MONDAY WEATHER: Hot with warnings for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves

By Staff Writer
Published: 25 January 2026 [updated 26 January]

This forecast is for: Mon 26 January 2026
The maps cover: Mon 26 Jan – Mon 26 Jan


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A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole until Thursday, but until at least Friday over the Northern Cape, central and southern Free State and south-western parts of North West.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail, excessive lightning, and strong damaging winds over southern Gauteng, the south-western Highveld of Mpumalanga, eastern and central parts of Free State, northwestern parts of Limpopo as well as the southern parts of North West.

B. level 2 warning for damaging winds and waves resulting in localised disruption to ports/harbours with vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing within a locality between East London and east of Durban from the afternoon.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in place over western and central parts of the country as well as the central parts of the KwaZulu-Natal.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with afternoon showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog and drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine to partly cloudy and hot to very hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy in places along the south coast and adjacent interior in the morning, partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot to extremely hot over the Central and Little Karoo, however cool in places over the Cape Peninsula and southern parts of Overberg. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-eastern parts by the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly along the west and south-west coast in the morning, otherwise light to moderate westerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh to strong in places from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh north-easterly, but strong north of East London from the afternoon. It will become moderate south-westerly south of East London.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the east. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the west and south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches and drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

MAHIKENG
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

VRYBURG
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/36°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/37°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/38°C

UPINGTON
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/41°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy
Wind: fresh southerly in the morning, otherwise moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/28°C

GEORGE
partly cloudy.
Wind: light to moderate westerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly, becoming fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/31°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/34°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/38°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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