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Weather in Ward 6, Nkandla
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.0 °C, 14 mm of rain; a normal November has 135 mm. Coldest night 16.1 °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 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 | 27.1 | 16.1 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 23.1 | 16.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 25.0 | 17.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 27.3 | 17.0 | 0.7 |
| 5 | 33.0 | 18.8 | 3.0 |
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 | 155 mm, normal 135 mm |
| December | 186 mm, normal 143 mm |
| January | 131 mm, normal 149 mm |
| February | 106 mm, normal 128 mm |
| March | 137 mm, normal 121 mm |
| April | 69 mm, normal 73 mm |
| May | 48 mm, normal 37 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 24 mm |
| July | 26 mm, normal 31 mm |
| August | 34 mm, normal 38 mm |
| September | 117 mm, normal 64 mm |
| October | 53 mm, normal 112 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,036 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 864 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 921 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 893 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,292 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,333 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,200 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,045 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,140 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,347 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,097 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,073 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 895 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,060 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,168 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,069 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 834 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 802 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,047 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,096 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,169 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,235 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,012 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 846 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 924 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,023 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,134 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,034 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 989 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,062 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,322 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,051 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,336 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 924 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,395 mm (+32% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (1,395 mm). Driest: 2008 (802 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.9 °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 | 149 | 128 | 121 | 73 | 37 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 64 | 112 | 135 | 143 |
| Mean °C | 21.4 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 20.7 |
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.