November Weather at Rustenburg South Africa

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 91°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 58°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 52°F or exceeding 65°F.

For reference, on February 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Rustenburg typically range from 63°F to 84°F, while on July 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 68°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on November. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

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The month of November at Rustenburg experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 31% to 37%.

The clearest day of the month is November 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 69% of the time.

For reference, on December 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 94%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Rustenburg, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 33% and ending it at 47%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 51% on January 10, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 6.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during November at Rustenburg is increasing, starting the month at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.2 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the month at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.6 inches or falls below 1.3 inches.

Over the course of November at Rustenburg, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 31 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 5 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 33 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 1, with 13 hours, 5 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 13 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Rustenburg is 5:22 AM on November 1 and the earliest sunrise is 11 minutes earlier at 5:11 AM on November 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:27 PM on November 1 and the latest sunset is 21 minutes later at 6:48 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Rustenburg during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 13 hours, 45 minutes later, at 7:01 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:56 AM and sets 10 hours, 32 minutes later, at 5:28 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for November 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Rustenburg is gradually increasing during November, rising from 0% to 5% over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 24% of the time, while on May 11, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Rustenburg is gradually decreasing during November, decreasing from 8.2 miles per hour to 7.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on October 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.6 miles per hour, while on March 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Rustenburg throughout November is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 47% on November 21.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Rustenburg typically lasts for 11 months (322 days), from around July 23 to around June 10, rarely starting after September 6, or ending before May 18.

The month of November at Rustenburg is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Rustenburg are rapidly increasing during November, increasing by 581°F, from 1,490°F to 2,072°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Rustenburg is essentially constant during November, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 7.3 kWh throughout.