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Weather in Ward 18, Dr AB Xuma
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 26 mm of rain; a normal November has 134 mm. Coldest night 12.8 °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 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 | 22.7 | 13.2 | 19.3 |
| 2 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 20.4 | 13.8 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 15.5 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 33.4 | 13.9 | 2.3 |
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 | 138 mm, normal 134 mm |
| December | 167 mm, normal 150 mm |
| January | 77 mm, normal 157 mm |
| February | 321 mm, normal 148 mm |
| March | 77 mm, normal 130 mm |
| April | 45 mm, normal 72 mm |
| May | 50 mm, normal 24 mm |
| June | 18 mm, normal 23 mm |
| July | 69 mm, normal 22 mm |
| August | 50 mm, normal 34 mm |
| September | 162 mm, normal 55 mm |
| October | 86 mm, normal 97 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,057 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 781 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 958 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 868 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,207 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,150 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,012 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,389 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,052 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,437 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,138 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,064 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 842 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,131 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,079 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,242 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 879 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 879 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 833 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,066 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,300 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,249 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 885 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 956 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 914 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 891 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,042 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 991 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 899 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,166 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,173 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,083 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,177 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 836 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,228 mm (+18% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,437 mm). Driest: 1992 (781 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.1 °C in March 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 157 | 148 | 130 | 72 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 34 | 55 | 97 | 134 | 150 |
| Mean °C | 19.4 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 18.4 |
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.