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Weather in Ward 20, Chief Albert Luthuli
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.3 °C, 20 mm of rain; a normal November has 121 mm. Coldest night 13.8 °C on 1 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 | 32.3 | 13.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 24.2 | 16.9 | 6.2 |
| 3 | 27.6 | 14.3 | 9.6 |
| 4 | 30.2 | 15.1 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 29.2 | 17.5 | 0.4 |
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 | 151 mm, normal 121 mm |
| December | 178 mm, normal 140 mm |
| January | 209 mm, normal 139 mm |
| February | 73 mm, normal 113 mm |
| March | 205 mm, normal 98 mm |
| April | 69 mm, normal 49 mm |
| May | 21 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 5.6 mm, normal 9.6 mm |
| July | 4.2 mm, normal 9.3 mm |
| August | 38 mm, normal 16 mm |
| September | 70 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 17 mm, normal 77 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 945 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 627 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 707 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 663 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 816 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 976 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 1,029 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 879 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 745 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,356 mm (+65% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 895 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 653 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 600 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,024 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 790 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,063 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 676 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 829 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 903 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,019 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 792 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 806 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 852 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 750 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 650 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 614 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 763 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 661 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 801 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 799 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 876 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 794 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 832 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 714 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 935 mm (+14% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,356 mm). Driest: 2003 (600 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.9 °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 | 139 | 113 | 98 | 49 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 77 | 121 | 140 |
| Mean °C | 20.1 | 20.1 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 19.7 |
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.