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Weather in Ward 18, Moses Kotane
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.0 °C, 5.0 mm of rain; a normal November has 71 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 17.7 °C on 3 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 5 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 | 34.5 | 20.3 | 0.3 |
| 2 | 32.2 | 20.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 32.6 | 17.7 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 33.7 | 20.1 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 35.0 | 20.8 | 1.7 |
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 | 93 mm, normal 71 mm |
| December | 120 mm, normal 102 mm |
| January | 51 mm, normal 90 mm |
| February | 40 mm, normal 86 mm |
| March | 180 mm, normal 69 mm |
| April | 102 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 53 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 13 mm, normal 8.3 mm |
| July | 0.0 mm, normal 2.7 mm |
| August | 6.1 mm, normal 6.1 mm |
| September | 64 mm, normal 14 mm |
| October | 4.8 mm, normal 40 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 562 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 334 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 476 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 351 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 708 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 701 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 756 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 572 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 500 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 964 mm (+77% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 795 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 353 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 403 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 681 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 495 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 699 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 400 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 564 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 614 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 642 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 605 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 428 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 320 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 600 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 253 mm (-54% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 537 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 682 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 374 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 511 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 467 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 705 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 488 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 424 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 316 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 919 mm (+69% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (964 mm). Driest: 2015 (253 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 39.1 °C in December 2024.
A normal year here (1991 to 2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain mm | 90 | 86 | 69 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 71 | 102 |
| Mean °C | 24.1 | 23.8 | 22.1 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 23.2 | 23.8 |
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.