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Weather in Ward 11, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 0.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 105 mm. Coldest night 18.7 °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 3 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 | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 29.3 | 19.9 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 33.0 | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.2 | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.2 | 22.4 | 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 | 145 mm, normal 105 mm |
| December | 247 mm, normal 144 mm |
| January | 846 mm, normal 157 mm |
| February | 24 mm, normal 135 mm |
| March | 320 mm, normal 81 mm |
| April | 100 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 9.7 mm, normal 20 mm |
| June | 15 mm, normal 13 mm |
| July | 0.9 mm, normal 16 mm |
| August | 26 mm, normal 12 mm |
| September | 91 mm, normal 26 mm |
| October | 16 mm, normal 41 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 576 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 562 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 735 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 452 mm (-43% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 668 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,247 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 715 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,048 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,119 mm (+42% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,524 mm (+94% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,067 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 370 mm (-53% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 629 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 700 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 560 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 913 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 787 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 567 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 760 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,066 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 689 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 681 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,099 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,028 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 424 mm (-46% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 679 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 787 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 578 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 738 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 826 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,062 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 617 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,074 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 484 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,167 mm (+48% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,524 mm). Driest: 2002 (370 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.3 °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 | 157 | 135 | 81 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 105 | 144 |
| Mean °C | 23.6 | 23.5 | 22.7 | 20.7 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 17.9 | 20.6 | 22.1 | 23.1 | 23.6 |
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.