FRIDAY WEATHER: Very hot in the interior but isolated to scattered rainfall in the east

By Staff Writer
Published: 12 November 2026

This forecast is for: Fri 13 November 2026
The maps cover: Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov


From Friday it should be partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Heat wave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected over the Free State, North West, the north-eastern parts of Northern Cape, as well as in places over the Western Bushveld on Friday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most places over the central interior, in places in the western parts of Northern Cape as well as in places in Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

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

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MPUMALANGA
Cloudy in the north-east at first with morning drizzle along the escarpment and fog in places on the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected on the Highveld and southern escarpment areas.

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LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the east at first with morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot becoming partly cloudy in the south-west with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. It will be very hot in places in the western Bushveld and the Limpopo Valley.

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NORTH-WEST
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the central and eastern parts.

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THE FREE STATE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in east.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy over the central and eastern parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but fine in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly but fresh to strong along the west coast.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm, with light rain in the extreme south-east. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain south of the escarpment. Isolated thundershowers are possible in the north-east and along the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south by mid-morning, spreading northward.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in places in the north. It will become cloudy from late afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly, becoming southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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