THURSDAY WEATHER: Showers in the south and very hot in the north-east as heat wave continues

By Staff Writer
Published: 21 October 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 22 October 2026
The maps cover: Thu 22 Oct – Fri 23 Oct


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

From Friday it should be fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy and cool over the eastern and southern parts of South Africa with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible in the east.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over Limpopo, as well as parts of the Free State, Northern Cape and North-West.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and warm, but hot to very hot in the north.

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MPUMALANGA
Fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot.
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NORTH-WEST
Fine, windy and warm to hot.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy in the south, otherwise fine, and warm to hot.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy in the west and south, otherwise fine, and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain except in the north-eastern parts where it will be partly cloudy. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly in the morning along the west and south-west coast, otherwise fresh to strong westerly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast west of Gqeberha. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly, but light to moderate in places in the morning.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy north of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming fresh to strong from the afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the eastern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers except over the north-western parts. The wind along the coast will be light southerly to south-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate easterly to south-easterly.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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