THURSDAY WEATHER: A 60% chance of rain and a thunderstorm warning in the central interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 8 April 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 09 April 2026
The maps cover: Thu 09 Apr – Thu 09 Apr


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Partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places in the west with isolated to scattered showers on Thursday.

Morning fog can be expected in the east of the country.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock is expected over the southern parts of the Northern Cape.

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

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy in the morning with fog patches over the central part, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with morning drizzle in the east.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the morning with fog patches over the central part, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with morning drizzle in the east.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme east but scattered in the west where it will be cloudy.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Very hot along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east and central where it will be cloudy. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning and evening, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the northern parts with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers except in the west and in places along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly in the morning, otherwise light and variable.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and warm to hot with scattered thundershowers, but isolated along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cool in places in the north, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with scattered thundershowers, but isolated along Wild Coast. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate northerly in the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and extreme south. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly becoming fresh at times in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with morning drizzle.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy in the morning with fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/26°C

MAHIKENG
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

VRYBURG
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/24°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly Cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/33°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
Wind: Light northerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/30°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the early morning, otherwise, moderate to fresh moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/28°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the early morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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