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Weather in Ward 7, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.3 °C, 32 mm of rain; a normal November has 127 mm. Coldest night 13.3 °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 3 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 | 21.8 | 14.2 | 12.8 |
| 2 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 9.3 |
| 3 | 18.7 | 14.1 | 5.6 |
| 4 | 24.9 | 15.7 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 31.3 | 13.9 | 3.8 |
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 | 136 mm, normal 127 mm |
| December | 184 mm, normal 152 mm |
| January | 69 mm, normal 155 mm |
| February | 279 mm, normal 133 mm |
| March | 104 mm, normal 117 mm |
| April | 65 mm, normal 68 mm |
| May | 36 mm, normal 30 mm |
| June | 29 mm, normal 24 mm |
| July | 49 mm, normal 29 mm |
| August | 44 mm, normal 41 mm |
| September | 128 mm, normal 60 mm |
| October | 94 mm, normal 105 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,088 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 757 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 889 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 986 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,240 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,208 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,160 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,018 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,237 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,316 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,210 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,088 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 890 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,014 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 996 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,201 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 921 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 929 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,062 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 865 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,105 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,237 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 968 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 870 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 932 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,054 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,136 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 874 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 973 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 967 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,154 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,233 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,068 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 938 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,242 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,316 mm). Driest: 1992 (757 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.1 °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 | 155 | 133 | 117 | 68 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 41 | 60 | 105 | 127 | 152 |
| Mean °C | 19.3 | 19.4 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 18.4 |
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.