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Weather in Ward 26, Polokwane
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 34.1 °C, 5.6 mm of rain; a normal November has 73 mm. Coldest night 16.1 °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 shares it with 8 neighbouring wards. It lies in one grid cell, and 2 of them get exactly the same figures.
November so far, day by day
| Nov | High °C | Low °C | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34.1 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 23.3 | 17.0 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 31.6 | 16.1 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 31.2 | 18.1 | 0.2 |
| 5 | 30.8 | 19.6 | 0.1 |
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 | 104 mm, normal 73 mm |
| December | 77 mm, normal 105 mm |
| January | 366 mm, normal 93 mm |
| February | 30 mm, normal 75 mm |
| March | 215 mm, normal 56 mm |
| April | 64 mm, normal 27 mm |
| May | 7.6 mm, normal 8.9 mm |
| June | 3.9 mm, normal 3.9 mm |
| July | 0.1 mm, normal 3.8 mm |
| August | 18 mm, normal 3.5 mm |
| September | 44 mm, normal 12 mm |
| October | 7.2 mm, normal 31 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 351 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 411 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 354 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 285 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 413 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 649 mm (+32% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 435 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 625 mm (+27% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 561 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 786 mm (+60% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 522 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 284 mm (-42% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 369 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 552 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 297 mm (-39% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 734 mm (+50% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 539 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 560 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 553 mm (+13% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 589 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 613 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 369 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 591 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 749 mm (+53% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 408 mm (-17% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 404 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 464 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 351 mm (-28% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 429 mm (-13% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 472 mm (-4% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 561 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 420 mm (-14% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 583 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 382 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 647 mm (+32% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (786 mm). Driest: 2002 (284 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.6 °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 | 93 | 75 | 56 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 73 | 105 |
| Mean °C | 21.8 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
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.