SUNDAY WEATHER: A warning for damaging winds and thunderstorms possible over many parts of SA

By Staff Writer
Published: 20 June 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 21 June 2026
The maps cover: Sun 21 Jun – Sun 21 Jun


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Light snowfall is possible at high elevations in the north-east of Lesotho on Sunday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 1 warning for damaging interior winds resulting in localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone route, localised damage to settlements and localised loss of agricultural production is expected over the western parts of Northern Cape and the north-western parts of Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain except in the extreme east.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain except in the extreme east.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy and cold, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except along the coast. It will be windy over the northern interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northern and north-eastern parts, spreading to the rest of the province during the evening. Windy conditions are possible over the West Coast district in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the western interior. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming north-easterly towards the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and rain in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly reaching fresh to north of Mtunzini in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/14°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/12°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/12°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/18°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/15°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/15°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/16°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/13°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/15°C

UPINGTON
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/18°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from late evening.
Wind: Light northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from late evening.
Wind: Light northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/22°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/24°C

EAST LONDON
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming north-easterly towards the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

DURBAN
Fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/22°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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