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Weather in Ward 2, Nkandla
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.3 °C, 21 mm of rain; a normal November has 126 mm. Coldest night 14.8 °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 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 | 25.9 | 15.2 | 4.0 |
| 2 | 22.3 | 14.8 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 24.7 | 15.8 | 3.7 |
| 4 | 27.5 | 15.5 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 31.3 | 18.0 | 11.0 |
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 | 148 mm, normal 126 mm |
| December | 155 mm, normal 130 mm |
| January | 99 mm, normal 128 mm |
| February | 87 mm, normal 113 mm |
| March | 127 mm, normal 99 mm |
| April | 62 mm, normal 55 mm |
| May | 51 mm, normal 24 mm |
| June | 15 mm, normal 16 mm |
| July | 15 mm, normal 22 mm |
| August | 25 mm, normal 31 mm |
| September | 123 mm, normal 46 mm |
| October | 50 mm, normal 98 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 887 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 772 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 802 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 805 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,043 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,221 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,028 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 935 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 953 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,226 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 830 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 902 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 764 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 893 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,046 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,033 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 714 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 660 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 902 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 859 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 922 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 963 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 814 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 737 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 711 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 779 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 935 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 832 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 735 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 912 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,081 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 909 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,106 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 779 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,256 mm (+42% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (1,256 mm). Driest: 2008 (660 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.1 °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 | 128 | 113 | 99 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 31 | 46 | 98 | 126 | 130 |
| Mean °C | 19.9 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 19.3 |
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.