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Weather in Ward 5, Walter Sisulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.1 °C, 6.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 61 mm. Coldest night 10.7 °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 2 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 | 26.9 | 14.6 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 25.8 | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 28.6 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 30.2 | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.1 | 14.1 | 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 | 101 mm, normal 61 mm |
| December | 122 mm, normal 71 mm |
| January | 26 mm, normal 91 mm |
| February | 149 mm, normal 88 mm |
| March | 75 mm, normal 74 mm |
| April | 95 mm, normal 48 mm |
| May | 68 mm, normal 22 mm |
| June | 24 mm, normal 18 mm |
| July | 37 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 4.0 mm, normal 20 mm |
| September | 90 mm, normal 23 mm |
| October | 33 mm, normal 45 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 824 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 297 mm (-48% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 508 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 453 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 550 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 741 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 529 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 611 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 511 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 793 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 844 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 646 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 438 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 637 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 498 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 792 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 540 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 479 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 602 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 578 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 857 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 624 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 377 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 592 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 358 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 447 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 486 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 445 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 470 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 719 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 641 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 660 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 574 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 447 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 688 mm (+20% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2011 (857 mm). Driest: 1992 (297 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.8 °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 | 91 | 88 | 74 | 48 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 45 | 61 | 71 |
| Mean °C | 21.2 | 20.6 | 18.6 | 14.6 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 14.2 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 20.6 |
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.