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Weather in Ward 2, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.5 °C, 45 mm of rain; a normal November has 135 mm. Coldest night 12.2 °C on 5 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 4 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 | 21.2 | 14.1 | 21.0 |
| 2 | 20.3 | 12.4 | 11.9 |
| 3 | 19.1 | 13.4 | 6.3 |
| 4 | 25.4 | 14.2 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 30.5 | 12.2 | 5.0 |
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 | 138 mm, normal 135 mm |
| December | 201 mm, normal 163 mm |
| January | 81 mm, normal 164 mm |
| February | 239 mm, normal 142 mm |
| March | 123 mm, normal 123 mm |
| April | 79 mm, normal 67 mm |
| May | 33 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 28 mm, normal 21 mm |
| July | 36 mm, normal 25 mm |
| August | 42 mm, normal 37 mm |
| September | 132 mm, normal 57 mm |
| October | 105 mm, normal 108 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,150 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 778 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 947 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,056 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,231 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,184 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,179 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,049 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,223 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,266 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,234 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,095 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 959 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,038 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,003 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,208 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 945 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,041 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,090 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 915 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,125 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,315 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,024 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 919 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 955 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,088 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,130 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 953 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 986 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,002 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,118 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,179 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,056 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 895 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,217 mm (+14% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,315 mm). Driest: 1992 (778 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.0 °C in February 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 164 | 142 | 123 | 67 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 37 | 57 | 108 | 135 | 163 |
| Mean °C | 18.8 | 18.9 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 18.0 |
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.