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Weather in Ward 8, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.0 °C, 49 mm of rain; a normal November has 141 mm. Coldest night 12.0 °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 9 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 | 20.5 | 13.1 | 24.6 |
| 2 | 18.9 | 12.0 | 11.4 |
| 3 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 6.9 |
| 4 | 24.6 | 14.4 | 0.3 |
| 5 | 30.0 | 12.7 | 5.9 |
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 141 mm |
| December | 210 mm, normal 171 mm |
| January | 82 mm, normal 167 mm |
| February | 252 mm, normal 147 mm |
| March | 110 mm, normal 128 mm |
| April | 79 mm, normal 71 mm |
| May | 37 mm, normal 30 mm |
| June | 30 mm, normal 23 mm |
| July | 44 mm, normal 26 mm |
| August | 41 mm, normal 39 mm |
| September | 138 mm, normal 60 mm |
| October | 114 mm, normal 114 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,185 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 852 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 996 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,072 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,269 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,209 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,201 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,100 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,254 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,377 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,295 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,139 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 997 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,074 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,051 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,266 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 999 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,031 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,125 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 938 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,237 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,387 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,045 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 958 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 1,013 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,125 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,168 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,005 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,048 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,077 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,169 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,258 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,149 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 962 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,309 mm (+17% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2012 (1,387 mm). Driest: 1992 (852 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 | 167 | 147 | 128 | 71 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 60 | 114 | 141 | 171 |
| Mean °C | 18.2 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 17.3 |
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.