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Weather in Ward 4, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.5 °C, 35 mm of rain; a normal November has 100 mm. Coldest night 9.9 °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 4 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 | 24.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
| 2 | 24.1 | 11.6 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 24.2 | 12.8 | 3.6 |
| 4 | 26.6 | 13.4 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 29.5 | 9.9 | 8.1 |
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 | 125 mm, normal 100 mm |
| December | 138 mm, normal 123 mm |
| January | 75 mm, normal 131 mm |
| February | 124 mm, normal 110 mm |
| March | 68 mm, normal 89 mm |
| April | 44 mm, normal 46 mm |
| May | 38 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 16 mm |
| July | 36 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 26 mm |
| September | 136 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 66 mm, normal 75 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 982 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 563 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 827 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 749 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 845 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 855 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 839 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 788 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 731 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,031 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 901 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 766 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 743 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 807 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 782 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,005 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 616 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 639 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 663 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 757 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 773 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 862 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 765 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 733 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 595 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 742 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 870 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 715 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 616 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 869 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 931 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 770 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 937 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 664 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,012 mm (+30% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,031 mm). Driest: 1992 (563 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.0 °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 | 131 | 110 | 89 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 33 | 75 | 100 | 123 |
| Mean °C | 18.4 | 18.0 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 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.