Autumn weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

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Maximum Temperatures

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	24.5°C	22.9°C	25.9°C	21.1°C
Sep 8	25.1°C	23.2°C	27.4°C	22.2°C
Sep 15	22.9°C	22.0°C	26.8°C	20.7°C
Sep 22	24.4°C	23.3°C	27.0°C	21.8°C
Oct 1	23.8°C	22.8°C	26.0°C	21.6°C
Oct 8	25.0°C	23.3°C	28.0°C	21.8°C
Oct 15	23.0°C	22.5°C	26.6°C	21.5°C
Oct 22	24.2°C	23.5°C	26.7°C	22.4°C
Nov 1	24.6°C	23.5°C	28.1°C	22.6°C
Nov 8	23.1°C	23.3°C	27.0°C	22.2°C
Nov 15	25.5°C	24.3°C	29.4°C	23.3°C
Nov 22	25.3°C	24.5°C	28.7°C	23.0°C
Average	23.3°C	22.0°C	27.3°C	24.3°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	11.2°C	15.7°C	9.1°C	14.3°C
Sep 8	11.4°C	15.7°C	9.5°C	14.9°C
Sep 15	11.4°C	15.9°C	10.1°C	14.8°C
Sep 22	11.4°C	16.0°C	10.6°C	15.0°C
Oct 1	11.8°C	16.4°C	11.0°C	15.5°C
Oct 8	12.4°C	16.9°C	11.7°C	15.8°C
Oct 15	12.1°C	16.6°C	11.6°C	15.5°C
Oct 22	12.4°C	16.9°C	11.9°C	16.0°C
Nov 1	13.4°C	17.5°C	12.5°C	16.4°C
Nov 8	13.4°C	17.4°C	12.8°C	16.5°C
Nov 15	13.6°C	17.8°C	12.8°C	16.7°C
Nov 22	14.0°C	18.2°C	13.5°C	17.0°C
Average	16.8°C	15.7°C	11.4°C	12.4°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

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Sunny Weather

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	7.9 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	5.5 hours/day
Sep 8	8.2 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	6.0 hours/day
Sep 15	6.0 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	8.3 hours/day	5.2 hours/day
Sep 22	6.3 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	6.1 hours/day
Oct 1	6.4 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	4.8 hours/day
Oct 8	6.2 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	8.6 hours/day	5.8 hours/day
Oct 15	5.2 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	5.6 hours/day
Oct 22	5.3 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	7.9 hours/day	5.6 hours/day
Nov 1	5.1 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	3.9 hours/day
Nov 8	4.2 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	4.2 hours/day
Nov 15	5.1 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	5.5 hours/day
Nov 22	5.4 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	7.4 hours/day	4.8 hours/day
Average	5.1 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	5.9 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	1.6mm	2.2mm	1.0mm	2.3mm
Sep 8	0.9mm	1.5mm	0.2mm	0.7mm
Sep 15	2.3mm	3.4mm	2.7mm	2.4mm
Sep 22	2.0mm	2.6mm	1.6mm	2.4mm
Oct 1	2.5mm	3.1mm	2.2mm	2.6mm
Oct 8	2.9mm	2.8mm	2.0mm	2.9mm
Oct 15	4.0mm	5.8mm	3.1mm	3.3mm
Oct 22	3.4mm	4.0mm	2.9mm	2.9mm
Nov 1	3.7mm	3.2mm	4.5mm	2.5mm
Nov 8	6.2mm	6.2mm	5.6mm	3.3mm
Nov 15	4.4mm	2.8mm	3.0mm	2.5mm
Nov 22	4.0mm	3.1mm	3.0mm	2.3mm
Average	3.4mm	2.5mm	2.7mm	3.2mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	14.3km/h	22.6km/h	13.7km/h	25.3km/h
Sep 8	14.3km/h	22.6km/h	15.0km/h	25.1km/h
Sep 15	14.3km/h	24.1km/h	17.4km/h	27.0km/h
Sep 22	14.8km/h	25.1km/h	16.3km/h	28.3km/h
Oct 1	14.5km/h	25.7km/h	15.1km/h	27.2km/h
Oct 8	15.6km/h	27.6km/h	15.9km/h	27.4km/h
Oct 15	14.6km/h	24.1km/h	15.3km/h	28.1km/h
Oct 22	14.5km/h	23.9km/h	16.2km/h	27.7km/h
Nov 1	14.1km/h	23.5km/h	16.7km/h	26.9km/h
Nov 8	13.2km/h	22.9km/h	15.0km/h	25.3km/h
Nov 15	14.5km/h	23.9km/h	16.4km/h	24.9km/h
Nov 22	14.2km/h	23.6km/h	16.3km/h	24.9km/h
Average	24.1km/h	26.5km/h	15.8km/h	14.4km/h

