Weather
We live on False Bay, Cape Town. Our mediterranean climate we share with the Mediterranean Basin, also parts of California, Australia and Chile. We have our maximum/minimum thermometer again hung on the shady side of a patio pillar.
I update this month's weather in our False Bay garden below at the end of each month.
2019 Minimum 12 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2019 16 mm
2019 - Fire Betty's Bay 1-12 Jan Started by two emergency flares set off 'for fun'. Clarence Drive closed. RIP one resident. Suspect arrested. 31 houses destroyed, 28 damaged. Nearly 13K hectares (half) of the nature reserve around Harold Porter Botanical Garden was burnt.
2019 - Fire Groendlandberg near Elgin 24-30 Jan mostly forestry plantations.
2019 - Fire Lion's Head 27-28 Jan
2018 Minimum 15 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2018 10 mm
2018 28 Jan RIP firefighter Candice Kruger (Table Mountain)
2017 Minimum 15 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2017 17 mm
2017 - Fires raging in Grabouw and Somerset West
- (7 houses lost) (4 wine estates damaged)
Ocean View, Glencairn, Simon's Town fire
- (1 house) (Phoenix the young baboon died of burn injuries)
2016 Minimum 16 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2016 07 mm
2016 21-22 Jan Fire Glencairn to Fish Hoek
2015 Minimum 13 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2015 06 mm
2015 7 July Berg wind
2015 23 Aug Electric storm
I update this month's weather in our False Bay garden below at the end of each month.
JANUARY
2024 Minimum 16 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2024 0 mm NONE!
2024 29- Jan Fire Overstrand / Hangklip, Pringle Bay, then Betty's Bay evacuated
2024 22-31 Jan and 1 Feb Fire Kluitjieskraal near Wolseley / Tulbagh
2024 MANY fires in January
2024 7 Jan Fire Peers Hill Fish Hoek
2023 Minimum 16 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2023 08 mm
2022 Minimum 15 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2022 ONE mm!
2022 Fire Kleinmond Highlands forestry and Cape Nature Perdeberg 8-13 Jan
2021 Minimum 16 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2021 10 mm
2020 Minimum 14 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2020 11 mm2019 Minimum 12 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2019 16 mm
2019 - Fire Betty's Bay 1-12 Jan Started by two emergency flares set off 'for fun'. Clarence Drive closed. RIP one resident. Suspect arrested. 31 houses destroyed, 28 damaged. Nearly 13K hectares (half) of the nature reserve around Harold Porter Botanical Garden was burnt.
2019 - Fire Groendlandberg near Elgin 24-30 Jan mostly forestry plantations.
2019 - Fire Lion's Head 27-28 Jan
2018 Minimum 15 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2018 10 mm
2018 28 Jan RIP firefighter Candice Kruger (Table Mountain)
2017 Minimum 15 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2017 17 mm
2017 - Fires raging in Grabouw and Somerset West
- (7 houses lost) (4 wine estates damaged)
Ocean View, Glencairn, Simon's Town fire
- (1 house) (Phoenix the young baboon died of burn injuries)
2016 Minimum 16 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2016 07 mm
2016 21-22 Jan Fire Glencairn to Fish Hoek
2015 Minimum 13 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2015 06 mm
FEBRUARY
APRIL
2024 Minimum 15 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2024 10 mm
2024 12 Feb Fire on Trappieskop above Kalk Bay one house burnt
2023 Minimum 13 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2023 13 mm
2022 Minimum 15 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2022 07 mm
2022 22 Feb - 1 March Noordhoek Wetlands fire Sara Valley houses evacuated
2022 17 Feb Fire below Chapman's Peak car rolled
2021 Minimum 15 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2021 09 mm
2021 21 Feb - 2 March Franschhoek and Stellenbosch mountains fire
2020 Minimum 15 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2020 08 mm
2020 25 Feb - 2 March Du Toit's Kloof fire
2019 Minimum 14 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2019 12 mm
2019 18-25 Feb Franschhoek fire
2018 Minimum 14 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2018 21 mm !
2018 05 Feb RIP firefighter Cedric Seokoma (Simonsberg)
