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Weather in Ward 12, Polokwane
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.4 °C, 8.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 96 mm. Coldest night 15.3 °C on 3 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 | 33.4 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 24.0 | 16.6 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 31.4 | 15.3 | 3.9 |
| 4 | 31.1 | 18.5 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 30.9 | 19.7 | 0.2 |
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 | 133 mm, normal 96 mm |
| December | 109 mm, normal 120 mm |
| January | 353 mm, normal 112 mm |
| February | 40 mm, normal 84 mm |
| March | 226 mm, normal 72 mm |
| April | 91 mm, normal 38 mm |
| May | 9.6 mm, normal 11 mm |
| June | 4.5 mm, normal 4.7 mm |
| July | 0.4 mm, normal 3.6 mm |
| August | 24 mm, normal 4.5 mm |
| September | 43 mm, normal 14 mm |
| October | 5.7 mm, normal 44 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 500 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 403 mm (-33% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 446 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 401 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 534 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 794 mm (+31% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 551 mm (-9% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 736 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 713 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 957 mm (+58% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 612 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 374 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 488 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 632 mm (+5% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 402 mm (-34% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 772 mm (+28% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 676 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 749 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 747 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 751 mm (+24% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 781 mm (+29% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 520 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 670 mm (+11% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 876 mm (+45% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 497 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 558 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 555 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 417 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 469 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 566 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 643 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 480 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 611 mm (+1% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 491 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 802 mm (+33% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (957 mm). Driest: 2002 (374 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.9 °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 | 112 | 84 | 72 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 96 | 120 |
| Mean °C | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 15.3 | 18.6 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 |
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.