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Weather in Ward 31, Buffalo City
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.0 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 82 mm. Coldest night 15.8 °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 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 | 22.5 | 17.7 | 4.0 |
| 2 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 22.5 | 15.8 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 23.6 | 18.4 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 31.0 | 19.0 | 0.1 |
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
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| November | 40 mm, normal 82 mm |
| December | 68 mm, normal 82 mm |
| January | 29 mm, normal 81 mm |
| February | 118 mm, normal 84 mm |
| March | 51 mm, normal 87 mm |
| April | 50 mm, normal 77 mm |
| May | 100 mm, normal 31 mm |
| June | 101 mm, normal 30 mm |
| July | 77 mm, normal 34 mm |
| August | 38 mm, normal 46 mm |
| September | 132 mm, normal 54 mm |
| October | 82 mm, normal 72 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 680 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 605 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 681 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 682 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 738 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 814 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 775 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 852 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 753 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,045 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 812 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 861 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 693 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 747 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 718 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,041 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 616 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 709 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 564 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 698 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,019 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 852 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 691 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,007 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 895 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 632 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 772 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 517 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 553 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 736 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 658 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 807 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 832 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 773 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 693 mm (-9% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,045 mm). Driest: 2018 (517 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.8 °C in October 2025.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 81 | 84 | 87 | 77 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 46 | 54 | 72 | 82 | 82 |
| Mean °C | 22.1 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 21.0 |
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.