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Weather in Ward 21, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.2 °C, 46 mm of rain; a normal November has 111 mm. Coldest night 11.7 °C on 2 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 | 23.4 | 12.6 | 20.6 |
| 2 | 22.5 | 11.7 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 21.9 | 12.9 | 5.0 |
| 4 | 24.4 | 14.3 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 30.2 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
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 | 140 mm, normal 111 mm |
| December | 135 mm, normal 139 mm |
| January | 75 mm, normal 146 mm |
| February | 161 mm, normal 120 mm |
| March | 49 mm, normal 101 mm |
| April | 44 mm, normal 53 mm |
| May | 32 mm, normal 21 mm |
| June | 15 mm, normal 20 mm |
| July | 37 mm, normal 17 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 30 mm |
| September | 116 mm, normal 40 mm |
| October | 101 mm, normal 82 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,010 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 650 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 881 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 769 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 964 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 953 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 901 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 945 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 917 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,174 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,023 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 874 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 830 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 939 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 879 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,023 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 778 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 747 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 733 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 795 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 925 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,104 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 801 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 785 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 768 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 843 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 957 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 824 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 702 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 898 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 956 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 947 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 938 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 716 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,051 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,174 mm). Driest: 1992 (650 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.2 °C in March 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 146 | 120 | 101 | 53 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 30 | 40 | 82 | 111 | 139 |
| Mean °C | 18.7 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 14.4 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 18.0 |
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.