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Weather in Ward 28, Polokwane
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.3 °C, 7.3 mm of rain; a normal November has 90 mm. Coldest night 16.0 °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 | 33.3 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 22.6 | 17.0 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 30.4 | 16.0 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 30.3 | 17.4 | 1.0 |
| 5 | 29.8 | 19.0 | 0.3 |
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 | 126 mm, normal 90 mm |
| December | 94 mm, normal 130 mm |
| January | 431 mm, normal 115 mm |
| February | 33 mm, normal 95 mm |
| March | 248 mm, normal 70 mm |
| April | 75 mm, normal 36 mm |
| May | 11 mm, normal 12 mm |
| June | 5.9 mm, normal 5.5 mm |
| July | 0.1 mm, normal 5.8 mm |
| August | 19 mm, normal 5.7 mm |
| September | 52 mm, normal 15 mm |
| October | 6.8 mm, normal 38 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 460 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 529 mm (-15% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 460 mm (-26% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 385 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 558 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 802 mm (+30% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 588 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 777 mm (+26% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 714 mm (+15% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 1,004 mm (+62% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 682 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 370 mm (-40% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 474 mm (-23% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 655 mm (+6% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 426 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 910 mm (+47% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 665 mm (+7% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 673 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 674 mm (+9% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 754 mm (+22% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 736 mm (+19% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 500 mm (-19% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 732 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 862 mm (+39% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 489 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 506 mm (-18% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 581 mm (-6% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 467 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 545 mm (-12% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 588 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 708 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 522 mm (-16% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 691 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 434 mm (-30% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 764 mm (+23% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (1,004 mm). Driest: 2002 (370 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 35.8 °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 | 115 | 95 | 70 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 90 | 130 |
| Mean °C | 20.9 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 20.6 |
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.