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Weather in Ward 6, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.2 °C, 45 mm of rain; a normal November has 144 mm. Coldest night 12.2 °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 | 20.6 | 13.4 | 21.0 |
| 2 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
| 3 | 18.6 | 13.2 | 7.1 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 14.6 | 0.3 |
| 5 | 30.2 | 12.6 | 4.9 |
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 | 151 mm, normal 144 mm |
| December | 221 mm, normal 175 mm |
| January | 84 mm, normal 171 mm |
| February | 273 mm, normal 150 mm |
| March | 127 mm, normal 131 mm |
| April | 87 mm, normal 73 mm |
| May | 36 mm, normal 31 mm |
| June | 33 mm, normal 23 mm |
| July | 43 mm, normal 27 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 40 mm |
| September | 139 mm, normal 62 mm |
| October | 113 mm, normal 117 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,194 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 849 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,003 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,125 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,301 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,265 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,244 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,125 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,310 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,390 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,312 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,164 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 1,024 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,069 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,066 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,290 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 1,005 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,069 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,163 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 953 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,224 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,410 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,082 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 992 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 1,043 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,183 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,204 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,001 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,088 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,103 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,214 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,297 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,165 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 999 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,335 mm (+17% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,410 mm). Driest: 1992 (849 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.7 °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 | 171 | 150 | 131 | 73 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 40 | 62 | 117 | 144 | 175 |
| Mean °C | 18.4 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 17.6 |
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.