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Weather in Ward 31, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 32.7 °C, 0.4 mm of rain; a normal November has 116 mm. Coldest night 16.4 °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 3 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 | 32.7 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 27.2 | 18.6 | 0.3 |
| 3 | 31.7 | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| 4 | 31.9 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 31.4 | 20.9 | 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 | 174 mm, normal 116 mm |
| December | 258 mm, normal 160 mm |
| January | 840 mm, normal 171 mm |
| February | 25 mm, normal 149 mm |
| March | 354 mm, normal 91 mm |
| April | 110 mm, normal 44 mm |
| May | 11 mm, normal 22 mm |
| June | 17 mm, normal 14 mm |
| July | 1.0 mm, normal 17 mm |
| August | 25 mm, normal 12 mm |
| September | 87 mm, normal 26 mm |
| October | 18 mm, normal 45 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 630 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 634 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 768 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 507 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 758 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,379 mm (+59% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 816 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,136 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,190 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,648 mm (+90% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,154 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 416 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 679 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 793 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 612 mm (-29% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,052 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 889 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 648 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 844 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,184 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 787 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 778 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,140 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,114 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 509 mm (-41% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 733 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 844 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 650 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 822 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 892 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,118 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 719 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,144 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 550 mm (-37% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,304 mm (+50% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,648 mm). Driest: 2002 (416 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 38.2 °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 | 171 | 149 | 91 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 116 | 160 |
| Mean °C | 22.1 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 |
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.