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Weather in Ward 15, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.8 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 100 mm. Coldest night 17.9 °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 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 | 32.8 | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 28.0 | 19.3 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 32.1 | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 32.2 | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 31.9 | 21.4 | 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 | 152 mm, normal 100 mm |
| December | 228 mm, normal 138 mm |
| January | 762 mm, normal 149 mm |
| February | 22 mm, normal 128 mm |
| March | 296 mm, normal 76 mm |
| April | 82 mm, normal 36 mm |
| May | 10 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 13 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 0.8 mm, normal 14 mm |
| August | 19 mm, normal 9.9 mm |
| September | 70 mm, normal 21 mm |
| October | 14 mm, normal 36 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 538 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 543 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 675 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 429 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 627 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,181 mm (+60% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 667 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 974 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,035 mm (+40% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,405 mm (+91% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 986 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 344 mm (-53% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 580 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 652 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 514 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 872 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 744 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 538 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 719 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,008 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 659 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 657 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,017 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 977 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 415 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 637 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 720 mm (-2% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 542 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 714 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 752 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 971 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 590 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 992 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 453 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,119 mm (+52% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,405 mm). Driest: 2002 (344 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.5 °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 | 149 | 128 | 76 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 100 | 138 |
| Mean °C | 22.6 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 22.5 |
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.