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Weather in Ward 3, Walter Sisulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.5 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 78 mm. Coldest night 10.8 °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 59 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 | 25.2 | 13.3 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 24.3 | 12.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 26.9 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| 4 | 28.2 | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 31.5 | 13.0 | 2.5 |
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 | 131 mm, normal 78 mm |
| December | 150 mm, normal 96 mm |
| January | 54 mm, normal 116 mm |
| February | 195 mm, normal 111 mm |
| March | 96 mm, normal 92 mm |
| April | 102 mm, normal 59 mm |
| May | 71 mm, normal 25 mm |
| June | 25 mm, normal 19 mm |
| July | 45 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 9.2 mm, normal 23 mm |
| September | 117 mm, normal 27 mm |
| October | 44 mm, normal 59 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,025 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 423 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 674 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 598 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 713 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 885 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 684 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 817 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 686 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 968 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 986 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 754 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 561 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 781 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 628 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 986 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 663 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 640 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 711 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 809 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,000 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 741 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 485 mm (-33% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 694 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 461 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 547 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 612 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 556 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 609 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 915 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 837 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 810 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 753 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 570 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 869 mm (+21% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1991 (1,025 mm). Driest: 1992 (423 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.7 °C in December 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 116 | 111 | 92 | 59 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 59 | 78 | 96 |
| Mean °C | 20.0 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 19.4 |
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.