WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Hot again in the west but cooler otherwise with a thunderstorm warning for the interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 7 April 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 08 April 2026
The maps cover: Wed 08 Apr – Wed 08 Apr


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Morning or evening fog can be expected in a number of regions on Wednesday.

From Thursday it should be partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places in the west with isolated to scattered showers.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with strong damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning and possible heavy downpours leading to localised damage to property, vehicles, and livestock, as well as localised flooding over parts of the Northern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Swartland, Bergrivier, Drakenstein and Beaufort West municipalities of the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTH WEST
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be partly cloudy along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine along the south coast with morning fog, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in places along the west coast. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to north-easterly along the south-west coast in the morning and the south coast, otherwise light and variable.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be fine along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior but scattered in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the extreme west and north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

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

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/24°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

UPINGTON
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

GEORGE
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/26°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, but strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

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

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning and evening fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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