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Malmesbury was named after Sir Lowry Cole's father-in-law, the Earl of Malmesbury.Settlers were encouraged to make their home here because of a tepid sulphur chloride mineral spring that was renowned for curing rheumatism. The first farms were allocated in 1703. When the fifth Dutch Reformed congregation in the Cape was established here, it became known as Zwartlands-kerk (Black Land Church) but was renamed Malmesbury in 1829. The town acquired municipal status in 1860. |
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Malmesbury normally receives about 403mm of rain per year and because it receives most of its rainfall during winter it has a Mediterranean climate. It receives the lowest rainfall of 6mm in February and the highest of 72mm in June. The average midday temperatures for Malmesbury range from 16.4°C in July to 28.8°C in February. The region is the coldest during July when the mercury drops to 6.3°C on average during the night.
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