FRIDAY WEATHER: A chance of rain or thunderstorms in all provinces and a warning for two

By Staff Writer
Published: 19 February 2026 [updated 20 February]

This forecast is for: Fri 20 February 2026
The maps cover: Fri 20 Feb – Fri 20 Feb


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Morning fog is possible in places in the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape on Friday.

From Saturday it should be partly cloudy and warm and hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread over the western interior on Sunday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail that will result in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm but hot the north. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the Highveld and escarpment areas.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and south-western parts.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog along the coast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except for the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts from the afternoon. It will be cloudy along the south coast in the morning and evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fog in places in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be Light south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places, otherwise fine and warm becoming cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme north west. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming south-easterly by afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/30°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated
showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31°C

VRYBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated
afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/32°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/33°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine
Wind: Moderate southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/31°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy from the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with showers and rain.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming south-easterly by afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/26°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated evening thundershowers.
Wind: Light northerly in the morning, otherwise moderate easterly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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