WEDNESDAY WEATHER: A foggy start with thunderstorm and damaging wind warnings and a heat wave in KZN

By Staff Writer
Published: 13 October 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 14 October 2026
The maps cover: Wed 14 Oct – Wed 14 Oct


A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Thursday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning, resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, are expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the north.

B. level 1 warning for damaging interior winds leading to localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes and localised damage to temporary structures are expected over Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of Northern Cape, north-eastern parts of the Western Cape, North-western parts of the Eastern Cape, as well as the northern parts of Limpopo.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west in the afternoon.

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MPUMALANGA
Cloudy with morning fog over the eastern Highveld and Escarpment areas at first where drizzle is likely in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the south-eastern parts in the morning with fog in places along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme west.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme north-west.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine with high level clouds in the west where it will be cool in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, but scattered in the extreme north-east.
Windy conditions can also be expected over the southern parts during the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly in the morning, becoming light to moderate south-westerly from the afternoon.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine with high level clouds in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with morning fog in places over the southern and central interior. Windy conditions can also be expected over the Central and Little Karoo during the afternoon where it will be hot in places. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly north of Langebaan in the morning where it will become light to moderate south-westerly from the afternoon, otherwise light and variable, becoming fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly along the south-west coast, but moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly east of Cape Agulhas reaching strong between Cape Agulhas and Witsand.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog in the south in the morning and again from the evening, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy and windy in the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the extreme eastern interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from mid-morning.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly from the evening.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the extreme western interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers in the south-west, otherwise isolated, except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming light to moderate north-easterly.

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Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/28°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/29°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog and drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/31°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/34°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine with high level clouds, becoming partly cloudy from the evening.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly from mid-morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/20°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy until the evening, when it will become fine.
Wind: Light and variable but moderate southerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/26°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with fog in the morning and again from the evening, otherwise fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Light north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy in the early morning, otherwise fine, becoming partly cloudy from late afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming light to moderate north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/27°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

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