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South Africans can expect scattered showers and high fire danger in some parts of the country as the New Year begins. (Sarayut Thaneerat/Getty Images)
Extreme weather conditions are set to affect parts of South Africa, with fire danger warnings issued for the Northern Cape, the north-western part of the Western Cape, and the north-western part of the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.
Meanwhile, scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast for Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo, with hot and windy conditions persisting in the Northern Cape.
Fire danger warnings
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most of the Northern Cape, north-western parts of the Western Cape, and places in the north-western parts of the Eastern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Expect hot weather in the extreme north.
Pretoria: 20°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 18°C — 25°C
Vereeniging: 20°C — 25°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers. Isolated showers expected in the north-east.
Mbombela: 21°C — 29°C
Ermelo: 16°C — 22°C
Emalahleni: 17°C — 24°C
Standerton: 16°C — 26°C
Skukuza: 24°C — 33°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers. Showers are scattered in the south-west.
Polokwane: 20°C — 29°C
Phalaborwa: 23°C — 35°C
Tzaneen: 20°C — 31°C
Musina: 23°C — 36°C
Lephalale: 22°C — 32°C
Mokopane: 21°C — 31°C
North West: Cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 20°C — 28°C
Potchefstroom: 20°C — 28°C
Mahikeng: 20°C — 27°C
Rustenburg: 20°C — 29°C
Vryburg: 20°C — 31°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers. Cloudy skies with scattered showers expected in the east.
Bloemfontein: 18°C — 34°C
Welkom: 19°C — 30°C
Bethlehem: 18°C — 26°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy, and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong, shifting from southerly to south-westerly, transitioning to south-easterly by evening.
Upington: 19°C — 38°C
Kimberley: 19°C — 37°C
De Aar: 16°C — 36°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C — 24°C
Springbok: 13°C — 32°C
Calvinia: 10°C — 34°C
Sutherland: 6°C — 31°C
Western Cape: Expect cloudy and cool conditions in the southern parts during the morning and evening. The rest of the province will be partly cloudy, warm to hot, and very hot in north-eastern parts. Coastal winds will vary, being moderate to fresh and shifting directions throughout the day.
Cape Town: 16°C — 24°C
Vredendal: 13°C — 30°C
Riversdale: 12°C — 29°C
George: 15°C — 24°C
Worcester: 13°C — 32°C
Beaufort West: 13°C — 38°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 36°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Conditions will be fine and hot to very hot, becoming cloudy along the coast by evening. Coastal winds will start light and variable, becoming moderate south-easterly to easterly.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 26°C
Makhanda: 13°C — 29°C
Cradock: 15°C — 37°C
Graaff-Reinet: 14°C — 35°C
East London: 19°C — 26°C
Port St Johns: 20°C — 25°C
Umtata: 17°C — 25°C
Komani: 15°C — 33°C
Qonce: 16°C — 27°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy with morning fog in places over the interior, shifting to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. Showers are scattered in the west.
Coastal winds will shift from moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly to light to moderate south-easterly later in the day.
Durban: 24°C — 28°C
Richard's Bay: 24°C — 28°C
Pietermaritzburg: 19°C — 26°C
Ladysmith: 19°C — 27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
