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Weather in Ward 13, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.0 °C, 38 mm of rain; a normal November has 129 mm. Coldest night 14.2 °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 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 | 22.1 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| 2 | 18.7 | 14.2 | 10.3 |
| 3 | 18.7 | 14.8 | 8.0 |
| 4 | 24.5 | 16.6 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 32.0 | 14.6 | 3.3 |
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 129 mm |
| December | 179 mm, normal 154 mm |
| January | 72 mm, normal 154 mm |
| February | 221 mm, normal 134 mm |
| March | 78 mm, normal 117 mm |
| April | 56 mm, normal 70 mm |
| May | 38 mm, normal 31 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 26 mm |
| July | 56 mm, normal 30 mm |
| August | 44 mm, normal 41 mm |
| September | 126 mm, normal 64 mm |
| October | 95 mm, normal 110 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,102 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 794 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 935 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 963 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,226 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,172 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,176 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,095 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,243 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,326 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,216 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,073 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 884 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 991 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 998 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,222 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 963 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 961 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,101 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 873 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,196 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,292 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,028 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 868 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 959 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,074 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,108 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 881 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,062 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,021 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,152 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,271 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,094 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 1,013 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,263 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,326 mm). Driest: 1992 (794 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.9 °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 | 154 | 134 | 117 | 70 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 64 | 110 | 129 | 154 |
| Mean °C | 20.0 | 20.2 | 19.2 | 16.8 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 19.0 |
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.