WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Scattered showers or thundershowers possible in every province but very hot in the west

By Staff Writer
Published: 27 January 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 28 January 2026
The maps cover: Wed 28 Jan – Wed 28 Jan


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From Wednesday it should be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers possible over the central and eastern parts of the country.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday and over most parts of the Northern Cape, Free State, as well as the southern parts of the North West until Friday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and localised damage to infrastructure due to damaging winds expected over the central and south-eastern parts of North-West and over the central and eastern parts of Free State as well as the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over central and eastern parts of Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

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

NORTH-WEST
Fine at first becoming partly cloudy and hot to very hot 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 but scattered in the east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east, otherwise fine. The wind along the coast will be fresh southerly, becoming strong south-easterly from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Foggy conditions along the west coast clearing from the afternoon. It will be fine and hot over the interior but partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly in the north, otherwise fresh south-westerly.

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
Morning fog in places in the north and south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-easterly in the south early morning.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches and drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/29°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/36°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/37°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/37°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/40°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/28°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy from the evening with isolated showers.
Wind: Light to moderate westerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with light rain in the morning, but scattered showers and rain from late afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, otherwise moderate southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/26°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with light rain in the morning, but scattered showers and thunderstorms from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, but south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/26°C

DURBAN
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming southerly to south-westerly from the morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/32°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog over high lying ground, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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