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Weather in Ward 17, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.9 °C, 33 mm of rain; a normal November has 125 mm. Coldest night 13.8 °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 2 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 | 22.2 | 14.6 | 12.9 |
| 2 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 9.3 |
| 3 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 24.7 | 16.3 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 31.9 | 15.0 | 3.5 |
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 | 133 mm, normal 125 mm |
| December | 178 mm, normal 148 mm |
| January | 67 mm, normal 151 mm |
| February | 261 mm, normal 130 mm |
| March | 88 mm, normal 114 mm |
| April | 58 mm, normal 68 mm |
| May | 38 mm, normal 30 mm |
| June | 28 mm, normal 25 mm |
| July | 53 mm, normal 30 mm |
| August | 45 mm, normal 41 mm |
| September | 126 mm, normal 62 mm |
| October | 91 mm, normal 105 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,071 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 755 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 888 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 948 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,222 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,179 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,152 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,031 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,226 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,307 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,191 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,064 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 863 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 991 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 980 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,190 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 923 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 916 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,059 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 851 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,119 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,228 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 969 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 847 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 923 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,040 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,111 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 851 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 992 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 978 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,155 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,255 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,075 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 967 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,251 mm (+22% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,307 mm). Driest: 1992 (755 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.8 °C in November 2023.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 151 | 130 | 114 | 68 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 62 | 105 | 125 | 148 |
| Mean °C | 19.8 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 18.9 |
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.