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Weather in Ward 29, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 0.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 119 mm. Coldest night 17.1 °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 | 33.4 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 28.6 | 19.5 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 32.8 | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.1 | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 32.9 | 22.0 | 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 | 166 mm, normal 119 mm |
| December | 272 mm, normal 163 mm |
| January | 906 mm, normal 176 mm |
| February | 27 mm, normal 153 mm |
| March | 372 mm, normal 94 mm |
| April | 124 mm, normal 46 mm |
| May | 11 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 18 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 1.1 mm, normal 19 mm |
| August | 32 mm, normal 14 mm |
| September | 105 mm, normal 30 mm |
| October | 19 mm, normal 48 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 652 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 638 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 817 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 520 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 786 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,420 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 845 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,192 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,244 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,737 mm (+93% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,219 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 434 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 714 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 827 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 648 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,062 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 913 mm (+2% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 662 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 868 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,224 mm (+36% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 799 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 791 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,206 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,142 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 507 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 764 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 898 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 673 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 832 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 946 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,188 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 734 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,204 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 570 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,333 mm (+48% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,737 mm). Driest: 2002 (434 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.1 °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 | 153 | 94 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 30 | 48 | 119 | 163 |
| Mean °C | 23.2 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 23.2 |
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.