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Weather in Ward 3, Emalahleni
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.1 °C, 21 mm of rain; a normal November has 120 mm. Coldest night 11.6 °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 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 | 23.8 | 12.3 | 15.9 |
| 2 | 17.2 | 11.6 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 22.9 | 12.1 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 26.0 | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 32.1 | 12.1 | 1.9 |
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 | 173 mm, normal 120 mm |
| December | 199 mm, normal 147 mm |
| January | 116 mm, normal 164 mm |
| February | 321 mm, normal 151 mm |
| March | 119 mm, normal 126 mm |
| April | 57 mm, normal 73 mm |
| May | 45 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 31 mm, normal 18 mm |
| July | 52 mm, normal 19 mm |
| August | 34 mm, normal 31 mm |
| September | 166 mm, normal 47 mm |
| October | 89 mm, normal 88 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,204 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 695 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,044 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 823 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,069 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,080 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 968 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,266 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 963 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,359 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,174 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 984 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 777 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,222 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 949 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,319 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 878 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 939 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 796 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,103 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,272 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 995 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 778 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 885 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 824 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 821 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,018 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 847 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 827 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,280 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,103 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,056 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,170 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 845 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,230 mm (+22% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,359 mm). Driest: 1992 (695 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.4 °C in November 2023.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 164 | 151 | 126 | 73 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 47 | 88 | 120 | 147 |
| Mean °C | 19.0 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 16.6 | 18.1 |
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.