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Weather in Ward 2, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.6 °C, 38 mm of rain; a normal November has 99 mm. Coldest night 10.0 °C on 5 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 | 24.4 | 12.8 | 15.0 |
| 2 | 24.1 | 11.5 | 10.7 |
| 3 | 24.1 | 12.8 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 26.4 | 13.6 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 29.6 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
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 | 122 mm, normal 99 mm |
| December | 131 mm, normal 121 mm |
| January | 71 mm, normal 130 mm |
| February | 118 mm, normal 109 mm |
| March | 62 mm, normal 88 mm |
| April | 42 mm, normal 45 mm |
| May | 37 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 16 mm |
| July | 35 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 26 mm |
| September | 129 mm, normal 32 mm |
| October | 64 mm, normal 73 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 961 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 553 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 823 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 729 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 834 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 841 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 823 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 794 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 748 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,010 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 891 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 757 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 738 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 793 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 766 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 977 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 611 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 624 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 647 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 753 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 767 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 863 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 758 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 721 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 602 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 737 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 856 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 710 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 607 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 854 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 911 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 765 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 899 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 661 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 970 mm (+26% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,010 mm). Driest: 1992 (553 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.3 °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 | 130 | 109 | 88 | 45 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 32 | 73 | 99 | 121 |
| Mean °C | 18.4 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 17.7 |
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.