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Weather in Ward 5, Ngqushwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.3 °C, 13 mm of rain; a normal November has 72 mm. Coldest night 15.2 °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 | 22.4 | 17.0 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 18.6 | 16.1 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 22.0 | 15.2 | 0.9 |
| 4 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 32.3 | 18.3 | 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 | 32 mm, normal 72 mm |
| December | 51 mm, normal 72 mm |
| January | 23 mm, normal 70 mm |
| February | 102 mm, normal 71 mm |
| March | 30 mm, normal 73 mm |
| April | 60 mm, normal 65 mm |
| May | 107 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 88 mm, normal 29 mm |
| July | 68 mm, normal 32 mm |
| August | 34 mm, normal 46 mm |
| September | 135 mm, normal 52 mm |
| October | 90 mm, normal 64 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 581 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 560 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 641 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 618 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 683 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 710 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 659 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 746 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 653 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 892 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 785 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 770 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 635 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 653 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 652 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 930 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 538 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 609 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 504 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 617 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 913 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 774 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 585 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 852 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 806 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 599 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 661 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 437 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 441 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 628 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 585 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 683 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 679 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 666 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 538 mm (-20% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (930 mm). Driest: 2018 (437 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.0 °C in October 2025.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 70 | 71 | 73 | 65 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 46 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 72 |
| Mean °C | 22.2 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 19.4 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 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.