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Weather in Ward 3, Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 29.8 °C, 31 mm of rain; a normal November has 144 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 | 29.8 | 13.9 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 22.8 | 15.6 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 25.8 | 13.6 | 15.2 |
| 4 | 29.3 | 14.1 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 28.2 | 17.0 | 2.6 |
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 144 mm |
| December | 220 mm, normal 173 mm |
| January | 216 mm, normal 166 mm |
| February | 104 mm, normal 132 mm |
| March | 254 mm, normal 120 mm |
| April | 78 mm, normal 55 mm |
| May | 17 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 8.7 mm, normal 13 mm |
| July | 5.6 mm, normal 13 mm |
| August | 51 mm, normal 21 mm |
| September | 105 mm, normal 43 mm |
| October | 13 mm, normal 98 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,141 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 815 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 824 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 881 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 1,024 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,207 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,221 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,050 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 971 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,655 mm (+66% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,044 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 789 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 762 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,262 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 986 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,233 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 778 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 979 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,093 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,156 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,051 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,021 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 974 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 947 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 780 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 791 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 883 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 837 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 890 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 951 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,174 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 954 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,039 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 873 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,144 mm (+14% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,655 mm). Driest: 2003 (762 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 | 120 | 55 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 98 | 144 | 173 |
| 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.