Humidity

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	61.3%	70.3%	38.6%	65.7%
Sep 8	60.6%	69.8%	33.7%	65.1%
Sep 15	69.6%	75.3%	44.6%	67.5%
Sep 22	66.6%	72.5%	45.1%	67.3%
Oct 1	70.2%	75.5%	49.8%	72.2%
Oct 8	68.6%	74.6%	47.9%	71.9%
Oct 15	75.3%	75.4%	52.2%	71.2%
Oct 22	72.9%	75.4%	53.9%	70.3%
Nov 1	76.7%	79.4%	55.3%	74.3%
Nov 8	81.4%	81.5%	62.9%	76.0%
Nov 15	78.2%	79.0%	54.5%	73.3%
Nov 22	79.1%	79.2%	59.1%	73.9%
Average	75.7%	70.7%	49.8%	71.7%

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Astronomy

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Sunrise Time

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	6:10	6:08	6:11	6:22
Sep 8	6:02	5:59	6:03	6:13
Sep 15	5:53	5:51	5:55	6:04
Sep 22	5:43	5:41	5:46	5:53
Oct 1	5:34	5:31	5:37	5:42
Oct 8	5:26	5:23	5:29	5:33
Oct 15	5:18	5:15	5:22	5:25
Oct 22	5:10	5:07	5:14	5:15
Nov 1	5:02	4:59	5:07	5:07
Nov 8	4:57	4:55	5:02	5:01
Nov 15	4:53	4:50	4:59	4:57
Nov 22	4:52	4:48	4:57	4:53
Average	5:24	5:30	5:30	5:24

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	17:46	17:43	17:49	17:53
Sep 8	17:49	17:47	17:52	17:58
Sep 15	17:53	17:50	17:55	18:02
Sep 22	17:57	17:55	17:58	18:07
Oct 1	18:01	17:59	18:02	18:13
Oct 8	18:05	18:03	18:06	18:18
Oct 15	18:10	18:08	18:10	18:23
Oct 22	18:16	18:14	18:16	18:30
Nov 1	18:22	18:20	18:21	18:38
Nov 8	18:28	18:26	18:26	18:44
Nov 15	18:34	18:32	18:32	18:50
Nov 22	18:40	18:38	18:38	18:58
Average	18:06	18:24	18:12	18:12

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	Newcastle	East London
Sep 1	10:46 hours	10:43 hours	10:49 hours	10:53 hours
Sep 8	10:49 hours	10:47 hours	10:52 hours	10:58 hours
Sep 15	10:53 hours	10:50 hours	10:55 hours	11:02 hours
Sep 22	10:57 hours	10:55 hours	10:58 hours	11:07 hours
Oct 1	11:01 hours	10:59 hours	11:02 hours	11:13 hours
Oct 8	11:05 hours	11:03 hours	11:06 hours	11:18 hours
Oct 15	11:10 hours	11:08 hours	11:10 hours	11:23 hours
Oct 22	11:16 hours	11:14 hours	11:16 hours	11:30 hours
Nov 1	11:22 hours	11:20 hours	11:21 hours	11:38 hours
Nov 8	11:28 hours	11:26 hours	11:26 hours	11:44 hours
Nov 15	11:34 hours	11:32 hours	11:32 hours	11:50 hours
Nov 22	11:40 hours	11:38 hours	11:38 hours	11:58 hours
Average	11:06 hours	11:24 hours	11:12 hours	11:12 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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