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Weather in Ward 20, Umzimkhulu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.1 °C, 34 mm of rain; a normal November has 125 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 | 22.4 | 15.0 | 12.9 |
| 2 | 18.8 | 14.2 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 7.2 |
| 4 | 24.6 | 16.6 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 32.1 | 14.8 | 3.2 |
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 | 130 mm, normal 125 mm |
| December | 171 mm, normal 147 mm |
| January | 69 mm, normal 149 mm |
| February | 234 mm, normal 129 mm |
| March | 81 mm, normal 113 mm |
| April | 54 mm, normal 68 mm |
| May | 38 mm, normal 30 mm |
| June | 27 mm, normal 25 mm |
| July | 54 mm, normal 30 mm |
| August | 44 mm, normal 41 mm |
| September | 124 mm, normal 63 mm |
| October | 91 mm, normal 106 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,065 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 758 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 895 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 932 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,206 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,157 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,149 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,044 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,215 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,294 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,181 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 1,047 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 852 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 975 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 970 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,184 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 927 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 919 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,059 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 843 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,131 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,232 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 981 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 838 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 920 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 1,036 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 1,094 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 845 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 1,009 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 975 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,133 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 1,241 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,062 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 978 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,229 mm (+20% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,294 mm). Driest: 1992 (758 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.0 °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 | 149 | 129 | 113 | 68 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 63 | 106 | 125 | 147 |
| Mean °C | 20.1 | 20.3 | 19.2 | 16.8 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 19.1 |
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.