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Weather in Ward 18, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.0 °C, 47 mm of rain; a normal November has 145 mm. Coldest night 13.0 °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 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 | 20.8 | 13.9 | 23.2 |
| 2 | 18.4 | 13.0 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 18.5 | 13.8 | 8.2 |
| 4 | 24.5 | 15.6 | 0.4 |
| 5 | 31.0 | 13.8 | 4.9 |
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 | 148 mm, normal 145 mm |
| December | 218 mm, normal 176 mm |
| January | 77 mm, normal 174 mm |
| February | 254 mm, normal 154 mm |
| March | 93 mm, normal 133 mm |
| April | 74 mm, normal 77 mm |
| May | 39 mm, normal 34 mm |
| June | 30 mm, normal 27 mm |
| July | 53 mm, normal 30 mm |
| August | 44 mm, normal 43 mm |
| September | 140 mm, normal 66 mm |
| October | 107 mm, normal 120 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,234 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 892 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 1,032 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 1,100 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,321 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,277 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,261 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,195 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,350 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,462 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,357 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,199 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 1,016 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,094 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,111 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,342 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 1,061 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 1,071 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,218 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 987 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,352 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,456 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,125 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 985 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 1,084 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,197 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,201 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 1,011 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,164 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 1,146 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,246 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,373 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,206 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 1,058 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,399 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,462 mm). Driest: 1992 (892 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.6 °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 | 174 | 154 | 133 | 77 | 34 | 27 | 30 | 43 | 66 | 120 | 145 | 176 |
| Mean °C | 18.9 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 18.0 |
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.