2017 Minimum 15 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2017 01 mm !
2017 Feb De Hoop and Overberg fire bringing smoke across False Bay
2017 22-27 Feb Hout Bay fire above the harbour and across to Sandy Bay
2016 Minimum 14 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2016 05 mm
2016 4-5 Feb Fire on Peers Hill
2015 Minimum 13 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2015 10 mm
2020 25 Feb - 2 March Du Toit's Kloof fire
2019 Minimum 14 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2019 12 mm
2019 18-25 Feb Franschhoek fire
2018 Minimum 14 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2018 21 mm !
2018 05 Feb RIP firefighter Cedric Seokoma (Simonsberg)
2017 Minimum 15 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2017 01 mm !
2017 Feb De Hoop and Overberg fire bringing smoke across False Bay
2017 22-27 Feb Hout Bay fire above the harbour and across to Sandy Bay
2016 Minimum 14 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2016 05 mm
2016 4-5 Feb Fire on Peers Hill
2015 Minimum 13 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2015 10 mm
MARCH
2024 Minimum 14 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2024 16 mm
2023 Minimum 13 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2023 80 mm !!
2022 Minimum 13 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2022 18 mm
2021 Minimum 14 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2021 45 mm
2020 Minimum 13 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2020 03 mm
2020 15 - 18 March Paarl Rock fire
2020 15 - 16 March Kloof Neck, Lion's Head and Signal Hill fire
2020 25 Feb - 2 March Du Toit's Kloof fire, and Drakenstein near Paarl fire, and around Wemmershoek Dam fire
2019 Minimum 12 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2019 61 mm
2019 11 March 46 mm! Kirstenbosch got 63 mm in March
2018 Minimum 13 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2018 13 mm
2018 22-23? Fire at Hawston / Fisherhaven near Hermanus
2018 2-20 Fire at Pearly Beach between Hermanus and Agulhas
2018 1-4 Fire at Cape Point
2017 Minimum 12 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2017 8.5 mm
2017 20 March Fire at Rooiels (2 houses)
2016 Minimum 12 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2016 48 mm
2016 26 March 30 mm!
2015 Minimum 14 C Maximum 33 C Rain 2015 03 mm
2020 15 - 18 March Paarl Rock fire
2020 15 - 16 March Kloof Neck, Lion's Head and Signal Hill fire
2020 25 Feb - 2 March Du Toit's Kloof fire, and Drakenstein near Paarl fire, and around Wemmershoek Dam fire
2019 Minimum 12 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2019 61 mm
2019 11 March 46 mm! Kirstenbosch got 63 mm in March
2018 Minimum 13 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2018 13 mm
2018 22-23? Fire at Hawston / Fisherhaven near Hermanus
2018 2-20 Fire at Pearly Beach between Hermanus and Agulhas
2018 1-4 Fire at Cape Point
2017 Minimum 12 C Maximum 32 C Rain 2017 8.5 mm
2017 20 March Fire at Rooiels (2 houses)
2016 Minimum 12 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2016 48 mm
2016 26 March 30 mm!
2015 Minimum 14 C Maximum 33 C Rain 2015 03 mm
2015 04 March Thunderstorm
2015 16-22 March Mountain fires in Silvermine
2015 16-22 March Mountain fires in Silvermine
APRIL
2024 27-30 April and 1 May Table Mountain fire (Back Table, Skeleton Gorge towards Kirstenbosch) lightning strike
2024 27- April Orangekloof fire (above Hout Bay towards Constantia Neck) lightning strike
2024 27 April Cape Point fire (Gifkommetjie, Olifantsbos, Sirkelsvlei) lightning strike
2024 7 April Sunny Cove fire 4 houses burnt
2024 1 April Peers Hill fire
2023 Minimum 10 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2023 37 mm
2022 Minimum 10 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2022 15 mm
2021 Minimum 11 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2021 02!! mm
2021 18-20 April Table Mountain fire Rhodes Memorial Restaurant, UCT buildings (Jagger Library), Mostert's Mill
2020 Minimum 10 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2020 20 mm
2019 Minimum 11 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2019 28 mm
2018 Minimum 11 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 50 mm
2018 16-17 Apr Skeleton Gorge fire started by rockfall
2017 Minimum 11 C Maximum! 32 C Rain 2017 14 mm
2017 6-7 April fierce wind Southeaster
2017 29 April Berg wind
2016 Minimum 9 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 49 mm
2016 22 April Fierce wind
2015 Minimum 10 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2015 17 mm
2015 Snow on the mountains 11, 24 and 29 July2019 Minimum 11 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2019 28 mm
