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Weather in Ward 12, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.2 °C, 46 mm of rain; a normal November has 144 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 4 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 | 21.0 | 14.1 | 22.3 |
| 2 | 18.2 | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 24.3 | 15.9 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 31.2 | 14.1 | 4.4 |
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 | 144 mm, normal 144 mm |
| December | 213 mm, normal 175 mm |
| January | 76 mm, normal 173 mm |
| February | 242 mm, normal 154 mm |
| March | 85 mm, normal 133 mm |
| April | 70 mm, normal 79 mm |
| May | 39 mm, normal 35 mm |
| June | 29 mm, normal 28 mm |
| July | 56 mm, normal 31 mm |
| August | 45 mm, normal 43 mm |
| September | 138 mm, normal 67 mm |
| October | 104 mm, normal 121 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,237 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 896 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,036 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,089 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,327 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,277 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,264 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,219 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,362 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,471 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,357 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,200 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 1,005 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,093 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,117 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,353 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 1,073 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,072 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,235 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 990 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,378 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,459 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,138 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 977 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 1,087 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,198 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,197 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,002 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,186 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,152 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,250 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,385 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,206 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 1,081 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,402 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,471 mm). Driest: 1992 (896 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.9 °C in March 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 173 | 154 | 133 | 79 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 43 | 67 | 121 | 144 | 175 |
| Mean °C | 19.2 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 18.2 |
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.