MONDAY WEATHER: A warning for severe thunderstorms with wind, hail and flooding – morning frost in places

By Staff Writer
Published: 12 July 2026

This forecast is for: Mon 13 July 2026
The maps cover: Mon 13 Jul – Tue 14 Jul


Some light snowfall is possible in the east of Lesotho and the slopes of the Drakensberg.

SEE ALSO: Snowfall possible in South Africa and Lesotho from this weekend.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of low-lying areas, roads and bridges as well as small amounts of hail and damaging winds which leads to damage to settlements and infrastructure over the most parts of Mpumalanga, except the Lowveld.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Morning frost in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolate showers and thundershowers. It will be cold in places.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches in the south and the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers but warm in the extreme eastern parts. Morning frost can be expected in places in the Highveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the southern parts.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise fine and cool to cold but partly cloudy in the north with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and cool but cold in the south. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning mist over the southern and western parts, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cold to cool. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly, becoming southerly to southwesterly along the south coast from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog over the interior in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, becoming fine in the south from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, but light and variable in places.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches over the interior in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in places south of the escarpment, but cold in the north. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in places in the south in the morning, otherwise light to moderate north-easterly, reaching fresh in places.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy with morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly, becoming north-easterly south of Durban by late morning.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/20°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/18°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/19°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/20°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/21°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/21°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/22°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 01/19°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 01/22°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/22°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/19°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, otherwise light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/20°C

DURBAN
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly, becoming north-easterly by late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/22°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with fog in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/19°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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