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Weather in Ward 6, Phumelela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.5 °C, 20 mm of rain; a normal November has 111 mm. Coldest night 13.8 °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 | 28.0 | 15.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 26.1 | 14.5 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 28.1 | 13.8 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 28.5 | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 29.5 | 16.6 | 12.3 |
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 | 279 mm, normal 111 mm |
| December | 142 mm, normal 147 mm |
| January | 91 mm, normal 135 mm |
| February | 93 mm, normal 95 mm |
| March | 152 mm, normal 80 mm |
| April | 73 mm, normal 46 mm |
| May | 38 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 15 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 4.2 mm, normal 7.9 mm |
| August | 36 mm, normal 20 mm |
| September | 107 mm, normal 26 mm |
| October | 12 mm, normal 91 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 879 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 595 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 879 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 791 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 984 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,150 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 984 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 822 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 783 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,070 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 785 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 748 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 638 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 788 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 899 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,023 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 626 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 565 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 789 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 785 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 737 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 721 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 746 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 668 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 537 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 809 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 742 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 609 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 582 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 863 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 961 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 693 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 738 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 648 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,259 mm (+60% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (1,259 mm). Driest: 2015 (537 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.1 °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 | 135 | 95 | 80 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 91 | 111 | 147 |
| Mean °C | 18.7 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 18.3 |
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.