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Weather in Ward 2, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 36.2 °C, 4.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 63 mm. 2 days reached 35 °C. Coldest night 17.2 °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 10 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 | 32.4 | 20.6 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 32.5 | 17.2 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 34.4 | 19.4 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 35.0 | 20.6 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 36.2 | 22.4 | 1.2 |
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 | 71 mm, normal 63 mm |
| December | 89 mm, normal 83 mm |
| January | 25 mm, normal 90 mm |
| February | 46 mm, normal 71 mm |
| March | 150 mm, normal 60 mm |
| April | 139 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 25 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 11 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 0.6 mm, normal 3.0 mm |
| August | 2.2 mm, normal 7.5 mm |
| September | 95 mm, normal 13 mm |
| October | 5.2 mm, normal 39 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 722 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 360 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 441 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 349 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 588 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 560 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 660 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 602 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 493 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 742 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 712 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 459 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 356 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 415 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 392 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 753 mm (+52% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 319 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 466 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 738 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 540 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 559 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 379 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 300 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 541 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 297 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 441 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 562 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 325 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 450 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 384 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 673 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 518 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 313 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 278 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 790 mm (+59% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (790 mm). Driest: 2024 (278 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.7 °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 | 71 | 60 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 63 | 83 |
| Mean °C | 24.5 | 24.0 | 22.3 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 19.6 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 24.4 |
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.