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Weather in Ward 8, Maluti a Phofung
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 26.1 °C, 33 mm of rain; a normal November has 153 mm. Coldest night 11.8 °C on 2 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 | 24.0 | 12.0 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 22.1 | 11.8 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 23.6 | 12.9 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 26.1 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 24.7 | 14.7 | 17.1 |
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 | 242 mm, normal 153 mm |
| December | 176 mm, normal 202 mm |
| January | 181 mm, normal 224 mm |
| February | 220 mm, normal 172 mm |
| March | 197 mm, normal 123 mm |
| April | 121 mm, normal 64 mm |
| May | 55 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 25 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 19 mm, normal 14 mm |
| August | 31 mm, normal 34 mm |
| September | 177 mm, normal 39 mm |
| October | 33 mm, normal 121 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,198 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 959 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,377 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,154 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,314 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,754 mm (+48% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,503 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,113 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,288 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,364 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,206 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,117 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 923 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,240 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,320 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,536 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 1,074 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 956 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,153 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,141 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,037 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,272 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,150 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,134 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 797 mm (-33% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,394 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,003 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 874 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 977 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,279 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,340 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,083 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,176 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 1,087 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,557 mm (+31% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1996 (1,754 mm). Driest: 2015 (797 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 31.2 °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 | 224 | 172 | 123 | 64 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 121 | 153 | 202 |
| Mean °C | 17.0 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 16.6 |
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.