Has it really “never been this cold in the Lowveld?”
Here are the lowest temperatures ever recorded in the Lowveld.
MBOMBELA – In the past couple of days, the Lowveld has been experiencing a series of abnormally cold winter days.
Some even say it must be the coldest it’s ever been.
Has it really “never been this cold”?
Absolutely not, the South African Weather Services’ Elsa de Jager recently told Lowvelder. Although temperatures are lower than usual, below are the actual lowest available temperatures ever recorded in the Lowveld:
Komatidraai, the closest data available to Komatipoort’s lowest ever temperature was -0,3 °C on July 24, 2014.
The lowest temperature available for White River was -1,7 °C on June 17, 2010, at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport.
The coldest Mbombela has ever been was on June 28, 1964 when the mercury dropped to -2°C. The year 2002 saw the coldest temperature recorded in Badplaas – also -2°C.
Barberton recorded -2,7°C on August 3, 1972.
It comes as no surprise that the coldest towns in the Lowveld of Mpumalanga was Graskop at -5,1 °C on June 30, 1994 and Lydenburg at a shivering -7,8 °C on June 13, 1979.
Thankfully, there will be a significant rise in temperatures this week:
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