2018 Minimum 11 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 50 mm
2018 16-17 Apr Skeleton Gorge fire started by rockfall
2017 Minimum 11 C Maximum! 32 C Rain 2017 14 mm
2017 6-7 April fierce wind Southeaster
2017 29 April Berg wind
2016 Minimum 9 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 49 mm
2016 22 April Fierce wind
2015 Minimum 10 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2015 17 mm
MAY
2024 Minimum 07 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2024 20 mm !
2023 Minimum 07 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2023 107 mm !!
2022 Minimum 08 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2022 55 mm
2021 Minimum 07 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2021 85 mm !!
2020 Minimum 09 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2020 49 mm
2019 Minimum 09 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2019 27 mm
2018 Minimum 09 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2018 57 mm
2017 Minimum 09 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2017 11 mm !
2016 Minimum 09 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2016 31 mm
2016 17 May Berg wind
2015 Minimum 08 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2015 35 mm
2018 Minimum 09 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2018 57 mm
2017 Minimum 09 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2017 11 mm !
2016 Minimum 09 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2016 31 mm
2016 17 May Berg wind
2015 Minimum 08 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2015 35 mm
JUNE
2024 Minimum 07 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2024 82 mm
2023 Minimum 05 C Maximum 18 C Rain 2023 104 mm
2023 floods and storm damage in Cape Town
2022 Minimum 05 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2022 87 mm
2022 8-12 June Lourensford, Somerset West fire. Helderberg Nature Reserve.
2022 8-10 June Table View reeds at Rietvlei fire
2021 Minimum 07 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2021 125 mm
2020 Minimum 06 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2020 116 mm
2020 11 June Hail
2019 Minimum 05 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2019 93 mm
2018 Minimum 07 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2018 90 mm
2018 Snow on the mountains 14 June
2017 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2017 89 mm
2017 07 June Cape Storm 12 metre swell. High wind. Schools closed. Snow on the mountains (including Hottentots Holland across False Bay)
2017 07 - 11 June Fire devastates Knysna (RIP one young firefighter)
2016 Minimum 05 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2016 98 mm
2015 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2015 112 mm
2015 Snow on the mountains 3 June and 16 June
2018 Minimum 07 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2018 90 mm
2018 Snow on the mountains 14 June
2017 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2017 89 mm
2017 07 June Cape Storm 12 metre swell. High wind. Schools closed. Snow on the mountains (including Hottentots Holland across False Bay)
2017 07 - 11 June Fire devastates Knysna (RIP one young firefighter)
2016 Minimum 05 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2016 98 mm
2015 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2015 112 mm
2015 Snow on the mountains 3 June and 16 June
JULY
2024 Minimum 05 C Maximum 17 C Rain 2024 208 mm
2024 floods, high wind, cold - proper winter weather!
