TUESDAY WEATHER: Rain possible over the interior and a thunderstorm warning for the Northern Cape

By Staff Writer
Published: 16 February 2026 [updated 17 February]

This forecast is for: Tue 17 February 2026
The maps cover: Tue 17 Feb – Tue 17 Feb


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Partly cloudy and warm to cool conditions across the country on Tuesday with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers possible over the central and western interior.

Hot and humid weather can be expected over Sarah Baartman district municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Buffalo City Metro and Amathole district municipality.

Morning fog is likely in a few parts of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

From Wednesday partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions can be expected with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers possible over the central and eastern parts of the country from the afternoon.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

A. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms associated with strong damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning, and heavy downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, as well as low-lying bridges/areas over Kai Igarib, Ikheis, Siyathemba, Kareeberg and Ubuntu Local Municipalities.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and cool to warm.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the western and south-western parts.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and along the Lesotho border.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the central parts. The wind along the coast will be light-westerly to north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy along the west coast in the morning where fog is expected, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts. The wind will be light westerly to north-westerly along the west coast in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in places excluding the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog in places in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the western and northern interior, but scattered along the
escarpment. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain over the extreme south-west and north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly north of Durban otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/31°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: light and variable in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy.
Wind: light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

GQEBERHA
Sunny, becoming cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Light north-easterly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

EAST LONDON
Sunny.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light southerly to south-westerly, becoming easterly to north-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/27°C

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