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Weather in Ward 33, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.7 °C, 0.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 117 mm. Coldest night 16.3 °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 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 | 33.7 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 28.7 | 19.5 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 32.9 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.2 | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 32.9 | 21.5 | 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 | 156 mm, normal 117 mm |
| December | 264 mm, normal 159 mm |
| January | 880 mm, normal 172 mm |
| February | 26 mm, normal 152 mm |
| March | 376 mm, normal 95 mm |
| April | 143 mm, normal 47 mm |
| May | 11 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 21 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 1.3 mm, normal 20 mm |
| August | 35 mm, normal 15 mm |
| September | 124 mm, normal 31 mm |
| October | 22 mm, normal 51 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 664 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 632 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 806 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 518 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 794 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,388 mm (+55% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 856 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,180 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,213 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,720 mm (+92% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,203 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 454 mm (-49% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 720 mm (-20% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 827 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 656 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,062 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 926 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 690 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 862 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,209 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 794 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 786 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,190 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,116 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 516 mm (-43% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 747 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 896 mm (-0% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 685 mm (-24% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 845 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 982 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,200 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 782 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,195 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 613 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,380 mm (+54% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,720 mm). Driest: 2002 (454 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 40.9 °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 | 172 | 152 | 95 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 31 | 51 | 117 | 159 |
| Mean °C | 23.3 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 17.5 | 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.