TUESDAY WEATHER: A cooler day in much of the country with some rain and thunderstorms

By Staff Writer
Published: 2 March 2026 [updated 3 March]

This forecast is for: Tue 03 March 2026
The maps cover: Tue 03 Mar – Tue 03 Mar


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Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

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 are expected over the north-eastern parts of Limpopo.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool but warm in places with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the northern Lowveld.

NORTH WEST
Cloudy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the southwest, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the northeast.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy with morning fog patches in the east, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm but hot in the west. Isolated showers and rain are expected in the extreme north and eastern parts.

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

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy over the south-western parts from the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, but easterly along the south coast in the morning.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fog patches in the morning, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cool in the south-west. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the north and west. The wind along the coast will be southerly to south-easterly in the north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly spreading to the north in the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/23°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

VRYBURG
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine to partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/29°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/32°C

UPINGTON
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine becoming partly cloudy from the late afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly at night.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/26°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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