SUNDAY WEATHER: Very hot in the interior but cooler in the south and a thunderstorm warning for KZN

By Staff Writer
Published: 24 October 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 25 October 2026
The maps cover: Sun 25 Oct – Sun 25 Oct


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It should be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible over the central and eastern parts of the country on Sunday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements in places over the central and eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most of the central interior as well as in places in the northern parts of both KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

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MPUMALANGA
Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy over the Highveld in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern Highveld. It will be hot to very hot in the Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon except in the extreme northern and eastern parts, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east.

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NORTH-WEST
Fine, windy and hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers

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

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine in the central and western parts, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and hot to very hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be warm in the extreme south. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly but light southerly along the south coast becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with light rain east of Port Elizabeth. Thundershowers are expected in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming light and variable by late afternoon.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog in places south of escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but warm in north, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, but scattered along Wild Coast. Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly but moderate to fresh southwesterly south of Durban, spreading to Richards Bay in the evening.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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