SUNDAY WEATHER: Widespread rain in the Eastern Cape and thunderstorm warnings with flooding up to LEVEL 4

By Staff Writer
Published: 31 October 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 01 November 2026
The maps cover: Sun 01 Nov – Mon 02 Nov


A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Chris Hani and Alfred Nzo district municipalities of the Eastern Cape, as well as the Highveld and parts of the escarpment of Mpumalanga and the northern parts of Gauteng, where it will persist until Monday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning, resulting in flooding and damage to settlements and infrastructure over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the north-east.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised damaged to settlements/property, localised flooding of roads and bridges, and localised disruption to power supply and communications in places over Joe Gqabi, Chris Hani, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo district municipalities in the Eastern Cape, as well as over the extreme south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of Northern Cape, parts of Free State, as well as central and western parts of North West.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon. It will be very hot in places in the north.

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MPUMALANGA
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme west, Lowveld and northern part of the escarpment in Mpumalanga. It will be very hot in places on the Lowveld and escarpment.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the western and southern parts in the afternoon.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast in the morning where it will be cool in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern parts. It will become fine with high-level clouds over the western parts from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Warm in places along the West Coast, otherwise cloudy and cool with light rain along the south coast and adjacent interior, clearing from the west whilst becoming partly cloudy over the western parts from the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the north-eastern parts from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and rain, but scattered showers and thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable late evening.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and rain, but widespread along the coast and adjacent interior. Scattered showers and thundershowers can be expected in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming southerly in the afternoon, but south-easterly in the evening.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the south-eastern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in places in the north. It will become cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming southerly to south-westerly from the south by mid-morning, spreading to Richards Bay in the afternoon.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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