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Weather in Ward 12, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.0 °C, 4.4 mm of rain; a normal November has 60 mm. Coldest night 15.2 °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 | 30.3 | 19.4 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 30.4 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 32.3 | 18.0 | 1.0 |
| 4 | 32.4 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.0 | 20.5 | 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 | 109 mm, normal 60 mm |
| December | 112 mm, normal 80 mm |
| January | 27 mm, normal 96 mm |
| February | 53 mm, normal 71 mm |
| March | 193 mm, normal 59 mm |
| April | 136 mm, normal 39 mm |
| May | 20 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 1.3 mm, normal 3.6 mm |
| August | 3.0 mm, normal 10 mm |
| September | 143 mm, normal 13 mm |
| October | 9.6 mm, normal 42 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 700 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 374 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 499 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 373 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 495 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 615 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 587 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 592 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 468 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 724 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 671 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 475 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 398 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 417 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 396 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 792 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 308 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 422 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 715 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 535 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 551 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 378 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 346 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 562 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 321 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 476 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 534 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 385 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 431 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 471 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 707 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 511 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 323 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 305 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 775 mm (+55% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (792 mm). Driest: 2024 (305 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 | 96 | 71 | 59 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 60 | 80 |
| Mean °C | 23.4 | 22.8 | 21.2 | 17.7 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 13.9 | 18.3 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.2 |
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.