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Weather in Ward 1, Thaba Chweu
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 31.5 °C, 14 mm of rain; a normal November has 117 mm. Coldest night 14.5 °C on 2 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 shares it with 6 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell, and 2 of them get exactly the same figures.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31.5 | 14.8 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 20.6 | 14.5 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 28.6 | 14.5 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 28.4 | 15.3 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 28.0 | 16.4 | 0.9 |
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 | 147 mm, normal 117 mm |
| December | 159 mm, normal 155 mm |
| January | 366 mm, normal 156 mm |
| February | 55 mm, normal 122 mm |
| March | 307 mm, normal 96 mm |
| April | 110 mm, normal 48 mm |
| May | 25 mm, normal 16 mm |
| June | 5.7 mm, normal 6.4 mm |
| July | 1.2 mm, normal 7.1 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 11 mm |
| September | 51 mm, normal 23 mm |
| October | 8.1 mm, normal 69 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 783 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 677 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 589 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 583 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 883 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,001 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 839 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 833 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 923 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,196 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 913 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 601 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 624 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 1,066 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 778 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,166 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 627 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 913 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 1,124 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,083 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 873 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 792 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 937 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 759 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 647 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 754 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 705 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 588 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 658 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 856 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 770 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 796 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 927 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 727 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 979 mm (+19% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,196 mm). Driest: 1994 (583 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 32.5 °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 | 156 | 122 | 96 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 69 | 117 | 155 |
| Mean °C | 19.3 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 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.