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Weather in Ward 4, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 36.3 °C, 4.9 mm of rain; a normal November has 61 mm. 2 days reached 35 °C. Coldest night 16.8 °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 | 32.3 | 21.0 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 32.4 | 16.8 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 34.6 | 19.1 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 35.0 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 36.3 | 21.9 | 1.8 |
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 | 76 mm, normal 61 mm |
| December | 84 mm, normal 80 mm |
| January | 21 mm, normal 89 mm |
| February | 46 mm, normal 68 mm |
| March | 157 mm, normal 58 mm |
| April | 153 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 18 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 11 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 0.7 mm, normal 3.2 mm |
| August | 2.1 mm, normal 8.2 mm |
| September | 94 mm, normal 13 mm |
| October | 4.9 mm, normal 37 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 698 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 376 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 430 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 332 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 565 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 553 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 595 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 595 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 457 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 649 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 703 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 435 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 350 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 398 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 387 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 758 mm (+57% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 302 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 439 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 736 mm (+52% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 542 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 535 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 370 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 295 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 538 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 287 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 442 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 555 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 338 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 425 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 396 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 682 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 513 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 305 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 287 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 741 mm (+53% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (758 mm). Driest: 2015 (287 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.9 °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 | 89 | 68 | 58 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 61 | 80 |
| Mean °C | 24.7 | 24.2 | 22.5 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 19.6 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 24.6 |
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.