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Weather in Ward 8, Ngqushwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.6 °C, 13 mm of rain; a normal November has 65 mm. 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 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 | 22.6 | 16.6 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 18.5 | 15.6 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 22.5 | 14.0 | 0.8 |
| 4 | 24.8 | 17.6 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 34.6 | 17.7 | 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 | 28 mm, normal 65 mm |
| December | 44 mm, normal 67 mm |
| January | 25 mm, normal 67 mm |
| February | 106 mm, normal 67 mm |
| March | 26 mm, normal 64 mm |
| April | 63 mm, normal 55 mm |
| May | 97 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 77 mm, normal 24 mm |
| July | 64 mm, normal 26 mm |
| August | 31 mm, normal 38 mm |
| September | 125 mm, normal 46 mm |
| October | 88 mm, normal 58 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 510 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 481 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 592 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 574 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 654 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 656 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 557 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 653 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 601 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 775 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 743 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 669 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 544 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 599 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 592 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 804 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 473 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 539 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 460 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 545 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 805 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 700 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 485 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 759 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 702 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 538 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 568 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 397 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 380 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 573 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 551 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 603 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 607 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 604 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 473 mm (-21% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2011 (805 mm). Driest: 2019 (380 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.2 °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 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 55 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 38 | 46 | 58 | 65 | 67 |
| Mean °C | 22.1 | 22.4 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 20.9 |
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.