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Weather in Ward 2, Big Five Hlabisa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 28.5 °C, 7.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 104 mm. Coldest night 21.4 °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 5 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 | 27.0 | 21.5 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 24.5 | 21.4 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 27.9 | 22.9 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 28.5 | 23.3 | 0.3 |
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 | 141 mm, normal 104 mm |
| December | 140 mm, normal 103 mm |
| January | 219 mm, normal 121 mm |
| February | 21 mm, normal 102 mm |
| March | 213 mm, normal 113 mm |
| April | 61 mm, normal 88 mm |
| May | 56 mm, normal 58 mm |
| June | 51 mm, normal 44 mm |
| July | 29 mm, normal 44 mm |
| August | 39 mm, normal 42 mm |
| September | 97 mm, normal 56 mm |
| October | 48 mm, normal 86 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,005 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 518 mm (-46% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 915 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 696 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,216 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,029 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,332 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 902 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,106 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,450 mm (+51% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,118 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 695 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 840 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 895 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 910 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,192 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 780 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 799 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 982 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 976 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 940 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,112 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,101 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 782 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 693 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 973 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,095 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 971 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 787 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,006 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,186 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 905 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,020 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 943 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,202 mm (+25% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,450 mm). Driest: 1992 (518 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.8 °C in March 2026.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 121 | 102 | 113 | 88 | 58 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 56 | 86 | 104 | 103 |
| Mean °C | 25.2 | 25.4 | 24.8 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 24.3 |
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.