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Weather in Ward 2, Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.7 °C, 32 mm of rain; a normal November has 145 mm. Coldest night 13.6 °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 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 | 29.7 | 14.0 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 22.8 | 15.5 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 25.8 | 13.6 | 15.5 |
| 4 | 29.2 | 14.1 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 28.2 | 17.0 | 2.7 |
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 | 178 mm, normal 145 mm |
| December | 220 mm, normal 174 mm |
| January | 215 mm, normal 166 mm |
| February | 104 mm, normal 132 mm |
| March | 255 mm, normal 121 mm |
| April | 79 mm, normal 55 mm |
| May | 17 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 8.8 mm, normal 13 mm |
| July | 5.5 mm, normal 13 mm |
| August | 52 mm, normal 21 mm |
| September | 106 mm, normal 43 mm |
| October | 13 mm, normal 99 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,147 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 818 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 825 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 885 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,028 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,211 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,223 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,054 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 973 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,663 mm (+66% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,047 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 793 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 767 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,265 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 988 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,236 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 782 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 980 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,097 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,159 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,057 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,020 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 979 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 951 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 780 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 796 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 887 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 842 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 891 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 956 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,182 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 957 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,045 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 878 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,149 mm (+15% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,663 mm). Driest: 2003 (767 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.0 °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 | 166 | 132 | 121 | 55 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 99 | 145 | 174 |
| Mean °C | 18.8 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 18.6 |
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.