WEDNESDAY WEATHER: A cold front sweeps past bringing possible rain in the south

By Staff Writer
Published: 7 July 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 08 July 2026
The maps cover: Wed 08 Jul – Thu 09 Jul


A cold front will move south of the country on Wednesday bringing isolated rain and showers to the south and east coasts.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Inxuba Yethemba, Enoch Mgijima, and Intsika Yethu Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

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

LIMPOPO
Morning fog patches over the central and western parts, otherwise fine and cool.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning frost in place in the east and along the Lesotho border, otherwise fine and cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog patches and isolated showers and rain in the southern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but fine in the northern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-westerly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in the southern parts, otherwise fine and cool, becoming cloudy with isolated showers along the coast in the late evening. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places in the south-western parts, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south-eastern parts in the evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly in the morning, otherwise northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly in the south by the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/22°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/21°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/20°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/21°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/22°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/22°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/23°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/21°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/22°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/25°C

CAPE TOWN
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming southerly moderate from the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/18°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/19°C

GQEBERHA
Morning fog patches, otherwise fine, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the late evening.
Wind: Light north-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/20°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light westerly to south-westerly in the morning, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly by the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly, becoming light to moderate northerly to north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy by the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/27°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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