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Weather in Ward 1, Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.1 °C, 43 mm of rain; a normal November has 150 mm. Coldest night 13.5 °C on 3 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 | 29.1 | 14.6 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 22.6 | 15.3 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 25.5 | 13.5 | 21.0 |
| 4 | 28.7 | 14.2 | 0.9 |
| 5 | 27.8 | 16.8 | 4.1 |
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 | 183 mm, normal 150 mm |
| December | 222 mm, normal 180 mm |
| January | 202 mm, normal 168 mm |
| February | 104 mm, normal 133 mm |
| March | 258 mm, normal 122 mm |
| April | 82 mm, normal 56 mm |
| May | 15 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 8.9 mm, normal 14 mm |
| July | 4.8 mm, normal 13 mm |
| August | 53 mm, normal 22 mm |
| September | 108 mm, normal 44 mm |
| October | 13 mm, normal 105 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,193 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 846 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 833 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 926 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,057 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,245 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,222 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,076 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 981 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,710 mm (+66% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,062 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 827 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 804 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,280 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 1,007 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,263 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 800 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 991 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,136 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,179 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,106 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,008 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,017 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 986 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 796 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 830 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 900 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 875 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 899 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 991 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,235 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 961 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,076 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 914 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,190 mm (+16% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,710 mm). Driest: 2015 (796 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.9 °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 | 168 | 133 | 122 | 56 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 105 | 150 | 180 |
| Mean °C | 18.6 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 18.4 |
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.