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Weather in Ward 4, Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 30.0 °C, 30 mm of rain; a normal November has 140 mm. Coldest night 13.3 °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 3 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 | 30.0 | 14.0 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 22.3 | 15.3 | 7.9 |
| 3 | 25.3 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
| 4 | 28.6 | 13.6 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 27.4 | 16.6 | 1.9 |
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 | 180 mm, normal 140 mm |
| December | 220 mm, normal 168 mm |
| January | 216 mm, normal 163 mm |
| February | 105 mm, normal 129 mm |
| March | 244 mm, normal 117 mm |
| April | 70 mm, normal 53 mm |
| May | 19 mm, normal 22 mm |
| June | 7.5 mm, normal 12 mm |
| July | 6.0 mm, normal 12 mm |
| August | 47 mm, normal 19 mm |
| September | 98 mm, normal 40 mm |
| October | 12 mm, normal 94 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,092 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 794 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 819 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 854 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 989 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,172 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,195 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,008 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 946 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,575 mm (+62% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,008 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 754 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 737 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,231 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 965 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,201 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 749 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 978 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,064 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,127 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 1,002 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 1,019 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 927 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 914 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 786 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 758 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 842 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 793 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 878 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 914 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,111 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 929 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 982 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 834 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,119 mm (+15% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,575 mm). Driest: 2003 (737 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 33.0 °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 | 163 | 129 | 117 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 94 | 140 | 168 |
| Mean °C | 18.5 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 18.3 |
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.