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Weather in Ward 39, Thulamela
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.0 °C, 0.2 mm of rain; a normal November has 117 mm. Coldest night 17.9 °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 | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 30.0 | 19.4 | 0.2 |
| 3 | 33.5 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 33.9 | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 34.0 | 22.3 | 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 | 144 mm, normal 117 mm |
| December | 274 mm, normal 158 mm |
| January | 990 mm, normal 172 mm |
| February | 27 mm, normal 147 mm |
| March | 366 mm, normal 91 mm |
| April | 128 mm, normal 45 mm |
| May | 9.2 mm, normal 23 mm |
| June | 18 mm, normal 15 mm |
| July | 1.2 mm, normal 19 mm |
| August | 39 mm, normal 16 mm |
| September | 120 mm, normal 33 mm |
| October | 19 mm, normal 50 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 639 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 615 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 835 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 495 mm (-44% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 762 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 1,374 mm (+55% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 830 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 1,188 mm (+34% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 1,245 mm (+41% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,745 mm (+97% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 1,223 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 425 mm (-52% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 727 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 818 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 647 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 1,005 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 891 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 648 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 831 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 1,177 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 764 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 753 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 1,230 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 1,115 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 465 mm (-47% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 751 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 907 mm (+3% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 656 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 799 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 964 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 1,207 mm (+37% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 697 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 1,222 mm (+38% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 552 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 1,278 mm (+45% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,745 mm). Driest: 2002 (425 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 41.6 °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 | 147 | 91 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 33 | 50 | 117 | 158 |
| Mean °C | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.4 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 23.8 | 24.3 |
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.