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Disruptive rain is expected along the extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal. (Ali Majdfar/Getty Images)
The South Africa Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms and rain, leading to localised flooding in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 Warning: Expect severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours and strong, damaging winds in the northern and western parts of Limpopo, leading to localised flooding of roads, settlements, and some infrastructure damage.
Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive rain is expected along the extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, leading to localised flooding in susceptible areas and potential damage to infrastructure.
Extended outlook for Sunday and Monday: Isolated to scattered showers will be confined to the eastern provinces of South Africa while remaining hot in the north-western parts, otherwise warm, but cool in places along the S and SE coast and eastern escarpment.#saws#SAWeather pic.twitter.com/jnKpnZKLTm
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) February 21, 2025Yellow Level 1 Warning: If you are heading out to sea between Lambert's Bay and Cape Point, be prepared for damaging winds that will make navigation difficult. The winds will be moving to Cape Agulhas by Tuesday and clearing north of Table Bay by Wednesday.
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 19°C — 29°C
Johannesburg: 17°C — 27°C
Vereeniging: 18°C — 27°C
Mpumalanga: Expect morning fog patches along the escarpment, cloudy and cool to warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the western regions where it will be partly cloudy. It will be hot on the Lowveld.
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the south-east.
North West: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central areas, but scattered in the east.
Mahikeng: 19°C — 32°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 32°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central parts, scattered in the east.
Bloemfontein: 18°C — 32°C
Northern Cape: Fine and warm to hot conditions, becoming partly cloudy over the east and interior. Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Kimberley: 18°C — 33°C
Upington: 22°C — 35°C
Western Cape: Fine in the western areas, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot but cool along the south-west and south coast with light rain. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong south-easterly along the west coast, light to moderate easterly along the south coast, becoming moderate to fresh southerly in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 18°C — 25°C
George: 18°C — 24°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine in the extreme north, partly cloudy to cool to warm elsewhere with isolated rain and showers in the south where it will be cloudy. Isolated thundershowers are expected in the west by the afternoon. Coastal winds will be light to moderate south-easterly, becoming southerly in the evening.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine in the north initially, partly cloudy in general but cloudy along the coast, spreading to the escarpment by evening. Expect isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior west of Mthatha, with isolated thundershowers over the escarpment. Coastal winds will be light to moderate south-westerly north of East London initially, otherwise south-easterly, becoming easterly in the evening.
Gqeberha: 20°C — 27°C
East London: 19°C — 26°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, cloudy and warm conditions but cooler in the south-west. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, scattered over the extreme north-east. Coastal winds will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Durban: 23°C — 28°C
Richards Bay: 24°C — 28°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C — 27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
