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Weather in Ward 26, Matatiele
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.4 °C, 46 mm of rain; a normal November has 103 mm. Coldest night 10.9 °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 21 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 | 12.4 | 18.9 |
| 2 | 23.1 | 11.2 | 9.7 |
| 3 | 22.1 | 12.6 | 7.2 |
| 4 | 25.2 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 29.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 |
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 | 129 mm, normal 103 mm |
| December | 133 mm, normal 129 mm |
| January | 76 mm, normal 134 mm |
| February | 139 mm, normal 112 mm |
| March | 58 mm, normal 93 mm |
| April | 42 mm, normal 48 mm |
| May | 31 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 15 mm, normal 17 mm |
| July | 33 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 39 mm, normal 27 mm |
| September | 120 mm, normal 36 mm |
| October | 80 mm, normal 76 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 945 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 603 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 819 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 716 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 882 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 874 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 838 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 833 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 837 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,073 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 931 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 790 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 778 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 873 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 792 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 960 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 694 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 695 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 694 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 744 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 838 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 975 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 741 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 721 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 687 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 760 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 885 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 755 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 644 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 854 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 898 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 875 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 879 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 656 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 970 mm (+20% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,073 mm). Driest: 1992 (603 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.2 °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 | 134 | 112 | 93 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 36 | 76 | 103 | 129 |
| Mean °C | 18.2 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 17.5 |
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.