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Weather in Ward 34, Buffalo City
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 36.2 °C, 10 mm of rain; a normal November has 97 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 12.2 °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
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.3 | 14.2 | 6.3 |
| 2 | 17.0 | 13.9 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 22.8 | 12.2 | 0.9 |
| 4 | 25.1 | 16.0 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 36.2 | 15.6 | 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 | 45 mm, normal 97 mm |
| December | 77 mm, normal 110 mm |
| January | 46 mm, normal 111 mm |
| February | 162 mm, normal 107 mm |
| March | 76 mm, normal 101 mm |
| April | 77 mm, normal 76 mm |
| May | 88 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 74 mm, normal 26 mm |
| July | 83 mm, normal 29 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 44 mm |
| September | 150 mm, normal 54 mm |
| October | 80 mm, normal 82 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 887 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 700 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 800 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 780 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 912 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 941 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 814 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 994 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 856 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,060 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,079 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,029 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 727 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 966 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 867 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,069 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 742 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 791 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 734 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 849 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,126 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 981 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 709 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 982 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 913 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 651 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 831 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 678 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 583 mm (-33% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 900 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 840 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 832 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 954 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 843 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 812 mm (-6% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2011 (1,126 mm). Driest: 2019 (583 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.2 °C in January 2026.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 111 | 107 | 101 | 76 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 44 | 54 | 82 | 97 | 110 |
| Mean °C | 20.4 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 19.3 |
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.