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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Lephalale South Africa

In Lephalale, the summers are long, hot, and partly cloudy and the winters are short, cool, dry, and clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 45°F to 90°F and is rarely below 39°F or above 98°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best times of year to visit Lephalale for hot-weather activities are from early February to mid April and from early September to early November.

Climate in Lephalale

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Lephalale weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 6.5 months, from September 12 to March 27, with an average daily high temperature above 87°F. The hottest month of the year in Lephalale is January, with an average high of 89°F and low of 70°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.0 months, from May 30 to July 31, with an average daily high temperature below 78°F. The coldest month of the year in Lephalale is July, with an average low of 46°F and high of 76°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Lephalale

Average High and Low Temperature in LephalalehothotcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJul 475°FJul 475°FFeb 1090°FFeb 1090°F45°F45°F70°F70°FSep 1287°FSep 1287°FMar 2787°FMar 2787°FMay 3078°FMay 3078°FJul 3178°FJul 3178°F58°F58°F65°F65°F48°F48°F47°F47°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 89°F89°F88°F84°F80°F76°F76°F81°F87°F89°F89°F89°F
Temp. 80°F79°F77°F72°F65°F60°F60°F65°F73°F77°F78°F79°F
Low 70°F69°F67°F60°F52°F46°F46°F51°F59°F65°F67°F69°F

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

Average Hourly Temperature in Lephalale

Average Hourly Temperature in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarmhothotcoldwarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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In Lephalale, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Lephalale begins around March 22 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around October 21.

The clearest month of the year in Lephalale is July, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 21 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around March 22.

The cloudiest month of the year in Lephalale is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 44% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Lephalale

Cloud Cover Categories in LephalaleclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jun 1295%Jun 1295%Dec 1155%Dec 1155%Mar 2275%Mar 2275%Oct 2176%Oct 2176%NowNowclearovercastmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 42%34%25%15%8%5%5%6%9%22%38%44%
Clearer 58%66%75%85%92%95%95%94%91%78%62%56%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Lephalale varies significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 5.2 months, from October 24 to March 30, with a greater than 19% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Lephalale is December, with an average of 11.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 6.8 months, from March 30 to October 24. The month with the fewest wet days in Lephalale is July, with an average of 0.2 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Lephalale is December, with an average of 11.4 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 39% on December 2.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Lephalale

Daily Chance of Precipitation in LephalalewetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Dec 239%Dec 239%Jul 270%Jul 270%Oct 2419%Oct 2419%Mar 3019%Mar 3019%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 10.8d8.6d7.7d3.4d1.0d0.5d0.2d0.3d1.2d4.7d9.5d11.4d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Lephalale experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 7.1 months, from September 27 to April 30, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Lephalale is January, with an average rainfall of 2.5 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 4.9 months, from April 30 to September 27. The month with the least rain in Lephalale is July, with an average rainfall of 0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Lephalale

Average Monthly Rainfall in LephalalerainrainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 inJan 102.5 inJan 102.5 inAug 30.0 inAug 30.0 inSep 270.5 inSep 270.5 inApr 300.5 inApr 300.5 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 2.5″2.3″1.7″0.8″0.2″0.1″0.0″0.1″0.3″1.1″2.1″2.5″

The length of the day in Lephalale varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is June 20, with 10 hours, 41 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 13 hours, 36 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Lephalale

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 7 minSep 2212 hr, 7 minSep 2213 hr, 36 minDec 2113 hr, 36 minDec 2112 hr, 8 minMar 2012 hr, 8 minMar 2010 hr, 41 minJun 2010 hr, 41 minJun 20daydaynightNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 13.4h12.9h12.2h11.5h11.0h10.7h10.8h11.3h12.0h12.7h13.3h13.6h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:13 AM on November 29, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 39 minutes later at 6:52 AM on July 3. The earliest sunset is at 5:29 PM on June 6, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 32 minutes later at 7:01 PM on January 14.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Lephalale during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Lephalale

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMNov 295:13 AMNov 295:13 AM7:01 PMJan 147:01 PMJan 14Jun 65:29 PMJun 65:29 PM6:52 AMJul 36:52 AMJul 3daySolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Lephalale

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM00001010101020202020303030304040404050505060607070800000101010102020202030303030404040405050506060607070804390NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Lephalale

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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.

Lephalale experiences significant seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 4.5 months, from November 18 to April 1, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 8% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Lephalale is January, with 9.3 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Lephalale is June, with 0.0 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Lephalale

Humidity Comfort Levels in LephalalemuggymuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jul 210%Jul 210%Jan 2832%Jan 2832%Nov 188%Nov 188%Apr 18%Apr 18%NowNowmuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydryoppressiveoppressive
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 9.3d8.2d5.7d0.9d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.2d2.3d6.2d

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 in Lephalale experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 3.6 months, from August 18 to December 4, with average wind speeds of more than 8.5 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Lephalale is October, with an average hourly wind speed of 10.4 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 8.4 months, from December 4 to August 18. The calmest month of the year in Lephalale is May, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.5 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Lephalale

Average Wind Speed in LephalalewindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphOct 1710.6 mphOct 1710.6 mphMay 156.4 mphMay 156.4 mphAug 188.5 mphAug 188.5 mphDec 48.5 mphDec 48.5 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 8.07.77.16.76.56.77.08.49.810.49.58.2

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Lephalale varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 1.8 months, from August 9 to October 3, with a peak percentage of 46% on September 21. The wind is most often from the east for 10 months, from October 3 to August 9, with a peak percentage of 55% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Lephalale

Wind Direction in LephalaleENEJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNoweastnorthsouthwest
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Lephalale throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Lephalale for general outdoor tourist activities is from early April to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

Tourism Score in Lephalale

Tourism Score in Lephalalebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.68.65.15.18.68.67.87.8NowNow cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Lephalale for hot-weather activities are from early February to mid April and from early September to early November, with a peak score in the last week of September.

Beach/Pool Score in Lephalale

Beach/Pool Score in Lephalalebest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.18.13.63.67.77.76.86.8NowNowtemperaturetemperature precipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

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).

Temperatures in Lephalale are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Lephalale

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jun 29100%Jun 29Dec 29100%Dec 29100%NowNowcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotvery coldsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is 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.

Growing Degree Days in Lephalale

Growing Degree Days in LephalaleJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°F8,000°F8,000°FJul 1090°FJul 1090°FSep 5900°FSep 5900°FOct 131,800°FOct 131,800°FJun 307,848°FJun 307,848°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 5.0 months, from October 3 to March 2, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.0 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Lephalale is January, with an average of 7.6 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.7 months, from May 8 to July 30, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 5.1 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Lephalale is June, with an average of 4.5 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Lephalale

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in LephalalebrightbrightdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhDec 317.7 kWhDec 317.7 kWhJun 204.5 kWhJun 204.5 kWhOct 37.0 kWhOct 37.0 kWhMar 27.0 kWhMar 27.0 kWhMay 85.1 kWhMay 85.1 kWhJul 305.1 kWhJul 305.1 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 7.67.36.65.75.04.54.85.66.67.27.47.5

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lephalale are -23.666 deg latitude, 27.745 deg longitude, and 2,703 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lephalale contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 184 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,722 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (912 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,031 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lephalale is covered by shrubs (41%), trees (22%), cropland (21%), and artificial surfaces (17%), within 10 miles by shrubs (45%) and trees (43%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (39%) and trees (31%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Lephalale, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Lephalale.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Lephalale according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Lephalale is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Lephalale and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Lephalale and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands.

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