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Weather in Ward 8, Lekwa
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.5 °C, 27 mm of rain; a normal November has 123 mm. Coldest night 15.0 °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 | 31.5 | 17.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 27.0 | 15.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 29.8 | 15.0 | 8.2 |
| 4 | 29.7 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 30.3 | 16.9 | 14.2 |
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 | 230 mm, normal 123 mm |
| December | 172 mm, normal 159 mm |
| January | 153 mm, normal 136 mm |
| February | 105 mm, normal 100 mm |
| March | 162 mm, normal 90 mm |
| April | 71 mm, normal 44 mm |
| May | 24 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 13 mm, normal 8.8 mm |
| July | 1.4 mm, normal 7.4 mm |
| August | 37 mm, normal 14 mm |
| September | 94 mm, normal 27 mm |
| October | 6.2 mm, normal 98 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 865 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 680 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 924 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 760 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 950 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,129 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 960 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 969 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 844 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,166 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 800 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 724 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 667 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 861 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 760 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,007 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 569 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 650 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 891 mm (+8% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 970 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 843 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 718 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 815 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 832 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 532 mm (-35% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 805 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 834 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 647 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 670 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 824 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,029 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 739 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 638 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 732 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,269 mm (+54% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2025 (1,269 mm). Driest: 2015 (532 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.5 °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 | 136 | 100 | 90 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 98 | 123 | 159 |
| Mean °C | 19.4 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 19.1 |
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.