A cold dry Tuesday before the intense cold front arrives this week

By Staff Writer
Published: 23 June 2025 [updated 24 June]

This forecast is for: Tue 24 June 2025
The maps cover: Tue 24 Jun – Thu 26 Jun

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Fine and cold to cool on Tuesday, becoming cloudy and very cold in the south-west on Wednesday with scattered to widespread showers and rain, according to the SA Weather Service.

An intense cold front is expected to affect the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape Provinces from Wednesday until Friday. The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions with heavy rainfall, strong interior winds and gale force coastal winds, very rough to high seas and light snowfall on the high-ground can be expected (according to SA Weather).

ALSO READ: More snowfall from midweek – five SA provinces, Lesotho and Namibia.

Warnings from the SA Weather for Tuesday:

A. level 2 warning for damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation with small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing within the locality, and localised disruption to ports/harbours between Plettenberg Bay and East London.

Regional forecasts from SAWS for Tuesday:

1. GAUTENG
Fine and cool.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

2. MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool to cold, but warm in the Lowveld.

3. LIMPOPO
Fine and cool to cold, but warm in the Lowveld.

4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE
Fine and cool.

5. FREE STATE
Fine, and cool to cold.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Fine, windy and cool to warm, but cold in the south-west where morning fog is expected. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog over the northern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly,but light to moderate easterly along the south coast.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior where windy conditions can be expected in places in the afternoon, otherwise partly cloudy and cold but fine in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming light to moderate north-easterly late morning.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool but cold in the extreme north. Windy conditions can be expected in places over western interior in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine and cool but partly cloudy and warm in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-Easterly, reaching strong south of Durban.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from SAWS for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/21°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/21°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/21°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/21°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/20°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/23°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/22°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -1/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 00/22°C

UPINGTON
Fine, and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/25°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-westerly, becoming fresh in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/16°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

GEORGE
Fine becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/23°C

GQEBERHA
Fine
Wind: light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/20°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: moderate north-easterly from late morning
Minimum/Maximum: 12/20°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/22°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/20°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.

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