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Weather in Ward 3, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.6 °C, 40 mm of rain; a normal November has 98 mm. Coldest night 10.1 °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 | 24.3 | 12.7 | 15.4 |
| 2 | 24.0 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 23.6 | 12.8 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 26.2 | 13.6 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 29.6 | 10.1 | 8.3 |
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 | 121 mm, normal 98 mm |
| December | 128 mm, normal 121 mm |
| January | 69 mm, normal 129 mm |
| February | 117 mm, normal 107 mm |
| March | 61 mm, normal 88 mm |
| April | 41 mm, normal 45 mm |
| May | 35 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 16 mm |
| July | 33 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 26 mm |
| September | 125 mm, normal 32 mm |
| October | 67 mm, normal 73 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 941 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 552 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 808 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 713 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 831 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 836 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 807 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 790 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 754 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,010 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 886 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 748 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 735 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 800 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 759 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 958 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 616 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 628 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 646 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 738 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 769 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 872 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 741 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 703 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 612 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 725 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 850 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 707 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 606 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 844 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 895 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 780 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 879 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 641 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 943 mm (+23% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,010 mm). Driest: 1992 (552 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.4 °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 | 129 | 107 | 88 | 45 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 32 | 73 | 98 | 121 |
| Mean °C | 18.4 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 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.