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Weather in Ward 8, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.2 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 99 mm. Coldest night 19.5 °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 | 33.8 | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 30.4 | 20.8 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 33.7 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.1 | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.2 | 23.3 | 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 | 130 mm, normal 99 mm |
| December | 255 mm, normal 136 mm |
| January | 942 mm, normal 148 mm |
| February | 24 mm, normal 123 mm |
| March | 303 mm, normal 73 mm |
| April | 98 mm, normal 35 mm |
| May | 8.5 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 14 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 0.9 mm, normal 15 mm |
| August | 29 mm, normal 12 mm |
| September | 96 mm, normal 25 mm |
| October | 16 mm, normal 38 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 537 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 541 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 704 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 401 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 596 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,146 mm (+56% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 670 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 972 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,075 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,441 mm (+97% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 990 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 339 mm (-54% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 616 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 647 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 512 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 842 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 735 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 533 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 677 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 943 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 634 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 596 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,065 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 970 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 369 mm (-50% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 627 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 739 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 533 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 680 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 846 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,066 mm (+46% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 594 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,095 mm (+50% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 466 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,136 mm (+55% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,441 mm). Driest: 2002 (339 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.1 °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 | 148 | 123 | 73 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 99 | 136 |
| Mean °C | 24.4 | 24.3 | 23.5 | 21.5 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 24.4 |
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.