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Weather in Ward 24, Buffalo City

This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.4 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 89 mm. Coldest night 14.7 °C on 3 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 2 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

NovHigh °CLow °CRain mm
122.416.43.9
217.815.34.9
322.314.71.5
424.717.10.1
534.416.40.1

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

November: 42 mm, normal 89 mmNDecember: 78 mm, normal 95 mmDJanuary: 39 mm, normal 95 mmJFebruary: 137 mm, normal 95 mmFMarch: 56 mm, normal 94 mmMApril: 57 mm, normal 78 mmAMay: 79 mm, normal 27 mmMJune: 86 mm, normal 26 mmJJuly: 80 mm, normal 29 mmJAugust: 36 mm, normal 42 mmASeptember: 148 mm, normal 54 mmSOctober: 85 mm, normal 77 mmO
Rain each month, November 2025 to October 2026 (this month to 5 November 2026). Bars: rain. Lines: the 1991 to 2020 normal.
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Rain each month, November 2025 to October 2026 (this month to 5 November 2026).: every figure
When or whatFigure
November42 mm, normal 89 mm
December78 mm, normal 95 mm
January39 mm, normal 95 mm
February137 mm, normal 95 mm
March56 mm, normal 94 mm
April57 mm, normal 78 mm
May79 mm, normal 27 mm
June86 mm, normal 26 mm
July80 mm, normal 29 mm
August36 mm, normal 42 mm
September148 mm, normal 54 mm
October85 mm, normal 77 mm

Every year since 1991

1991: 756 mm (-6% on the normal)1992: 625 mm (-22% on the normal)1993: 724 mm (-10% on the normal)1994: 714 mm (-11% on the normal)1995: 780 mm (-3% on the normal)1996: 839 mm (+5% on the normal)1997: 790 mm (-1% on the normal)1998: 954 mm (+19% on the normal)1999: 798 mm (-0% on the normal)2000: 1,046 mm (+31% on the normal)2001: 875 mm (+9% on the normal)2002: 897 mm (+12% on the normal)2003: 651 mm (-19% on the normal)2004: 859 mm (+7% on the normal)2005: 749 mm (-7% on the normal)2006: 1,090 mm (+36% on the normal)2007: 646 mm (-19% on the normal)2008: 775 mm (-3% on the normal)2009: 635 mm (-21% on the normal)2010: 782 mm (-2% on the normal)2011: 1,087 mm (+36% on the normal)2012: 916 mm (+14% on the normal)2013: 689 mm (-14% on the normal)2014: 1,045 mm (+30% on the normal)2015: 901 mm (+12% on the normal)2016: 637 mm (-21% on the normal)2017: 818 mm (+2% on the normal)2018: 577 mm (-28% on the normal)2019: 603 mm (-25% on the normal)2020: 782 mm (-2% on the normal)2021: 720 mm (-10% on the normal)2022: 777 mm (-3% on the normal)2023: 885 mm (+10% on the normal)2024: 808 mm (+1% on the normal)2025: 727 mm (-9% on the normal)

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Rain each year, 1991 to 2025. Up: wetter than the 1991 to 2020 normal (801 mm a year). Down: drier.
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Rain each year, 1991 to 2025.: every figure
When or whatFigure
1991756 mm (-6% on the normal)
1992625 mm (-22% on the normal)
1993724 mm (-10% on the normal)
1994714 mm (-11% on the normal)
1995780 mm (-3% on the normal)
1996839 mm (+5% on the normal)
1997790 mm (-1% on the normal)
1998954 mm (+19% on the normal)
1999798 mm (-0% on the normal)
20001,046 mm (+31% on the normal)
2001875 mm (+9% on the normal)
2002897 mm (+12% on the normal)
2003651 mm (-19% on the normal)
2004859 mm (+7% on the normal)
2005749 mm (-7% on the normal)
20061,090 mm (+36% on the normal)
2007646 mm (-19% on the normal)
2008775 mm (-3% on the normal)
2009635 mm (-21% on the normal)
2010782 mm (-2% on the normal)
20111,087 mm (+36% on the normal)
2012916 mm (+14% on the normal)
2013689 mm (-14% on the normal)
20141,045 mm (+30% on the normal)
2015901 mm (+12% on the normal)
2016637 mm (-21% on the normal)
2017818 mm (+2% on the normal)
2018577 mm (-28% on the normal)
2019603 mm (-25% on the normal)
2020782 mm (-2% on the normal)
2021720 mm (-10% on the normal)
2022777 mm (-3% on the normal)
2023885 mm (+10% on the normal)
2024808 mm (+1% on the normal)
2025727 mm (-9% on the normal)

Wettest: 2006 (1,090 mm). Driest: 2018 (577 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.1 °C in October 2025.

A normal year here (1991 to 2020)

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain mm959594782726294254778995
Mean °C21.421.720.618.316.414.213.914.615.917.218.520.3

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.

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