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Weather in Ward 13, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.3 °C, 5.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 60 mm. 1 day reached 35 °C. Coldest night 15.9 °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 17 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 | 31.3 | 20.2 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 31.4 | 15.9 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 33.6 | 18.5 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 33.8 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 35.3 | 21.0 | 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 | 86 mm, normal 60 mm |
| December | 94 mm, normal 79 mm |
| January | 22 mm, normal 90 mm |
| February | 47 mm, normal 65 mm |
| March | 167 mm, normal 56 mm |
| April | 146 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 16 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 11 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 1.0 mm, normal 3.3 mm |
| August | 3.1 mm, normal 9.3 mm |
| September | 116 mm, normal 12 mm |
| October | 6.3 mm, normal 38 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 691 mm (+44% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 388 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 452 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 329 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 508 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 577 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 563 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 589 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 449 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 634 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 656 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 440 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 364 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 395 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 391 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 766 mm (+60% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 305 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 419 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 714 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 536 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 541 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 365 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 308 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 526 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 293 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 449 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 523 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 361 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 419 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 419 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 685 mm (+43% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 504 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 303 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 299 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 728 mm (+52% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (766 mm). Driest: 2015 (293 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.2 °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 | 90 | 65 | 56 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 60 | 79 |
| Mean °C | 24.1 | 23.6 | 21.9 | 18.4 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 23.9 |
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.