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Weather in Ward 2, Walter Sisulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.8 °C, 3.4 mm of rain; a normal November has 58 mm. Coldest night 10.3 °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 23 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 | 27.7 | 14.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 25.6 | 12.6 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 28.8 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 29.5 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.8 | 14.6 | 0.9 |
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 | 78 mm, normal 58 mm |
| December | 98 mm, normal 66 mm |
| January | 17 mm, normal 86 mm |
| February | 139 mm, normal 89 mm |
| March | 77 mm, normal 73 mm |
| April | 81 mm, normal 45 mm |
| May | 60 mm, normal 21 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 18 mm |
| July | 27 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 6.2 mm, normal 18 mm |
| September | 104 mm, normal 24 mm |
| October | 42 mm, normal 42 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 773 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 290 mm (-48% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 497 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 425 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 515 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 660 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 506 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 546 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 478 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 749 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 890 mm (+61% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 563 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 443 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 652 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 459 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 813 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 541 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 498 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 562 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 594 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 835 mm (+51% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 639 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 355 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 551 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 394 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 418 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 450 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 410 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 398 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 694 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 563 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 628 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 642 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 420 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 687 mm (+24% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2001 (890 mm). Driest: 1992 (290 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.0 °C in February 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 86 | 89 | 73 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 58 | 66 |
| Mean °C | 21.2 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 20.4 |
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.