Rain and damaging wind in the west on Wednesday before adverse weather arrives from Thursday

By Staff Writer
Published: 1 July 2025 [updated 2 July]

This forecast is for: Wed 02 July 2025
The maps cover: Wed 02 Jul – Fri 04 Jul

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Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the central and western parts of South Africa on Thursday, spreading to the east on Friday.

The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the western and central interior of the Western Cape as well as over the southern parts of Namakwa (Northern Cape) from Thursday, spreading to the eastern interior of the Western Cape from Friday, while to the western escarpment of Namakwa on Saturday into Sunday.

ALSO READ: More snowfall possible due to cold fronts and cut-off low, incuding Johannesburg and eight SA provinces.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. level 1 warning for damaging wind leading to localised damage to settlements (formal and informal) as well as risk of localised runaway fires over the western interior of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

1. GAUTENG
Fine and cool to cold, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

2. MPUMALANGA
Warm in the Lowveld, otherwise fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy in the south-west.

3. LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy in the west and central parts, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in the Lowveld.

4. NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm.

5. FREE STATE
Windy over the southern and western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy along the coast with isolated showers, otherwise fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and southern parts. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast with isolated to scattered rain showers along the west and south-west coast, otherwise fine and cool at first becoming cloudy with isolated thundershowers in the east. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with isolated evening showers and thundershowers in the west. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly in the afternoon.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, but cold in the north. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming moderate north-easterly late morning.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches in the extreme north, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly but light north-westerly in the extreme south at first.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

PRETORIA
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/20°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

JOHANNESBURG
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/18°C

VEREENIGING
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/19°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/21°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/21°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/20°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/22°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 0/19°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/21°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated evening showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with rain.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

GEORGE
Fine becoming cloudy with isolated thundershowers from the evening.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/19°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/21°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming moderate north-easterly late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/24°C

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