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Weather in Ward 3, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.6 °C, 3.5 mm of rain; a normal November has 65 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 17.3 °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 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 | 32.2 | 20.1 | 0.3 |
| 2 | 32.2 | 17.3 | 0.8 |
| 3 | 33.9 | 19.4 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 34.4 | 20.7 | 0.3 |
| 5 | 35.6 | 22.4 | 1.0 |
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 | 67 mm, normal 65 mm |
| December | 96 mm, normal 82 mm |
| January | 27 mm, normal 88 mm |
| February | 49 mm, normal 73 mm |
| March | 142 mm, normal 61 mm |
| April | 133 mm, normal 39 mm |
| May | 33 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 10 mm |
| July | 0.5 mm, normal 3.0 mm |
| August | 2.6 mm, normal 7.4 mm |
| September | 105 mm, normal 13 mm |
| October | 4.6 mm, normal 41 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 719 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 355 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 467 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 369 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 581 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 578 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 669 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 598 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 522 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 795 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 718 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 459 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 360 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 436 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 401 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 746 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 329 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 461 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 716 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 537 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 566 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 389 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 296 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 525 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 297 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 433 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 558 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 321 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 463 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 397 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 672 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 516 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 313 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 271 mm (-46% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 795 mm (+58% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (795 mm). Driest: 2024 (271 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.3 °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 | 88 | 73 | 61 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 65 | 82 |
| Mean °C | 24.2 | 23.6 | 22.0 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 19.4 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 24.0 |
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.