Editing Rustenburg (section)

==Climate==
Rustenburg has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cwa''), with a relatively high degree of [[diurnal temperature variation]] due to the high elevation. It has very warm summers (from December to February) and mild winters (from June to August). Due to the altitude, summers are not quite as hot as one might expect. Precipitation occurs mainly in summer. There is occasional frost at night in winter.

{{Weather box
|location = Rustenburg
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 30.3
|Feb high C = 29.4
|Mar high C = 28.3
|Apr high C = 25.5
|May high C = 21.6
|Jun high C = 20.4
|Jul high C = 20.9
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 27.3
|Oct high C = 28.7
|Nov high C = 29.4
|Dec high C = 30.1
|year high C = 26.5
|Jan mean C = 23.8
|Feb mean C = 23.1
|Mar mean C = 21.7
|Apr mean C = 18.3
|May mean C = 14.9
|Jun mean C = 11.8
|Jul mean C = 11.8
|Aug mean C = 14.4
|Sep mean C = 18.5
|Oct mean C = 20.8
|Nov mean C = 22.1
|Dec mean C = 23.1
|year mean C = 18.7
|Jan low C = 17.1
|Feb low C = 16.8
|Mar low C = 15.0
|Apr low C = 11.2
|May low C = 6.5
|Jun low C = 3.2
|Jul low C = 2.8
|Aug low C = 5.1
|Sep low C = 9.6
|Oct low C = 12.9
|Nov low C = 14.9
|Dec low C = 16.1
|year low C = 10.9
|Jan precipitation mm = 115
|Feb precipitation mm = 100
|Mar precipitation mm = 95
|Apr precipitation mm = 37
|May precipitation mm = 18
|Jun precipitation mm = 9
|Jul precipitation mm = 7
|Aug precipitation mm = 8
|Sep precipitation mm = 18
|Oct precipitation mm = 55
|Nov precipitation mm = 86
|Dec precipitation mm = 113
|source 1 = Rustenburg Local Municipality<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustenburg.gov.za/uploads/Environment%20Website/SOE.htm|title=Rustenburg State of Environment|access-date=13 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614041419/http://rustenburg.gov.za/uploads/Environment%20Website/SOE.htm|archive-date=14 June 2010}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}