Ladysmith
Station in KwaZulu-Natal, listed in the SAWS daily rainfall bulletin
Latest reading
1.0 mm
The reading covers the 24 hours to 08:00 SAST on Monday 2 November 2026.
Where it is
-28.5755, 29.7503
Surveyed This is the gauge's own position as SAWS reports it to WMO OSCAR/Surface, and it is accurate to a few metres.
- Position from
- WMO OSCAR/Surface 0-20000-0-68479
- Elevation
- 1069 m
- Moved
- Until the register was rebuilt on 29 October 2026, this station was plotted at -28.5667, 29.7833 (Town-level), 3.4 km from the point above.
Daily log
The strip below shows one reading a day over the last 30 days of bulletins.
No long-term average for this gauge.
Rain was recorded on 3 of the 28 days with a bulletin, amounting to 18.0 mm in all. No bulletin was published on 2 days, which are treated as unknown and left out of the count.
- Sunday 4 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Monday 5 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Tuesday 6 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Wednesday 7 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Thursday 8 October SAWS published no bulletin on this day
- Friday 9 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Saturday 10 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Sunday 11 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Monday 12 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Tuesday 13 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Wednesday 14 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Thursday 15 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Friday 16 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Saturday 17 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Sunday 18 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Monday 19 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Tuesday 20 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Wednesday 21 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Thursday 22 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Friday 23 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Saturday 24 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Sunday 25 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Monday 26 October 10.0 mm
- Tuesday 27 October 7.0 mm
- Wednesday 28 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Thursday 29 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Friday 30 October SAWS published no bulletin on this day
- Saturday 31 October Station reported no rain on this day
- Sunday 1 November Station reported no rain on this day
- Monday 2 November 1.0 mm
- No rain: SAWS lists only the stations where rain fell
- Unknown: no bulletin that day, left out of the total
Show as table
| Date | Rainfall |
|---|---|
| Mon 2 Nov | 1.0 mm |
| Sun 1 Nov | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sat 31 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Fri 30 Oct | SAWS published no bulletin on this day |
| Thu 29 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Wed 28 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Tue 27 Oct | 7.0 mm |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10.0 mm |
| Sun 25 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sat 24 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Fri 23 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Thu 22 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Wed 21 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Tue 20 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Mon 19 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sun 18 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sat 17 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Fri 16 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Thu 15 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Wed 14 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Tue 13 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Mon 12 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sun 11 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sat 10 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Fri 9 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Thu 8 Oct | SAWS published no bulletin on this day |
| Wed 7 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Tue 6 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Mon 5 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
| Sun 4 Oct | 0.0 mm. Station reported no rain on this day |
Everything the archive holds
- In the archive
- 11 May 2026 to 2 Nov 2026
- Days with rain
- 18
- Peak reading
- 39.0 mm on 18 Sep 2026
- Total
- At least 128.0 mm
The total is a lower bound, since some days have no bulletin and the rain that fell on them is unknown.
- Rain recorded
- Unknown: no bulletin that day
Because SAWS lists only the stations where rain fell, a day with a bulletin that does not name this station is counted as a dry day.
Show every reading as a table
| Date | Rainfall |
|---|---|
| Mon 2 Nov 2026 | 1.0 mm |
| Tue 27 Oct 2026 | 7.0 mm |
| Mon 26 Oct 2026 | 10.0 mm |
| Tue 29 Sep 2026 | 2.0 mm |
| Sun 27 Sep 2026 | 1.0 mm |
| Thu 24 Sep 2026 | 13.0 mm |
| Tue 22 Sep 2026 | 4.0 mm |
| Fri 18 Sep 2026 | 39.0 mm |
| Thu 17 Sep 2026 | 7.0 mm |
| Mon 7 Sep 2026 | 10.0 mm |
| Sun 6 Sep 2026 | 9.0 mm |
| Fri 4 Sep 2026 | 2.0 mm |
| Wed 12 Aug 2026 | 2.0 mm |
| Tue 11 Aug 2026 | 10.0 mm |
| Mon 10 Aug 2026 | 3.0 mm |
| Thu 30 Jul 2026 | 3.0 mm |
| Sun 12 Jul 2026 | 3.0 mm |
| Mon 11 May 2026 | 2.0 mm |
Days with no bulletin
The archive holds no SAWS bulletin for 37 days between its first and last date, so the rain that fell on those days is unknown and is left out of the total.
All stations Today's rainfall map
Source: readings from the South African Weather Service daily rainfall bulletin; position from WMO OSCAR/Surface.
Last refreshed: bulletin of 2 November 2026