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Weather in Ward 41, Buffalo City
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.6 °C, 11 mm of rain; a normal November has 89 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 13.5 °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 shares it with 6 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21.4 | 15.4 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 17.3 | 14.7 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 22.6 | 13.5 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 24.5 | 16.7 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 35.6 | 16.0 | 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 | 43 mm, normal 89 mm |
| December | 77 mm, normal 97 mm |
| January | 41 mm, normal 98 mm |
| February | 144 mm, normal 96 mm |
| March | 64 mm, normal 92 mm |
| April | 65 mm, normal 73 mm |
| May | 87 mm, normal 27 mm |
| June | 82 mm, normal 25 mm |
| July | 81 mm, normal 28 mm |
| August | 36 mm, normal 42 mm |
| September | 147 mm, normal 53 mm |
| October | 83 mm, normal 76 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 770 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 628 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 720 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 722 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 796 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 827 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 753 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 933 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 777 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 999 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 928 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 913 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 661 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 857 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 762 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,059 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 660 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 759 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 642 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 776 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,055 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 898 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 671 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 984 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 887 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 623 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 808 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 580 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 547 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 816 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 763 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 790 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 887 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 800 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 743 mm (-6% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (1,059 mm). Driest: 2019 (547 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.9 °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 | 98 | 96 | 92 | 73 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 42 | 53 | 76 | 89 | 97 |
| Mean °C | 21.1 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 20.0 |
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.