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Weather in Ward 3, Thembelihle
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 37.9 °C, 2.9 mm of rain; a normal November has 40 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 15.5 °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 4 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell, and 2 of them get exactly the same figures.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30.9 | 17.3 | 0.3 |
| 2 | 31.3 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 33.6 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.1 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 37.9 | 18.9 | 2.6 |
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 40 mm |
| December | 53 mm, normal 46 mm |
| January | 3.8 mm, normal 67 mm |
| February | 94 mm, normal 54 mm |
| March | 78 mm, normal 59 mm |
| April | 138 mm, normal 37 mm |
| May | 48 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 8.6 mm, normal 13 mm |
| July | 1.5 mm, normal 7.5 mm |
| August | 5.4 mm, normal 9.7 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 | 583 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 196 mm (-50% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 323 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 294 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 360 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 484 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 327 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 392 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 411 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 622 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 719 mm (+83% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 448 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 332 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 448 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 368 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 594 mm (+51% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 347 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 377 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 408 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 416 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 533 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 395 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 239 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 317 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 219 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 342 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 328 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 285 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 215 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 443 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 560 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 503 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 282 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 287 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 455 mm (+16% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2001 (719 mm). Driest: 1992 (196 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 | 54 | 59 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 46 |
| Mean °C | 26.1 | 25.3 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 14.5 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 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.