 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 896 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 766 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 583 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 843 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 782 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 549 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 689 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 484 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 433 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 676 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 676 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 662 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 726 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 699 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 623 mm (-9% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (912 mm). Driest: 2019 (433 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.6 °C in December 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 84 | 82 | 76 | 60 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 39 | 47 | 65 | 76 | 83 |
| Mean °C | 21.5 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 20.4 |
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.