Wednesday weather – severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and fog but hot in the Northern Cape

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 November 2025 [updated 5 November]

This forecast is for: Wed 05 November 2025
The maps cover: Wed 05 Nov – Fri 07 Nov

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From Wednesday it should be partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, damaging winds and hail leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, minor vehicle accidents,localised injuries due to flying debris over the Highveld of Mpumalanga and the central part of Limpopo as well as the north western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 1 warning for damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and small vessels at risk of taking in water and capsizing in locality between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas from the evening until Friday afternoon.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

MPUMALANGA
Morning patches in places in the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy in the south-west, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east.

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

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy in the west with fog patches in the morning where it will become fine, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. It will be cool in the extreme north-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches in the north-western parts in the morning, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot but cloudy and cool over the southern parts with light evening rain. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, but fresh to strong along the west coast.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm, but cool along the coast, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning, otherwise moderate south-easterly to easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog in places in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the west, otherwise isolated except in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the south in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/25°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/31°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/33°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/37°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate to southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme

GEORGE
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with evening light rain.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/22°C

EAST LONDON
Fine becoming cloudy with evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/23°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Evening fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

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