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Weather in Ward 14, Ratlou
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.6 °C, 4.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 59 mm. Coldest night 15.6 °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 | 30.8 | 19.9 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 30.8 | 15.6 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 33.0 | 18.4 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 33.0 | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.6 | 20.8 | 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 | 93 mm, normal 59 mm |
| December | 108 mm, normal 79 mm |
| January | 21 mm, normal 92 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 9.8 mm |
| September | 137 mm, normal 12 mm |
| October | 7.6 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 | 472 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 338 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 489 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 598 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 564 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 585 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 455 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 673 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 645 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 453 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 379 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 400 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 381 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 777 mm (+61% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 296 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 417 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 701 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 528 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 550 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 364 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 328 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 531 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 306 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 458 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 527 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 372 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 419 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 437 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 | 298 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 748 mm (+55% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2006 (777 mm). Driest: 2007 (296 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 | 92 | 67 | 57 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 59 | 79 |
| Mean °C | 23.8 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 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.