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Weather in Ward 2, uMshwathi
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.8 °C, 30 mm of rain; a normal November has 126 mm. Coldest night 15.0 °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 8 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 | 24.8 | 16.5 | 11.7 |
| 2 | 22.7 | 15.0 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 21.9 | 16.0 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 16.8 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 31.8 | 17.6 | 2.8 |
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 | 126 mm, normal 126 mm |
| December | 182 mm, normal 144 mm |
| January | 73 mm, normal 150 mm |
| February | 165 mm, normal 129 mm |
| March | 100 mm, normal 108 mm |
| April | 73 mm, normal 66 mm |
| May | 42 mm, normal 32 mm |
| June | 16 mm, normal 23 mm |
| July | 30 mm, normal 30 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 36 mm |
| September | 107 mm, normal 55 mm |
| October | 61 mm, normal 99 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,073 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 860 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 900 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 867 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,222 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,312 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,066 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 909 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,059 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,212 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,172 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,100 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 778 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,077 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,088 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,249 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 805 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 775 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 968 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 900 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,026 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,103 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 979 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 768 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 878 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 926 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,054 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 879 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 958 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 983 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,280 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,155 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,077 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 827 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,149 mm (+15% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1996 (1,312 mm). Driest: 2014 (768 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.7 °C in January 2025.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 150 | 129 | 108 | 66 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 55 | 99 | 126 | 144 |
| Mean °C | 20.3 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 17.1 | 14.7 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 19.5 |
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.