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Weather in Ward 7, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.4 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 92 mm. Coldest night 19.5 °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 5 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 | 33.9 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 30.8 | 21.0 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 33.8 | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.2 | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.4 | 23.4 | 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 | 116 mm, normal 92 mm |
| December | 236 mm, normal 128 mm |
| January | 925 mm, normal 139 mm |
| February | 21 mm, normal 113 mm |
| March | 261 mm, normal 66 mm |
| April | 79 mm, normal 31 mm |
| May | 7.8 mm, normal 16 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 9.5 mm |
| July | 0.8 mm, normal 13 mm |
| August | 26 mm, normal 9.9 mm |
| September | 83 mm, normal 22 mm |
| October | 13 mm, normal 33 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 495 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 517 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 651 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 358 mm (-47% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 527 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,048 mm (+56% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 613 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 881 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,007 mm (+50% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,322 mm (+97% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 894 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 306 mm (-54% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 579 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 584 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 456 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 777 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 678 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 491 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 607 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 835 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 582 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 526 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,001 mm (+49% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 910 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 329 mm (-51% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 573 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 673 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 484 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 629 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 770 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 963 mm (+44% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 521 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,009 mm (+51% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 408 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,022 mm (+52% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,322 mm). Driest: 2002 (306 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.3 °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 | 139 | 113 | 66 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 92 | 128 |
| Mean °C | 24.6 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 23.1 | 24.2 | 24.6 |
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.