MONDAY WEATHER: Warnings for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and high fire danger across a few provinces

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

This forecast is for: Mon 26 October 2026
The maps cover: Mon 26 Oct – Tue 27 Oct


It should be cloudy and cool along the east coast and the adjacent interior on Monday.

From Tuesday it should be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible over the central and eastern parts of South Africa.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal except in the extreme north-east, as well as the extreme northern parts of Eastern Cape.

B. level 1 warning for damaging winds resulting in localised damage to settlements, localised loss of agricultural production and some transport routes and travel services affected by wind, falling trees or dust storms over the western parts of the Free State and the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the North-West, central and eastern Northern Cape, most parts of both Free State and Limpopo as well as in places in both western KwaZulu-Natal and western parts of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the south.

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MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern and southern Highveld. It will be hot to very hot in the Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east and along the Lesotho Border.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy, windy and hot but warm in the extreme south, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east. The wind along the coast will be fresh southerly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with isolates showers and rain in the south and adjacent eastern interior where it will be cool and warm, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy along the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly along the west and south-western parts, otherwise moderate south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. Isolated thunderstorms are expected over interior and in the north where it will become partly cloudy from late morning. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool, but cold in places with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places in the north with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Cape Vidal, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, but light south-easterly in the afternoon.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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