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Weather in Ward 8, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.8 °C, 4.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 62 mm. Coldest night 15.8 °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 4 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 | 30.5 | 19.3 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 30.4 | 15.8 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 32.1 | 18.3 | 0.9 |
| 4 | 32.3 | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.8 | 20.9 | 2.1 |
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 | 98 mm, normal 62 mm |
| December | 116 mm, normal 83 mm |
| January | 27 mm, normal 95 mm |
| February | 49 mm, normal 77 mm |
| March | 217 mm, normal 61 mm |
| April | 141 mm, normal 42 mm |
| May | 24 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 1.0 mm, normal 3.7 mm |
| August | 2.8 mm, normal 9.8 mm |
| September | 119 mm, normal 14 mm |
| October | 8.1 mm, normal 44 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 684 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 374 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 523 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 389 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 520 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 651 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 630 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 614 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 518 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 781 mm (+50% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 717 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 494 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 409 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 464 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 414 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 823 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 343 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 429 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 711 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 573 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 559 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 370 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 364 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 573 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 322 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 473 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 609 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 376 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 462 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 463 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 710 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 532 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 322 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 309 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 817 mm (+57% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (823 mm). Driest: 2024 (309 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.0 °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 | 95 | 77 | 61 | 42 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 62 | 83 |
| Mean °C | 23.2 | 22.7 | 21.0 | 17.6 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 21.9 | 23.0 |
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.