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Weather in Ward 9, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.2 °C, 4.5 mm of rain; a normal November has 59 mm. Coldest night 15.0 °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 | 30.3 | 19.4 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 30.4 | 15.0 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 32.4 | 18.0 | 1.0 |
| 4 | 32.6 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.2 | 20.5 | 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 | 107 mm, normal 59 mm |
| December | 106 mm, normal 79 mm |
| January | 26 mm, normal 95 mm |
| February | 51 mm, normal 69 mm |
| March | 179 mm, normal 59 mm |
| April | 139 mm, normal 39 mm |
| May | 18 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 1.4 mm, normal 3.6 mm |
| August | 3.3 mm, normal 10 mm |
| September | 142 mm, normal 12 mm |
| October | 9.0 mm, normal 40 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 701 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 381 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 485 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 362 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 488 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 601 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 571 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 588 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 455 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 695 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 658 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 466 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 391 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 403 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 396 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 784 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 314 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 417 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 714 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 530 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 551 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 383 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 337 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 556 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 317 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 468 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 514 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 386 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 427 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 468 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 704 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 513 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 319 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 307 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 752 mm (+52% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (784 mm). Driest: 2024 (307 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.3 °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 | 95 | 69 | 59 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 59 | 79 |
| Mean °C | 23.5 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 17.8 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 13.9 | 18.3 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 23.3 |
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.