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Weather in Ward 42, Polokwane
This month here (1 to 5 November): hottest day 33.6 °C, 6.1 mm of rain; a normal November has 77 mm. Coldest night 15.6 °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 6 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 | 33.6 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 24.4 | 17.1 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 31.2 | 15.6 | 0.8 |
| 4 | 31.5 | 19.2 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 31.6 | 20.1 | 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 | 105 mm, normal 77 mm |
| December | 91 mm, normal 95 mm |
| January | 307 mm, normal 103 mm |
| February | 32 mm, normal 75 mm |
| March | 225 mm, normal 55 mm |
| April | 98 mm, normal 27 mm |
| May | 7.4 mm, normal 8.0 mm |
| June | 2.9 mm, normal 3.9 mm |
| July | 0.1 mm, normal 3.1 mm |
| August | 24 mm, normal 3.1 mm |
| September | 35 mm, normal 11 mm |
| October | 7.4 mm, normal 31 mm |
Every year since 1991
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| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 439 mm (-11% on the normal) |
| 1992 | 268 mm (-45% on the normal) |
| 1993 | 335 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 1994 | 316 mm (-36% on the normal) |
| 1995 | 459 mm (-7% on the normal) |
| 1996 | 710 mm (+44% on the normal) |
| 1997 | 454 mm (-8% on the normal) |
| 1998 | 588 mm (+20% on the normal) |
| 1999 | 662 mm (+35% on the normal) |
| 2000 | 817 mm (+66% on the normal) |
| 2001 | 486 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2002 | 280 mm (-43% on the normal) |
| 2003 | 361 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2004 | 494 mm (+0% on the normal) |
| 2005 | 303 mm (-38% on the normal) |
| 2006 | 615 mm (+25% on the normal) |
| 2007 | 655 mm (+33% on the normal) |
| 2008 | 594 mm (+21% on the normal) |
| 2009 | 552 mm (+12% on the normal) |
| 2010 | 577 mm (+17% on the normal) |
| 2011 | 560 mm (+14% on the normal) |
| 2012 | 388 mm (-21% on the normal) |
| 2013 | 582 mm (+18% on the normal) |
| 2014 | 817 mm (+66% on the normal) |
| 2015 | 335 mm (-32% on the normal) |
| 2016 | 440 mm (-10% on the normal) |
| 2017 | 466 mm (-5% on the normal) |
| 2018 | 338 mm (-31% on the normal) |
| 2019 | 369 mm (-25% on the normal) |
| 2020 | 488 mm (-1% on the normal) |
| 2021 | 542 mm (+10% on the normal) |
| 2022 | 360 mm (-27% on the normal) |
| 2023 | 479 mm (-3% on the normal) |
| 2024 | 383 mm (-22% on the normal) |
| 2025 | 796 mm (+62% on the normal) |
Wettest: 2000 (817 mm). Driest: 1992 (268 mm). Hottest day since our daily figures start in 2023: 36.4 °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 | 103 | 75 | 55 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 77 | 95 |
| Mean °C | 22.1 | 21.9 | 20.8 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 21.8 |
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.