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Weather in Ward 2, Thembelihle
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 38.0 °C, 2.9 mm of rain; a normal November has 41 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 15.4 °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 | 30.8 | 17.2 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 31.3 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 33.6 | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.0 | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 38.0 | 18.7 | 2.5 |
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 | 44 mm, normal 41 mm |
| December | 55 mm, normal 46 mm |
| January | 3.6 mm, normal 67 mm |
| February | 97 mm, normal 55 mm |
| March | 78 mm, normal 59 mm |
| April | 138 mm, normal 37 mm |
| May | 50 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 9.4 mm, normal 13 mm |
| July | 1.6 mm, normal 7.5 mm |
| August | 5.7 mm, normal 9.9 mm |
| September | 66 mm, normal 15 mm |
| October | 23 mm, normal 28 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 592 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 198 mm (-50% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 326 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 294 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 366 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 488 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 332 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 394 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 417 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 627 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 724 mm (+83% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 453 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 337 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 450 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 374 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 602 mm (+52% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 352 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 378 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 414 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 418 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 538 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 399 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 241 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 320 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 223 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 346 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 329 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 287 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 217 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 447 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 558 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 510 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 287 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 290 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 462 mm (+17% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2001 (724 mm). Driest: 1992 (198 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.4 °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 | 67 | 55 | 59 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 41 | 46 |
| Mean °C | 26.0 | 25.2 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 25.4 |
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.