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Weather in Ward 27, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.3 °C, 1.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 102 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 shares it with 5 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33.3 | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 26.7 | 18.6 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 31.9 | 17.7 | 0.7 |
| 4 | 31.8 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 31.1 | 20.5 | 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 102 mm |
| December | 209 mm, normal 141 mm |
| January | 677 mm, normal 146 mm |
| February | 20 mm, normal 128 mm |
| March | 299 mm, normal 76 mm |
| April | 89 mm, normal 36 mm |
| May | 9.6 mm, normal 18 mm |
| June | 12 mm, normal 11 mm |
| July | 0.6 mm, normal 12 mm |
| August | 19 mm, normal 8.4 mm |
| September | 62 mm, normal 19 mm |
| October | 15 mm, normal 35 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 544 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 569 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 633 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 424 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 651 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,162 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 679 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 938 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 976 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,348 mm (+84% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 950 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 354 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 585 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 661 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 500 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 902 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 764 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 576 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 728 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,017 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 684 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 677 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 937 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 947 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 445 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 622 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 686 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 551 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 740 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 743 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 925 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 613 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 954 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 460 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,108 mm (+51% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,348 mm). Driest: 2002 (354 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.7 °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 | 146 | 128 | 76 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 102 | 141 |
| Mean °C | 21.4 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 21.4 |
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.