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Weather in Ward 16, Emalahleni
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.3 °C, 23 mm of rain; a normal November has 115 mm. Coldest night 11.3 °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 6 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 | 24.3 | 12.1 | 16.0 |
| 2 | 18.0 | 11.3 | 5.0 |
| 3 | 23.4 | 11.7 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 25.9 | 13.9 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 31.3 | 12.0 | 1.5 |
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 | 189 mm, normal 115 mm |
| December | 201 mm, normal 144 mm |
| January | 116 mm, normal 162 mm |
| February | 319 mm, normal 150 mm |
| March | 106 mm, normal 122 mm |
| April | 57 mm, normal 70 mm |
| May | 47 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 26 mm, normal 18 mm |
| July | 49 mm, normal 19 mm |
| August | 31 mm, normal 29 mm |
| September | 156 mm, normal 43 mm |
| October | 85 mm, normal 83 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,190 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 670 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,004 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 815 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,030 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,052 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 951 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,198 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 963 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,300 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,142 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 930 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 768 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,199 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 871 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,276 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 855 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 932 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 779 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,094 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,227 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 984 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 738 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 855 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 786 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 781 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 964 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 824 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 818 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,259 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,065 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,031 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,089 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 811 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,188 mm (+22% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,300 mm). Driest: 1992 (670 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.5 °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 | 162 | 150 | 122 | 70 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 43 | 83 | 115 | 144 |
| Mean °C | 18.7 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 17.9 |
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.