WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Showers in the south, fog in the east and a heat wave in Limpopo

By Staff Writer
Published: 20 October 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 21 October 2026
The maps cover: Wed 21 Oct – Fri 23 Oct


A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over the Western Bushveld of Limpopo until Friday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, most parts of the North-West, southern parts of the Northern Cape, the Mafube local municipality of the Free State, as well as in places over southern Limpopo, and north-western Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and warm, but hot in the extreme north.

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MPUMALANGA
Cloudy in the east in the morning with fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm but hot in places in the Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the morning with fog patches over the south-central parts, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in places in the Western Bushveld.

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NORTH WEST
Fine, windy and warm to hot.

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THE FREE STATE
Fine, windy and warm to hot.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine, windy and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south and west, but cloudy in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy over the north-east otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and rain over the south-western parts but isolated for the adjacent interior and along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly moderating in the south-west, otherwise fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly late morning.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy with morning fog patches over the northern interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in places over the north-eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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