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Weather in Ward 36, Buffalo City
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 36.1 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 94 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 12.5 °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 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 | 20.6 | 14.4 | 6.1 |
| 2 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 22.7 | 12.5 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 16.2 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 36.1 | 15.7 | 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 94 mm |
| December | 77 mm, normal 106 mm |
| January | 44 mm, normal 108 mm |
| February | 158 mm, normal 104 mm |
| March | 72 mm, normal 98 mm |
| April | 73 mm, normal 75 mm |
| May | 88 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 76 mm, normal 26 mm |
| July | 82 mm, normal 29 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 43 mm |
| September | 149 mm, normal 53 mm |
| October | 80 mm, normal 80 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 852 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 679 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 776 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 762 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 878 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 908 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 795 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 974 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 831 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,038 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,037 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 994 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 706 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 933 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 836 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,061 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 719 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 779 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 707 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 827 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,103 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 957 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 695 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 977 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 901 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 640 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 819 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 649 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 570 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 875 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 820 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 819 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 933 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 831 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 793 mm (-6% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2011 (1,103 mm). Driest: 2019 (570 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.4 °C in December 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 108 | 104 | 98 | 75 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 43 | 53 | 80 | 94 | 106 |
| Mean °C | 20.6 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 19.4 |
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.