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Weather in Ward 14, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.7 °C, 0.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 120 mm. Coldest night 17.4 °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 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 | 33.7 | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 29.3 | 19.7 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 33.3 | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.6 | 21.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 33.5 | 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 | 160 mm, normal 120 mm |
| December | 278 mm, normal 164 mm |
| January | 942 mm, normal 178 mm |
| February | 28 mm, normal 154 mm |
| March | 380 mm, normal 95 mm |
| April | 131 mm, normal 47 mm |
| May | 10 mm, normal 24 mm |
| June | 19 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 1.2 mm, normal 20 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 15 mm |
| September | 115 mm, normal 32 mm |
| October | 20 mm, normal 50 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 664 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 639 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 844 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 525 mm (-43% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 801 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,438 mm (+57% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 860 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,221 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,272 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,784 mm (+95% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,254 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 443 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 734 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 843 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 667 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,063 mm (+16% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 924 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 669 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 878 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,242 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 803 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 796 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,241 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,154 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 503 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 779 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 927 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 683 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 836 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 972 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,222 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 737 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,233 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 578 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,341 mm (+47% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,784 mm). Driest: 2002 (443 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.9 °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 | 178 | 154 | 95 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 32 | 50 | 120 | 164 |
| Mean °C | 23.8 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 20.7 | 22.1 | 23.1 | 23.7 |
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.