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Weather in Ward 18, Emalahleni
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.0 °C, 16 mm of rain; a normal November has 111 mm. Coldest night 14.3 °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 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 | 32.0 | 17.0 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 25.4 | 16.5 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 29.2 | 14.3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 29.2 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 30.2 | 17.3 | 0.5 |
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 | 236 mm, normal 111 mm |
| December | 160 mm, normal 132 mm |
| January | 120 mm, normal 132 mm |
| February | 74 mm, normal 101 mm |
| March | 211 mm, normal 100 mm |
| April | 76 mm, normal 47 mm |
| May | 34 mm, normal 17 mm |
| June | 7.3 mm, normal 6.8 mm |
| July | 1.5 mm, normal 6.3 mm |
| August | 52 mm, normal 10 mm |
| September | 56 mm, normal 21 mm |
| October | 2.2 mm, normal 80 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 857 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 557 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 729 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 648 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 876 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 966 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 917 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 658 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 781 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,281 mm (+68% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 776 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 656 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 601 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 890 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 648 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 970 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 556 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 706 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 863 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 898 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 864 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 706 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 723 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 853 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 516 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 755 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 758 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 554 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 723 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 642 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 773 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 662 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 598 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 534 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,123 mm (+47% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,281 mm). Driest: 2015 (516 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 34.8 °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 | 132 | 101 | 100 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 80 | 111 | 132 |
| Mean °C | 19.9 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 17.0 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 19.6 |
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.