2023 Minimum 06 C Maximum 20 C Rain 2023 76 mm
2022 Minimum 05 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2022 43 mm
2021 Minimum 05 C Maximum 20 C Rain 2021 93 mm
2021 Snow across the mountains 13 July
2020 Minimum 06 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2020 76 mm
2020 Snow on the mountains 13 July
2019 Minimum 07 C Maximum 18 C Rain 2019 99 mm
2018 Minimum 07 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 39 mm !
2018 Snow on the mountains and Ceres, Calvinia, Sutherland 1 July, Matroosberg 13 July
2017 Minimum 05 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2017 62 mm
2017 Berg wind 28 and 31 July
2017 Snow on Hottentots Holland mountains 8 and 15 July
2016 Minimum 04 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2016 118 mm
2016 Snow on mountains 2, 6 and 23 July
2015 Minimum 04 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2015 129 mm
2018 Minimum 07 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 39 mm !
2018 Snow on the mountains and Ceres, Calvinia, Sutherland 1 July, Matroosberg 13 July
2017 Minimum 05 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2017 62 mm
2017 Berg wind 28 and 31 July
2017 Snow on Hottentots Holland mountains 8 and 15 July
2016 Minimum 04 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2016 118 mm
2016 Snow on mountains 2, 6 and 23 July
2015 Minimum 04 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2015 129 mm
2015 7 July Berg wind
AUGUST
2024 Minimum 05 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2024 104 mm
2024 28 Aug Snow on Table Mountain
2023 Minimum 07 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2023 36 mm
2022 Minimum 05 C Maximum 20 C Rain 2022 67 mm
2022 14 August Snow on Cape mountains
2022 24 August wind gusts at 90 k brought down Elsie's Peak telcom tower and radio reception
2021 Minimum 05 C Maximum 20 C Rain 2021 104 mm
2021 Snow on Cape mountains
2020 Minimum 05 C Maximum 20 C Rain 2020 144 mm !!!
2020 17 and 29 Aug Snow on Table Mountain!
2019 Minimum 07 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2019 25 mm
2018 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2018 70 mm
2018 Snow on Matroosberg 06 Aug, mountains 25 and 26 Aug
2017 Minimum 08 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2017 89 mm
2017 29 Aug 24 mm !
2017 Snow on mountains 15 Aug
2016 Minimum 07 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2016 83 mm
2016 Snow on mountains 3 and 21 August
2015 Minimum 05 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2015 46 mm
2018 Minimum 06 C Maximum 19 C Rain 2018 70 mm
2018 Snow on Matroosberg 06 Aug, mountains 25 and 26 Aug
2017 Minimum 08 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2017 89 mm
2017 29 Aug 24 mm !
2017 Snow on mountains 15 Aug
2016 Minimum 07 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2016 83 mm
2016 Snow on mountains 3 and 21 August
2015 Minimum 05 C Maximum 21 C Rain 2015 46 mm
SEPTEMBER
2024 Minimum 08 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2024 30 mm
2023 Minimum 05 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2023 134 mm !!!
2023 24 Sept 60 mm !!
2023 23-24 Sept Rain and wind. Roads and passes closed. Also Chapman's Peak. Bridges swept away. Towns cut off.
2023 17-18 Sept storm swell. Fatalities and damage especially George and Wilderness, Strand, Brass Bell in Kalk Bay
2022 Minimum 08 C Maximum 23 C Rain 2022 26 mm
2021 Minimum 07 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2021 27 mm
2020 Minimum 07 C Maximum 22 C Rain 2020 75 mm
2019 Minimum 10 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2019 42 mm
2018 Minimum 06 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2018 70 mm!!
2018 Snow on the Hottentots Holland mountains 19 Sept
2018 Snow on the mountains 4-5 and 7-9 Sept from extreme cold front Zintle
2017 Minimum 09 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2017 40 mm
2017 04 Sept Berg wind
2016 Minimum 09 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2016 57 mm
2015 Minimum 08 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2015 31 mm
2018 Minimum 06 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2018 70 mm!!
2018 Snow on the Hottentots Holland mountains 19 Sept
2018 Snow on the mountains 4-5 and 7-9 Sept from extreme cold front Zintle
2017 Minimum 09 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2017 40 mm
2017 04 Sept Berg wind
2016 Minimum 09 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2016 57 mm
2015 Minimum 08 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2015 31 mm
OCTOBER
2022 Minimum 10 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2022 03 mm !!
2021 Minimum 11 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2021 39 mm
2020 Minimum 08 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2020 20 mm
2019 Minimum 11 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2019 87 mm
2019 25 Nov 48 mm !!
2018 Minimum 09 C Maximum 33 C Rain 2018 11 mm
2018 Fires around George and Garden Route RIP helicopter pilot and 2 mothers with their children.
2017 Minimum 08 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2017 40 mm
2017 11-15 Oct Twelve Apostles Fire (Oudekraal near hotel, to Hout Bay and down Orangekloof, 900 hectares)
2016 Minimum 10 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 14 mm
2015 Minimum 09 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2015 05 mm !!
2019 25 Nov 48 mm !!
