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Weather in Ward 9, Nkandla
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.6 °C, 15 mm of rain; a normal November has 103 mm. Coldest night 16.7 °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 6 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 | 29.3 | 17.6 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 25.7 | 16.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 27.9 | 17.6 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 31.0 | 16.8 | 0.3 |
| 5 | 34.6 | 19.2 | 8.1 |
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 | 105 mm, normal 103 mm |
| December | 151 mm, normal 108 mm |
| January | 67 mm, normal 107 mm |
| February | 89 mm, normal 94 mm |
| March | 77 mm, normal 82 mm |
| April | 45 mm, normal 47 mm |
| May | 36 mm, normal 22 mm |
| June | 16 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 15 mm, normal 21 mm |
| August | 22 mm, normal 28 mm |
| September | 82 mm, normal 42 mm |
| October | 38 mm, normal 80 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 726 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 656 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 686 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 697 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 911 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,070 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 860 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 783 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 734 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 970 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 736 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 754 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 635 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 778 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 928 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 831 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 614 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 580 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 766 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 710 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 820 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 828 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 702 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 591 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 602 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 661 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 750 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 690 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 658 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 760 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 904 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 815 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 928 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 667 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,027 mm (+37% on the normal) |
Wettest: 1996 (1,070 mm). Driest: 2008 (580 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.3 °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 | 107 | 94 | 82 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 28 | 42 | 80 | 103 | 108 |
| Mean °C | 22.0 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 21.3 |
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.