WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Frost, fog and a warning for damaging wind and waves in the south-west

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 August 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 05 August 2026
The maps cover: Wed 05 Aug – Fri 07 Aug


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 1 warning for damaging winds and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas from the afternoon until Thursday morning.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most parts of the eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

SEE ALSO: Widespread low-level snowfall possible across Lesotho and South Africa – including Gauteng.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Morning frost in places in the Highveld, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and warm, but cool in places.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy in the west at first, otherwise fine and cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy cool to warm, becoming fine in the east. It will be windy over the eastern parts in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the western and south-western coastline and adjacent interior with drizzle patches in the south-west, otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become windy in places over the south-western parts and the Central Karoo in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be strong north-westerly along the west and south-west coasts but moderate to fresh along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light northerly becoming light south-westerly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light northerly to north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy with fog patches in the east in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light westerly to south-westerly in the south in the morning, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/23°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/23°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/25°C

POLOKWANE
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/23°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/23°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 2/25°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -2/22°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/25°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/27°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with morning drizzle patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C

GEORGE
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light northerly, becoming south-westerly in the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly, becoming westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine.
Wind: Light northerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light westerly to south-westerly, becoming light to moderate northerly to north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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