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Weather in Ward 1, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 86 mm. Coldest night 17.9 °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 8 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 | 33.4 | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 28.3 | 19.8 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 32.6 | 17.9 | 0.1 |
| 4 | 32.6 | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 32.2 | 21.8 | 0.0 |
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 | 132 mm, normal 86 mm |
| December | 186 mm, normal 120 mm |
| January | 641 mm, normal 128 mm |
| February | 18 mm, normal 110 mm |
| March | 249 mm, normal 63 mm |
| April | 60 mm, normal 29 mm |
| May | 8.3 mm, normal 15 mm |
| June | 9.8 mm, normal 9.0 mm |
| July | 0.5 mm, normal 10 mm |
| August | 13 mm, normal 6.8 mm |
| September | 53 mm, normal 15 mm |
| October | 12 mm, normal 28 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 448 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 476 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 561 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 360 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 526 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,002 mm (+62% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 544 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 810 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 853 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,157 mm (+87% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 815 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 283 mm (-54% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 485 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 534 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 418 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 726 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 628 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 460 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 607 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 854 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 559 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 566 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 860 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 841 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 356 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 542 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 589 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 451 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 633 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 621 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 814 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 487 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 836 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 373 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 948 mm (+53% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,157 mm). Driest: 2002 (283 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.8 °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 | 128 | 110 | 63 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 86 | 120 |
| Mean °C | 22.7 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 |
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.