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Weather in Ward 5, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.0 °C, 38 mm of rain; a normal November has 130 mm. Coldest night 12.8 °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 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 | 21.6 | 14.4 | 17.3 |
| 2 | 20.2 | 12.8 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 19.1 | 13.8 | 5.7 |
| 4 | 25.2 | 14.6 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 31.0 | 13.0 | 4.3 |
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 | 132 mm, normal 130 mm |
| December | 191 mm, normal 157 mm |
| January | 75 mm, normal 159 mm |
| February | 244 mm, normal 137 mm |
| March | 116 mm, normal 120 mm |
| April | 71 mm, normal 67 mm |
| May | 33 mm, normal 29 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 21 mm |
| July | 39 mm, normal 26 mm |
| August | 43 mm, normal 38 mm |
| September | 129 mm, normal 57 mm |
| October | 98 mm, normal 106 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,121 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 761 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 920 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,025 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,219 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,183 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,167 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,019 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,214 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,265 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,212 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,082 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 922 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,017 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 989 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,192 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 923 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 997 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,066 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 886 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,097 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,273 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,005 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 891 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 930 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,061 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,119 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 918 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 967 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 960 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,110 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,168 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,030 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 887 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,196 mm (+14% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,273 mm). Driest: 1992 (761 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.7 °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 | 159 | 137 | 120 | 67 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 38 | 57 | 106 | 130 | 157 |
| Mean °C | 19.1 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 18.3 |
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.