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Weather in Ward 28, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.9 °C, 0.8 mm of rain; a normal November has 103 mm. Coldest night 17.3 °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 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 | 32.9 | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 26.7 | 18.5 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 31.6 | 17.7 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 31.6 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 30.9 | 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 | 162 mm, normal 103 mm |
| December | 218 mm, normal 144 mm |
| January | 708 mm, normal 151 mm |
| February | 21 mm, normal 132 mm |
| March | 306 mm, normal 78 mm |
| April | 88 mm, normal 37 mm |
| May | 10 mm, normal 19 mm |
| June | 13 mm, normal 12 mm |
| July | 0.7 mm, normal 13 mm |
| August | 18 mm, normal 9.0 mm |
| September | 64 mm, normal 19 mm |
| October | 15 mm, normal 36 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 551 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 576 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 654 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 439 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 662 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,203 mm (+60% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 698 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 972 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,015 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,398 mm (+86% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 982 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 359 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 592 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 679 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 516 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 925 mm (+23% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 780 mm (+4% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 579 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 743 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,039 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 698 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 693 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 977 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 981 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 455 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 640 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 711 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 564 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 749 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 759 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 954 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 625 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 984 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 471 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,141 mm (+52% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,398 mm). Driest: 2002 (359 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 37.5 °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 | 151 | 132 | 78 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 103 | 144 |
| Mean °C | 21.6 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 20.1 | 21.0 | 21.6 |
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.