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Weather in Ward 8, Walter Sisulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.2 °C, 4.9 mm of rain; a normal November has 77 mm. Coldest night 12.2 °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 shares it with 6 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell, and 3 of them get exactly the same figures.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26.4 | 15.6 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 27.5 | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 29.1 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 30.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.2 | 12.9 | 1.4 |
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 | 110 mm, normal 77 mm |
| December | 149 mm, normal 96 mm |
| January | 38 mm, normal 112 mm |
| February | 206 mm, normal 107 mm |
| March | 122 mm, normal 98 mm |
| April | 132 mm, normal 65 mm |
| May | 88 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 29 mm, normal 20 mm |
| July | 38 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 6.9 mm, normal 23 mm |
| September | 118 mm, normal 24 mm |
| October | 28 mm, normal 60 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,064 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 431 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 642 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 578 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 744 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 912 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 683 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 861 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 688 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 953 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,065 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 820 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 544 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 713 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 635 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,031 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 621 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 581 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 798 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 795 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,092 mm (+51% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 665 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 495 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 693 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 399 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 530 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 603 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 584 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 603 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 878 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 982 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 864 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 712 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 552 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 854 mm (+18% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2011 (1,092 mm). Driest: 2015 (399 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.8 °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 | 112 | 107 | 98 | 65 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 60 | 77 | 96 |
| Mean °C | 21.9 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 21.2 |
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.