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Weather in Ward 6, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 35.3 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 78 mm. 2 days reached 35 °C. Coldest night 19.4 °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 9 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 | 34.4 | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 32.0 | 21.6 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 34.7 | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 35.1 | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 35.3 | 23.9 | 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 | 106 mm, normal 78 mm |
| December | 226 mm, normal 113 mm |
| January | 798 mm, normal 124 mm |
| February | 18 mm, normal 97 mm |
| March | 205 mm, normal 55 mm |
| April | 47 mm, normal 24 mm |
| May | 7.7 mm, normal 13 mm |
| June | 9.4 mm, normal 7.6 mm |
| July | 0.8 mm, normal 10 mm |
| August | 14 mm, normal 6.6 mm |
| September | 55 mm, normal 14 mm |
| October | 12 mm, normal 23 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 427 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 470 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 561 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 297 mm (-47% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 423 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 901 mm (+60% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 503 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 718 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 894 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,124 mm (+99% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 739 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 260 mm (-54% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 494 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 457 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 378 mm (-33% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 634 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 588 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 384 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 503 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 652 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 490 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 385 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 889 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 823 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 267 mm (-53% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 507 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 578 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 402 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 536 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 632 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 833 mm (+48% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 440 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 890 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 333 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 889 mm (+58% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,124 mm). Driest: 2002 (260 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.9 °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 | 124 | 97 | 55 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 78 | 113 |
| Mean °C | 25.3 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 22.3 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 25.3 |
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.