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Weather in Ward 8, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.3 °C, 34 mm of rain; a normal November has 104 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 | 24.8 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| 2 | 24.1 | 11.8 | 10.1 |
| 3 | 24.6 | 12.8 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 26.9 | 13.7 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 29.3 | 9.9 | 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 | 130 mm, normal 104 mm |
| December | 146 mm, normal 128 mm |
| January | 83 mm, normal 138 mm |
| February | 131 mm, normal 116 mm |
| March | 70 mm, normal 93 mm |
| April | 45 mm, normal 47 mm |
| May | 40 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 16 mm |
| July | 37 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 27 mm |
| September | 139 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 65 mm, normal 77 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,030 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 587 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 870 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 773 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 866 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 887 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 881 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 829 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 774 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,056 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 932 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 796 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 771 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 831 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 820 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,041 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 647 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 669 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 683 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 797 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 797 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 890 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 803 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 783 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 607 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 790 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 887 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 733 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 640 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 897 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 961 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 787 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 967 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 697 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,056 mm (+30% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,056 mm). Driest: 1992 (587 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.9 °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 | 138 | 116 | 93 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 33 | 77 | 104 | 128 |
| Mean °C | 18.5 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 17.8 |
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.