THURSDAY WEATHER: Thundershowers in the interior and the east with a chance of rain in the south-west

By Staff Writer
Published: 18 February 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 19 February 2026
The maps cover: Thu 19 Feb – Thu 19 Feb


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Hot and humid weather can be expected over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.

Fog can be expected in parts of the Northern Cape, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements over the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Ubuntu Local Municipality of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the extreme north with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm but very hot in Lowveld with isolated showers and thundershowers over the Highveld and escarpment but scattered in the extreme south-east.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the Lowveld with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central parts.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches along the coast and adjacent interior at first, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog patches along the northern parts of the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy to fine and warm to hot with light rain along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong along the south-west coast in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the south, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fog patches in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable by late afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming easterly to south-easterly south of Durban in the afternoon, spreading to Richards Bay by evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

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

MAHIKENG
Fine becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

VRYBURG
Fine becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/32°C

UPINGTON
Fine becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/36°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with light rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate westerly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/26°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light northerly in the morning, otherwise moderate easterly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/31°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/35°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine to partly cloudy with isolated scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/35°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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