MONDAY WEATHER: Cooler with rain or thunderstorms possible and a warning for KZN

By Staff Writer
Published: 5 April 2026 [updated 6 April]

This forecast is for: Mon 06 April 2026
The maps cover: Mon 06 Apr – Mon 06 Apr


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Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of KwaZulu-Natal, as per the updated map above.

B. level 1 warning for damaging waves leading to disruption in beachfront activities between Saldanha Bay and Kei Mouth.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Hot in extreme north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog over the eastern Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be fine in the north-east.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy over the central parts with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east, otherwise fine and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST
Fine in the north at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south and eastern parts. No precipitation expected over the north-east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cool along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine in the west by the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers over the northern and eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly becoming strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with drizzle along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly to westerly along the south coast, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly becoming strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with chance of light morning showers and rain in places in the east and along the coast west of St Francis, otherwise partly cloudy and cool. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the northeast. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy in the west, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north where it will be warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to northeasterly in the north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southwesterly, becoming fresh at times.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/28°C

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

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

MAHIKENG
Fine becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

VRYBURG
Fine becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

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

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate southerly, but light and variable in the morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with drizzle.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly to westerly, becoming light and variable from the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/19°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with chance of light rain in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly in the early morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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