2018 Minimum 09 C Maximum 33 C Rain 2018 11 mm
2018 Fires around George and Garden Route RIP helicopter pilot and 2 mothers with their children.
2017 Minimum 08 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2017 40 mm
2017 11-15 Oct Twelve Apostles Fire (Oudekraal near hotel, to Hout Bay and down Orangekloof, 900 hectares)
2016 Minimum 10 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 14 mm
2015 Minimum 09 C Maximum 31 C Rain 2015 05 mm !!
NOVEMBER
2023 25 Nov Fire above Boyes Drive and up Peck's Valley
2022 Minimum 13 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2022 16 mm
2021 Minimum 11 C Maximum 24 C Rain 2021 38 mm
2020 Minimum 10 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2020 59 mm !!
2019 Minimum 14 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2019 03 mm !!
2018 Minimum 11 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 17 mm
2018 Fires along the Garden Route. RIP Firefighter on Michell's Pass
2017 Minimum 10 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2017 41 mm
2017 15 Nov Snow in Karoo National Park
2017 07-09 Nov Fire Klawer Valley Simon's Town to Cape Point via Red Hill and Scarborough Cape Point Nursery after the fire
2017 07-08 Nov Fire Sir Lowry's Pass to Gordon's Bay (Animal Welfare evacuated) 4 houses burnt and one business
2016 Minimum 12 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2016 06 mm !!
2015 Minimum 12 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2015 43 mm
2015 01 Nov 26 mm!
2015 17 to 19 Nov Mountain fire Simon's Town (4 houses)
2018 Minimum 13 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2018 17 mm
2018 20-21 Dec Paarl Rock fire
2018 10-12 Dec Arniston fire blowing smoke across Cape Town
2017 Minimum 14 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2017 13 mm
2017 09-12 Dec Bainskloof fire
2016 Minimum 14 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 39 mm !
2016 09 Dec (flooded roads in the city)
2015 Minimum 15 C Maximum 36 C Rain 2015 17 mm
2014 Minimum 14 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2014 11? mm
2018 Minimum 11 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2018 17 mm
2018 Fires along the Garden Route. RIP Firefighter on Michell's Pass
2017 Minimum 10 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2017 41 mm
2017 15 Nov Snow in Karoo National Park
2017 07-09 Nov Fire Klawer Valley Simon's Town to Cape Point via Red Hill and Scarborough Cape Point Nursery after the fire
2017 07-08 Nov Fire Sir Lowry's Pass to Gordon's Bay (Animal Welfare evacuated) 4 houses burnt and one business
2016 Minimum 12 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2016 06 mm !!
2015 Minimum 12 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2015 43 mm
2015 01 Nov 26 mm!
2015 17 to 19 Nov Mountain fire Simon's Town (4 houses)
DECEMBER
2023 Minimum 15 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2023 05 mm !!
2023 22 Dec Glencairn Expressway to Brakkloofrant fire
2023 21-25 Dec Blackhill near Simon's Town fire
2023 19-26 Dec Castle Rock, Simon's Town fire
2022 Minimum 14 C Maximum 26 C Rain 2022 48 mm !
2021 Minimum 14 C Maximum 25 C Rain 2021 19 mm
2020 Minimum 15 C Maximum 27 C Rain 2020 06 mm !!
2019 Minimum 14 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2019 33 mm2018 Minimum 13 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2018 17 mm
2018 20-21 Dec Paarl Rock fire
2018 10-12 Dec Arniston fire blowing smoke across Cape Town
2017 Minimum 14 C Maximum 30 C Rain 2017 13 mm
2017 09-12 Dec Bainskloof fire
2016 Minimum 14 C Maximum 29 C Rain 2016 39 mm !
2016 09 Dec (flooded roads in the city)
2015 Minimum 15 C Maximum 36 C Rain 2015 17 mm
2014 Minimum 14 C Maximum 28 C Rain 2014 11? mm
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