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Weather in Ward 3, Ngqushwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 36.7 °C, 12 mm of rain; a normal November has 67 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 14.0 °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 8 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 | 22.8 | 16.2 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 5.0 |
| 3 | 23.1 | 14.0 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 25.4 | 17.4 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 36.7 | 17.2 | 0.2 |
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 | 31 mm, normal 67 mm |
| December | 54 mm, normal 70 mm |
| January | 32 mm, normal 70 mm |
| February | 112 mm, normal 70 mm |
| March | 24 mm, normal 65 mm |
| April | 50 mm, normal 54 mm |
| May | 84 mm, normal 22 mm |
| June | 67 mm, normal 22 mm |
| July | 64 mm, normal 25 mm |
| August | 31 mm, normal 38 mm |
| September | 115 mm, normal 45 mm |
| October | 84 mm, normal 58 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 525 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 495 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 560 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 585 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 645 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 655 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 576 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 664 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 602 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 798 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 730 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 681 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 556 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 591 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 593 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 833 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 498 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 544 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 456 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 559 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 807 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 691 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 516 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 774 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 722 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 522 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 608 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 402 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 378 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 579 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 581 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 597 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 623 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 623 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 515 mm (-15% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (833 mm). Driest: 2019 (378 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.0 °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 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 70 |
| Mean °C | 22.1 | 22.4 | 21.2 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 21.0 |
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.