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Weather in Ward 5, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.7 °C, 4.4 mm of rain; a normal November has 59 mm. Coldest night 15.7 °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 2 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 | 30.9 | 19.9 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 30.9 | 15.7 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 33.0 | 18.5 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 33.1 | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.7 | 20.9 | 2.2 |
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 | 92 mm, normal 59 mm |
| December | 108 mm, normal 79 mm |
| January | 21 mm, normal 91 mm |
| February | 46 mm, normal 67 mm |
| March | 196 mm, normal 57 mm |
| April | 140 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 18 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 11 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 1.0 mm, normal 3.3 mm |
| August | 3.4 mm, normal 9.7 mm |
| September | 135 mm, normal 12 mm |
| October | 7.5 mm, normal 40 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 688 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 375 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 471 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 338 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 492 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 597 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 566 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 586 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 457 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 675 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 647 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 453 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 377 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 401 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 382 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 777 mm (+61% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 297 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 418 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 703 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 529 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 550 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 363 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 327 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 530 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 305 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 457 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 529 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 370 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 419 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 435 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 701 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 496 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 305 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 297 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 748 mm (+55% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (777 mm). Driest: 2007 (297 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.7 °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 | 91 | 67 | 57 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 59 | 79 |
| Mean °C | 23.8 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 18.8 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.6 |
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.