TUESDAY WEATHER: Extremely hot in the south-west and heat wave expected to continue through the week

By Staff Writer
Published: 9 March 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 10 March 2026
The maps cover: Tue 10 Mar – Tue 10 Mar


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Heat wave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected to continue over the western parts of the Namakwa District, as well as the west and south-western parts of the Western Cape, spreading to the Little Karoo, Central Karoo and Garden Route Districts, further spreading into the Eastern Cape (excluding the extreme north and the extreme east) until Friday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the extreme western parts of the country.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and cool to warm.

MPUMALANGA
Fine in the west, otherwise cloudy and warm with morning drizzle along the escarpment. Isolated showers and rain along the Lowveld and northern escarpments can be expected from the afternoon.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy with morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east and central.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy with fog in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot but very hot to extremely hot in places over the western parts, becoming partly cloudy over the north-eastern parts from the afternoon, spreading to the southern parts in the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong at times from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with morning fog patches in the south, otherwise fine and very hot to extremely hot, but hot over the south-western parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly, but moderate southerly along the west.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches in places, otherwise sunny and warm but hot over the western interior. The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches in the morning, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly north of Durban, but moderate easterly to north-easterly in the south.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/27°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/24°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/25°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with light rain in the morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with morning drizzle.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

VRYBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/27°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

UPINGTON
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/33°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Moderate southerly becoming south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/39°C

Fine with morning fog patches.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly, becoming easterly to south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light north-easterly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, but easterly at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/25°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate easterly to north-easterly towards midday.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the morning and evening.
Wind: Moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/24°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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