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Weather in Ward 9, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.0 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 103 mm. 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 4 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 | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 30.2 | 20.6 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 33.6 | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 34.0 | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.0 | 23.1 | 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 | 136 mm, normal 103 mm |
| December | 264 mm, normal 141 mm |
| January | 947 mm, normal 154 mm |
| February | 26 mm, normal 129 mm |
| March | 323 mm, normal 77 mm |
| April | 107 mm, normal 37 mm |
| May | 8.9 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 16 mm, normal 12 mm |
| July | 1.0 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 31 mm, normal 13 mm |
| September | 102 mm, normal 27 mm |
| October | 17 mm, normal 40 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 561 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 556 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 734 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 424 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 635 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,201 mm (+57% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 703 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,021 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,113 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,508 mm (+97% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,043 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 359 mm (-53% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 638 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 683 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 543 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 879 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 768 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 556 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 716 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,002 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 663 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 633 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,102 mm (+44% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,004 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 391 mm (-49% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 658 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 777 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 560 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 707 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 881 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,113 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 628 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,134 mm (+48% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 494 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,189 mm (+55% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,508 mm). Driest: 2002 (359 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 | 154 | 129 | 77 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 103 | 141 |
| Mean °C | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.4 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 23.8 | 24.3 |
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.