THURSDAY WEATHER: Rain or thunderstorms possible in all provinces and temperatures drop leading up to the weekend

By Staff Writer
Published: 15 April 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 16 April 2026
The maps cover: Thu 16 Apr – Thu 16 Apr


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Fog patches can be expected in some parts of the country on Thursday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, lightning, hail, and damaging winds resulting in localised flooding and damage to settlements and infrastructure are expected over the central parts of the Northern Cape, the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as central parts of Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the escarpment and eastern Highveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the central and southern parts.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy with morning fog in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog patches in the east, otherwise fine and warm but partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the central parts, but scattered in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm in the west and south-western parts, but partly cloudy to cloudy and warm in the east, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the northeastern parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh south-easterly along the west coast, but light and variable along the south-west and southern parts.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the interior to the east of Willowmore, but scattered in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-west and along the Wild Coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming strong northeasterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly becoming easterly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/22°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/25°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy with morning fog, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

UPINGTON
Fine becoming cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light an variable becoming moderate southerly by the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

GEORGE
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly becoming westerly from the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to strong north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/26°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly becoming north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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