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Weather in Ward 16, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 28.5 °C, 38 mm of rain; a normal November has 134 mm. Coldest night 10.7 °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 6 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 | 24.6 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
| 2 | 23.3 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 24.0 | 12.6 | 5.1 |
| 4 | 26.9 | 14.1 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 28.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
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 | 170 mm, normal 134 mm |
| December | 227 mm, normal 179 mm |
| January | 135 mm, normal 195 mm |
| February | 192 mm, normal 163 mm |
| March | 85 mm, normal 124 mm |
| April | 53 mm, normal 60 mm |
| May | 45 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 17 mm |
| July | 41 mm, normal 17 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 29 mm |
| September | 150 mm, normal 37 mm |
| October | 71 mm, normal 94 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,329 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 787 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,182 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 956 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,093 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,132 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,158 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,135 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,154 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,361 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,188 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,003 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 1,029 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,123 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,080 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,278 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 900 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 956 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 891 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,075 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,064 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,199 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,071 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,058 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 809 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,092 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,081 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 908 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 872 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,164 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,213 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,095 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,198 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 952 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,408 mm (+31% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (1,408 mm). Driest: 1992 (787 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.7 °C in November 2023.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 195 | 163 | 124 | 60 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 37 | 94 | 134 | 179 |
| Mean °C | 18.4 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 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.