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Weather in Ward 4, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 28.6 °C, 59 mm of rain; a normal November has 142 mm. Coldest night 11.1 °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 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 | 20.1 | 12.6 | 28.6 |
| 2 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 15.4 |
| 3 | 18.7 | 12.4 | 8.1 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 13.3 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 28.6 | 11.1 | 6.9 |
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 | 147 mm, normal 142 mm |
| December | 193 mm, normal 171 mm |
| January | 93 mm, normal 168 mm |
| February | 235 mm, normal 146 mm |
| March | 114 mm, normal 126 mm |
| April | 82 mm, normal 68 mm |
| May | 32 mm, normal 27 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 20 mm |
| July | 36 mm, normal 23 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 36 mm |
| September | 136 mm, normal 56 mm |
| October | 109 mm, normal 111 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,180 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 841 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 988 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,069 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,255 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,163 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,155 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,070 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,188 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,312 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,267 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,112 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 1,000 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,138 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,050 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,232 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 980 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,035 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,098 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 952 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,193 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,346 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 992 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 951 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 969 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,068 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,163 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,025 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 966 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,050 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,105 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,187 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,084 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 882 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,230 mm (+12% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,346 mm). Driest: 1992 (841 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.4 °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 | 168 | 146 | 126 | 68 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 36 | 56 | 111 | 142 | 171 |
| Mean °C | 17.4 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 16.7 |
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.