Maps partly based on data from the SA Weather Service

SUNDAY WEATHER: A thunderstorm warning with large hail, heavy rain, strong wind and flooding possible

By Staff Writer
Published: 13 December 2025 [updated 14 December]

This forecast is for: Sun 14 December 2025
The maps cover: Sun 14 Dec – Sun 14 Dec


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There is a high likelihood of minor impacts from thunderstorms over the extreme northern parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga as well as the southern and central parts of Limpopo on Sunday resulting in large hail, heavy downpours and strong winds that may result in flooding.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

A. level 2 warning severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying areas/bridges, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail are expected over the eastern parts of North West, southern parts of Limpopo as well as the northern parts of both Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Warm in the Lowveld, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north and east.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy to cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot becoming partly cloudy in the extreme north-east with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cool in places in the south, where it will be partly cloudy in the early morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south coast in the morning where it will become moderate to fresh south-easterly from the afternoon, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh to strong along the west coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy in the north-east in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy along the coast where it will be cool in places. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly from mid-morning, but moderate to fresh north-easterly east of Algoa Bay from the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm but cloudy with morning fog and a chance of light rain in places in the south-east. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light and variable early morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong from the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south, where it will become partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly becoming moderate easterly to north-easterly in the south by late morning, spreading northwards.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/22°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/23°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/21°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy and windy, with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/32°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy in the early morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, but partly cloudy at first.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly from mid-morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from mid-morning, reaching strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated morning showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming light and variable in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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