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Weather in Ward 13, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.8 °C, 0.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 119 mm. Coldest night 17.7 °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 | 33.7 | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 29.8 | 19.5 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 33.5 | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.8 | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.8 | 22.2 | 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 | 150 mm, normal 119 mm |
| December | 279 mm, normal 161 mm |
| January | 965 mm, normal 176 mm |
| February | 28 mm, normal 151 mm |
| March | 375 mm, normal 94 mm |
| April | 131 mm, normal 46 mm |
| May | 9.6 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 19 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 1.2 mm, normal 20 mm |
| August | 37 mm, normal 16 mm |
| September | 120 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 19 mm, normal 50 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 656 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 623 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 849 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 513 mm (-43% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 786 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,415 mm (+57% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 845 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,214 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,270 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,780 mm (+97% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,250 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 436 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 733 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 830 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 663 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,031 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 906 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 654 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 861 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,220 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 782 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 772 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,250 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,140 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 481 mm (-47% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 774 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 929 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 671 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 817 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 969 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,225 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 713 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,230 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 564 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,309 mm (+45% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,780 mm). Driest: 2002 (436 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.4 °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 | 176 | 151 | 94 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 33 | 50 | 119 | 161 |
| Mean °C | 24.1 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 24.1 |
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.