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Weather in Ward 1, uPhongolo
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.6 °C, 8.4 mm of rain; a normal November has 108 mm. Coldest night 15.9 °C on 1 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 19 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 | 28.9 | 15.9 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 24.3 | 18.6 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 26.7 | 19.1 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 30.7 | 18.3 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 32.6 | 20.4 | 1.2 |
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 | 132 mm, normal 108 mm |
| December | 175 mm, normal 112 mm |
| January | 245 mm, normal 115 mm |
| February | 30 mm, normal 99 mm |
| March | 134 mm, normal 89 mm |
| April | 41 mm, normal 46 mm |
| May | 44 mm, normal 25 mm |
| June | 17 mm, normal 14 mm |
| July | 7.9 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 23 mm, normal 23 mm |
| September | 77 mm, normal 39 mm |
| October | 43 mm, normal 86 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 707 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 496 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 697 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 548 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 968 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 904 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,052 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 787 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 942 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,209 mm (+56% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 894 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 586 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 570 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 827 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 693 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 873 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 594 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 604 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 845 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 831 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 753 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,009 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 834 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 689 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 537 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 750 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 816 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 765 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 693 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 710 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 961 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 789 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 759 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 717 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 918 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,209 mm). Driest: 1992 (496 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.1 °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 | 115 | 99 | 89 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 86 | 108 | 112 |
| Mean °C | 22.9 | 23.0 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 20.8 | 22.3 |
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.