Today
Has it rained enough in Polokwane?
Rain soaked properly in 4 days ago, and the ground is still holding some of it.
Polokwane has had 10.9mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal September here brings 11.6mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
15 SeptToday
Reached the roots
Rain that did not
5 days of 14
Thirty years
Rain in Polokwane through a normal year
Across a normal year Polokwane gets about 610.6mm of rain, most of it in December (131.4mm) and least in August (3.3mm).
A normal September in Polokwane has rain on 4 days. Only 2 of them bring enough to reach a root.
That makes Polokwane the driest place this site covers in South Africa in September — 11.6mm against Durban's 64.7mm at the other end.
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorst hit, and first to suffer. Very little soil, fully exposed, and nothing to fall back on — in this weather they can empty in a day.
- Salad and leafy vegShallow-rooted and quick to bolt once they run dry. First priority of anything in the ground.
- Beds and bordersA long soak that reaches the roots is worth more than a daily sprinkle, which only wets the surface and is gone by lunchtime.
- Established shrubs and treesFine as they are. They draw from far deeper than a dry spell reaches.