Storms with rain and cool temperatures are expected in some areas. (Oliver Strewe/Getty Images)
Severe thunderstorms are anticipated in several provinces, bringing heavy downpours, strong winds and hail, according to the South African Weather Service. Expect localised flooding in susceptible areas.
Impact-based warnings
These thunderstorms are expected in KwaZulu-Natal, northern parts of the Eastern Cape, southern parts of Gauteng, Free State, southern parts of the North West, and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
These storms may result in heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, and large amounts of small hail, leading to flooding of roads and bridges, and damage to infrastructure and settlements.
The weather in your region
Gauteng: Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north.
- Pretoria 17°C — 28°C
- Johannesburg 15°C — 25°C
- Vereeniging 16°C — 25°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the south and east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld. Morning fog is expected over the escarpment.
- Mbombela 17°C — 21°C
- Ermelo 11°C — 22°C
- Emalahleni 15°C — 24°C
- Standerton 14°C — 23°C
- Skukuza 15°C — 26°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy in the south, otherwise fine and cool to warm.
- Polokwane 18°C — 25°C
- Phalaborwa 21°C — 27°C
- Tzaneen 17°C — 24°C
- Musina 22°C — 31°C
- Lephalale 24°C — 29°C
- Mokopane 17°C — 28°C
North West: Cloudy, windy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the south.
- Klerksdorp 13°C — 24°C
- Potchefstroom 13°C — 24°C
- Mahikeng 16°C — 28°C
- Rustenburg 17°C — 27°C
- Vryburg 12°C — 26°C
Free State: Cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Bloemfontein 11°C — 20°C
- Welkom 12°C — 24°C
- Bethlehem 11°C — 18°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be fine in the west.
Coastal wind – fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
- Upington 10°C — 26°C
- Kimberley 10°C — 26°C
- De Aar 8°C — 20°C
- Alexander Bay 11°C — 18°C
- Springbok 10°C — 25°C
- Calvinia 5°C — 26°C Sutherland: 2°C — 23°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy in the north-east, otherwise fine and cool but warm over the central and eastern interior, becoming cloudy along the south coast in the evening. Morning fog patches are expected over the central and north-western parts.
Coastal wind – moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly in the morning, otherwise southerly to south-westerly.
- Cape Town 11°C — 18°C
- Vredendal 9°C — 24°C
- Riversdale 6°C — 22°C
- George 9°C — 21°C
- Worcester 7°C — 24°C
- Beaufort West 9°C — 26°C
- Oudtshoorn 6°C — 26°C
Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.
Coastal wind – light northerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon.
Cloudy and cool conditions are forecast in the eastern half of the province with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the south-west.
Coastal wind – moderate north-easterly.
- Gqeberha 13°C — 22°C
- Makhanda 11°C — 24°C
- Cradock 9°C — 26°C
- Graaff-Reinet 8°C — 26°C
- East London 16°C — 23°C
- Port St Johns 16°C — 22°C
- Umtata 12°C — 23°C
- Komani 11°C — 23°C
- Qonce 13°C — 26°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers, scattered in the extreme south and north-east. It will be cold in parts of the west.
Coastal wind – moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south at first, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
- Durban 16°C — 22°C
- Richard’s Bay 17°C — 25°C
- Pietermaritzburg 13°C — 21°C
- Ladysmith 13°C — 20°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.