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Weather in Ward 3, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.7 °C, 51 mm of rain; a normal November has 141 mm. Coldest night 11.8 °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 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 | 20.7 | 13.5 | 24.3 |
| 2 | 20.1 | 11.9 | 13.3 |
| 3 | 19.0 | 12.9 | 6.8 |
| 4 | 25.3 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 29.7 | 11.8 | 5.7 |
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 | 139 mm, normal 141 mm |
| December | 197 mm, normal 170 mm |
| January | 86 mm, normal 169 mm |
| February | 229 mm, normal 147 mm |
| March | 120 mm, normal 126 mm |
| April | 80 mm, normal 68 mm |
| May | 31 mm, normal 28 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 21 mm |
| July | 35 mm, normal 24 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 37 mm |
| September | 133 mm, normal 57 mm |
| October | 106 mm, normal 111 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,186 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 815 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 979 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,084 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,259 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,191 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,192 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,085 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,225 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,289 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,266 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,118 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 996 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,103 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,042 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,240 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 977 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,074 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,118 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 962 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,171 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,350 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,041 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 953 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 985 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,105 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,161 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 998 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,002 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,007 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,097 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,162 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,049 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 873 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,204 mm (+10% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,350 mm). Driest: 1992 (815 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.4 °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 | 169 | 147 | 126 | 68 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 37 | 57 | 111 | 141 | 170 |
| Mean °C | 18.2 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 17.4 |
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.